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If anyone has any advice for me regarding what is

advisable when a hernia begins to develop in the groin area

I would appreciate it. I practice primary every day

and am worried it will get worse unless I stop.

Thanks.

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"I practice primary every day and am worried it

will get worse unless I stop"<br><br>I think your

concern is well founded. Surgery before it becomes

serious may be advisable. I'm not a big fan of "surgical

medicine" but a hernia is a nice simple mechanical problem

that is well treated thru a nice simple mechanical

intervention like surgery. A buddy of mine had this done using

a "mesh" reinforcement (I think this was called

Canadian method, but this is a few years ago) and was back

to full steam quite quickly. Good luck.

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Commonly, when people have posted here asking for

advice on how to overcome a physical limitation in their

asana practice, you will see one (or several) posts

that advise: "Ask your yoga teacher this question, not

a bunch of people on a message board." The

answer is not meant to say that you can't get good

insight and advice from fellow yogis, but that your

teacher will have the most insight into your

difficulties, abilities, etc., in giving advice.<br><br>I would

offer the sam kind of advice here, sure go ahead and

ask people here about their experiences. If you think

you have a hernia, however, see your doctor to get

confirmation. Not all groin pain is from a hernia. But, if you

do have a hernia, I would imagine the advice your

doctor would give is minimize any straining against that

hernia (ie. ashtanga) until you get it corrected. If you

don't, you risk bulging your bowel into the hernia sac,

potentially trapping it there. This could result in far more

invasise and disruptive surgeries, not to mention the

possible need to remove a portion of your bowel if the

blood supply has been cut off too long. Not something

to mess around with, see your doctor.

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Always see a doctor. <br>In all the years I've

practiced astanga, in all the injuries i've ever had, my

certified ast teacher has never had any specific

answers.<br><br>That's not to cast blame, but it goes to show that there

really often are no answers except to see if you're

using correct form.<br><br>People tend to think that

astanga teachers have this wealth of wisdom for yoga

postures to correct any disfunction. I've yet to see

evidence of that.

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perhaps your certified teacher sensed that giving

you a specific answer regarding "all your injuries",

would only give you a label to paste on them, causing

you to cling even more to them mentally and

emotionally. After all, you have still kept practicing right?

Odds are your teacher could tell you exactly what was

wrong- almost anyone can diagnose a cartilage tear. The

most important thing is to encourage the person to

continue to practice with care and attention.

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The bottom line is, we're on our own. If we get

hurt doing this yoga, tough shit. If you're a natural

yoga athlete (which is what most if not all Certifieds

are), you tend not to get hurt, and can't relate to

those who do experience injury in this

practice.<br><br>It's all just exercise anyway, dress it up as with

with with mumbojumbo.

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Yoga nidra wrote:<br><br>>It's all just

exercise anyway, dress it up as with with with mumbojumbo.

<br><br>You should work on that stutter. And potificate less

until you know what you are talking

about.<br><br>Cheers,<br>DMCG

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Advice:<br>See a pro who knows hernias (i.e. an

M.D.) Don't guess about the seriousness of an injury in

this category. I doubt your local yoga instructor has

any experience in this area, so seek out someone who

does. His/her advice could be surgery and to stop

exercise that may strain the area. You will have to weigh

the advice and make the decision on how to live the

rest of your life. If I had any traumatic or limiting

injury, my path would be the stright line to getting

healed and put back into one piece so that I could

continue my practice and live my life at maximum physical

levels. The rest evolves from there. Best of

luck.<br>Yours in yoga.

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How long have you been at your astanga

practice?<br><br>I've been practicing with a Certified teacher since

1988.<br><br>I've studied with Guruji.<br><br>I know what I'm

talking about.<br><br>You may not agree with it. I don't

demand that you do.<br><br>However, you do need to come

up with something better than just Flames for those

who have opinions different from your own.

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