Guest guest Posted January 18, 2001 Report Share Posted January 18, 2001 Hi y'all,<br>I finally got in to see a doctor. If you are prone to hypochondria at all, these little maladies are most vexing! (I actually have a friend who thought she had carpel tunnel syndrome and so went to a chiropractor friend of mine for several months. She FINALLY went to an orthopedist who found she really had some weird non-cancerous tumor which is actually life-threatening. She had surgery and has lost the use of her hand. So that's what I was worried about. My friend is quite happy to be alive, thank you).<br><br>So anyway, all I have is a "ganglion cyst", which if it lasts for more than 6 weeks, I can go complaining to an orthopedist about. The old fashioned alternative, he informed me, was to smash it with a big book (Ee-uu-wie, I'm too squiemish for that!) He says it's fairly common amongst active people (probably very common amongst active people who balance their weight on their hands- like all of you crane posers!!!)<br><br>Well, no one ever said this getting older business was easy, but I thought I would be young forever when I was 40. Two weeks later I had a heel spur, and ever since then, it's one bodily surprise after another. I'm curious about the ages in this club. When I checked the link on knee problems, the posters seemed to be students. Are there any other middle-agers here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2001 Report Share Posted January 20, 2001 Well, I am glad for you that it is no more serious. I see a hand specialist on the 31st. for my wrist problems. I do have "median nerve entrapment" (which I assume is something like carpal tunnel) per my emg results. I wonder about the hypochondria thing myself. I have noticed increased sensitivity to every little pain, creak and stiffness and it is hard to discern what needs attention and what is "normal" but I guess it is part of the process for me of knowing my body. I don't think there is ever anything wrong with going to a Dr. and getting it checked out even though I have felt a little silly when I have done so and they have found nothing wrong. For me it is just part of learning to care for myself. Taking a hammer to your hand does not sound especially ahimsa-like. Good luck and Namaste.-- K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2001 Report Share Posted January 22, 2001 I was wondering if anyone was going to respond, or if this club was peopled by immortal gods!<br>Yes, wacking the sore thing in my wrist sounds monumentally stupid and would proably just make it bigger and more painful. I miss those sun salutations- am I ever feeling stiff. Guess I'll have to modify the routine here for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 Reed,<br>Actually, whacking a ganglion is a time tested and true remedy. I've had it done to my right hand a long time ago when I was a kid. No problem. But since this is an Ashtanga Yoga message board and I must support my reputation, I recommend that you whack it with a hard bound edition of YOGA MALA for good results.<br><br>FBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 But Light On Yoga is heavier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 But Light on Yoga is not Ashtanga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 FBL and Alan Little,<br> Okay, thanks for sharing a personal testimony, but ARRRGGGH, I just can't do it- Astanga or Iyengar book! I think I'll take my chances with a nice little cortisone injection ( 'course, there was nothing nice about the one I had for a heel spur a few years ago!) I did Salutations A and B yesterday and the thing puffed up and felt lousy. There's aversion of dog down in a book on office yoga where you use a chair to support your elbows (fold your arms over your head) so I guess I'll have to try that for a while. <br>Yoga makes you feel so great, it's hard to settle for feeling merely normal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 C'mon Reed...<br>Whack it !<br>I too suffered through a ganglion, and one whack with a 1976 World Book Encyclopedia...GONE.(What else are you going to do with a 1976 World Book Encyclopedia ? Seems less disrespetful than using a Yoga book of any sort....)<br>WG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2001 Report Share Posted January 23, 2001 But chances of success are greater with Yoga Mala than with Light on Yoga because you don't have to worry about lining up the book correctly.<br><br>FBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 Besides, Yoga Mala is a hardcover, whereas Light on Yoga is just an ordinary paperback.<br><br>But I like the suggestion about the World Book Encyclopedia. A true yogi, of course, will only use the last volume with the letter y: under the entry "yoga" you will find highly erudite as well as thorough explanations, though most surely not a single word on Ashtanga Yoga. But with the help of an encyclopedia, you will slam that ganglion in a very educated fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 >Light on Yoga is just an ordinary paperback<br><br>Not my copy. But then, I got the hardback German edition after the binding on my paperback English edition fell to pieces. So yeah, don't use the paperback.<br><br>Georg Feuerstein's scarily erudite "The Yoga Tradition" is probably the biggest & heaviest yoga book of recent times. On the other hand (!), John Scott's lean, mean & streamlined work might be ideal for a precision ganglion strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Do you know any good guide (book) to start with ashtanga?arvoks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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