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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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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!

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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

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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.

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>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.

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