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One other thing I remember tonight during my practice. In several different

asanas, especially during downward facing dog, I get a burning sensation in

my arms at the connection between the shoulder and the upper arm. If you

placed a triangle on your shoulder muscle and pointed it downward, the

bottom most point is where I feel this sensation. It feels as if it is very

fatigued or stressed. This seems like some kind of injury and I am

wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so what they thought.

I have also noticed it while doing other more daily activities.

 

 

 

Thanks again.

 

 

 

Layne

 

 

 

 

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the next time you look in a mirror with your practice see if you back

and shoulders are straight in a line, a perfect upside down v-shape,

and relax your shoulders let your head drop, see if you are doing

each of these thats usually what people have feeling like that!

Shrugging over extending whilse there, I hope that helps try each for

a week so you can find which one if any helps!

blessings

james

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga, "Layne Hedrick" <aleister@a...>

wrote:

> One other thing I remember tonight during my practice. In several

different

> asanas, especially during downward facing dog, I get a burning

sensation in

> my arms at the connection between the shoulder and the upper arm.

If you

> placed a triangle on your shoulder muscle and pointed it downward,

the

> bottom most point is where I feel this sensation. It feels as if

it is very

> fatigued or stressed. This seems like some kind of injury and I am

> wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so what they

thought.

> I have also noticed it while doing other more daily activities.

>

>

>

> Thanks again.

>

>

>

> Layne

>

>

>

>

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Very hard to tell without further investigation, but it could be

impingement (which I have on the left side). Very common in

shoulders. The mechanics of my left shoulder have deteriorated a

little and the impingement is part of the overall problem. The left

shoulderblade rides up a little more than it should when I lift my

arm to overhead. I have trouble internally rotating the left are when

lifting it closer to overhead (or as close to directly overhad as I

can get). And I had either tendonitits or a microtear in the left

supraspinatus which didn't help. My point is that the shoulder is a

complicated area, with a lot of parts working together, and one

problem usually signifies there is a bigger disfunction at work. I

would investigate it further rathen than just live with it. You could

be making it worse and preventing it from healing.

 

ashtanga yoga, "Layne Hedrick" <aleister@a...>

wrote:

> One other thing I remember tonight during my practice. In several

different

> asanas, especially during downward facing dog, I get a burning

sensation in

> my arms at the connection between the shoulder and the upper arm.

If you

> placed a triangle on your shoulder muscle and pointed it downward,

the

> bottom most point is where I feel this sensation. It feels as if

it is very

> fatigued or stressed. This seems like some kind of injury and I am

> wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so what they

thought.

> I have also noticed it while doing other more daily activities.

>

>

>

> Thanks again.

>

>

>

> Layne

>

>

>

>

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Ashtanga is very powerful and very healing. The answer to all of

these problems is that you continue practice and you must

breathe. Don't force anything and don't strain, ever. Breathe.

 

FBL

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga, "trulyscrumshess" <

budokanasana@a...> wrote:

> Very hard to tell without further investigation, but it could be

> impingement (which I have on the left side). Very common in

> shoulders. The mechanics of my left shoulder have

deteriorated a

> little and the impingement is part of the overall problem. The

left

> shoulderblade rides up a little more than it should when I lift

my

> arm to overhead. I have trouble internally rotating the left are

when

> lifting it closer to overhead (or as close to directly overhad as I

> can get). And I had either tendonitits or a microtear in the left

> supraspinatus which didn't help. My point is that the shoulder

is a

> complicated area, with a lot of parts working together, and one

> problem usually signifies there is a bigger disfunction at work.

I

> would investigate it further rathen than just live with it. You

could

> be making it worse and preventing it from healing.

>

> ashtanga yoga, "Layne Hedrick" <

aleister@a...>

> wrote:

> > One other thing I remember tonight during my practice. In

several

> different

> > asanas, especially during downward facing dog, I get a

burning

> sensation in

> > my arms at the connection between the shoulder and the

upper arm.

> If you

> > placed a triangle on your shoulder muscle and pointed it

downward,

> the

> > bottom most point is where I feel this sensation. It feels as if

> it is very

> > fatigued or stressed. This seems like some kind of injury

and I am

> > wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if so

what they

> thought.

> > I have also noticed it while doing other more daily activities.

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks again.

> >

> >

> >

> > Layne

> >

> >

> >

> >

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Many Ashtangis will tell you to just keep practicing if you're having

some kind of pain -- all is coming, you're building strength, you

have to work through it, pain is an opening, etcetera, but in the

case of a legitimate injury be aware that this may just get you into

deeper trouble.

 

I recommend from experience to be very cautious with a

shoulder that is painful during down-dog as well as daily

activities. I had the same thing, and after it escalated, it turned

out eventually to be a torn rotator cuff which cost a lot of money,

time and difficulty to rehabilitate (and has left me with permanent

losses in flexibility and strength that has changed my yoga

practice profoundly.)

 

While working with a physical therapist, I also learned that both

down-dog and chaturanga dandasana can put the rotator cuff in

an impinged position for some people, depending on your

personal anatomy and precise alignment. The daily repetition of

these positions can harm the muscles of the cuff, especially if

they are already weakened from other athletics (for example, if

you were ever a swimmer, kayaker, climber or weight lifter.)

 

After my injury I wound up meeting literally dozens of "ashtanga

refugees" -- people who were seriously injured in one way or

another, including several people who needed shoulder

rehabilitation and surgery. I still believe Ashtanga is a powerful

practice and am glad to have done while I was able, but it is not

an unimpeachable cure and it is certainly possible to get hurt

doing it, even under the supervision of a teacher.

 

I hope your shoulder feels better soon, and that you are able to

continue your practice. If you start to have trouble sleeping on

that shoulder, though, I urge you to see a doctor as that is a

common sign of potentially serious impingement or tears. It

may also be necessary to do some strengthening of the rotator

cuff and surrounding musculature with light weights to get you

back to a pain-free practice. While not exactly recommend by

KPJ, it's really the only proven way to head off an impending

failure of the cuff. Several yoga teachers (Iyengarites, as far as I

know) support this. I wish I had done it before my shoulder

progressed to a partial tear.

 

These days, I am able to do down-dog without pain but I don't do

it repeatedly and I concentrate on "wrapping my shoulder

blades" and "sucking" my shoulder into their sockets. This may

or may not be useful to you and your body!

 

Robyn

 

 

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga, funkybadlady

<no_reply> wrote:

> Ashtanga is very powerful and very healing. The answer to all

of

> these problems is that you continue practice and you must

> breathe. Don't force anything and don't strain, ever. Breathe.

>

> FBL

>

>

>

>

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