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Hi Homer, <br><br>ahhh yes...the 'insertion point

hamstring injury'...yes it's still with me...ever

present...some good days, some bad.... I too continue to 'work

through' it...I have a teacher training with David Swenson

in early August and then it is my intent to get

seriously proactive in terms of getting to the root of the

problem...I have tried some physio (mostly just strengthening

exercises and back stretching (the physiotherapist

suggested I work on stretching my back in order to stretch

the 'dural sheath' (I think that was it) to ease up

on the hamstring...didn't really help although I did

get some nice lenghtening in my lower back.... Also

accupuncture (sometimes seemed to help in the short term)

accupressure (caused nasty inflammation which i think WORSENED

the situation...)<br><br>I thought maybe I would go

the ultrasound / injection (?) route....is that what

you did ? What is your doctor's official diagnosis

?<br><br>What have you tried ? (or are you planning to try?)

I'll try anything at this point ! <br><br>Thanks for

asking by the way, its nice to commiserate (sp?) with

you...<br><br>(hamstring battle weary) Warriorgirl

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What have I tried? Mostly backing off a bit, over

the past year or so, from the forward bends that

bother the hamstring.<br><br>The doctor said that I

can't really do harm by going back to full bending,

even in the dreaded kurmasana; in fact I should do

gradually in order to re-lengthen the injured area. He gave

me an anti-inflammatory medicine and said come back

in a month.<br><br>There are more aggressive

treatments, but he said that come with a reasonably high

reinjury rate, especially for someone like a yogi who is

playing the edge.<br><br>I forget the technical name of

the insertion points: apparently there are four on

each leg.<br><br>Anyway I've tried full tittihbasana

in second series last night, and a nearly

straight-legged kurmasana today, and nothing exploded. We'll see

how it goes.<br><br>It's possible to get an MRI to be

100% sure of the problem: have you considered doing

this?<br><br>Peace and Good,<br>Homer

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The only thing 100% sure about the MRI is that

you'll be out 100% of xxx amount of currency to get

it--<br>If your reasonably pain free-- you should be able to

forward bend- but if the pain increases or you have

decreased range of motion you should stop.<br>Namaste

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i hope this is not attracting bad luck, and it is

useful.<br><br>There is life free of any awareness of this past

injury...it took a few years for me.<br><br>First you have to

continue practicing (in a gentle and conscious way for

that area) right away. Yeah aaaaaah! Then after the

worst is over (6 months you have to stil continue

practicing , with awareness and consciousness and be very

careful of cold movements (not warmed up). With regular

practice in a few years when others mention it, it will

come to mind you also haD that challenge. It may sting

in that are for a few years every few months, but

even that goes away. Lance Armstrong cured his cancer

and went on to win the TDFrance 2 times in a row and

is heading that way again as we speak wearing the

yellow jersey after the 13(?)th stage. We can do this!

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>>Lance Armstrong cured his cancer and went

on to win the TDFrance 2 times in a row and is

heading that way again as we speak wearing the yellow

jersey <br><br>... despite the fact that he hung back to

see that Jan Ulrich was ok after Ulrich crashed.

Respect.

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