Guest guest Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Hello all, I have been a lurker for a while now but I wanted to ask a question. I recently suffered a shoulder injury and at first I thought it was a torn rotator cuff. After an MRI, I found out it was not torn but nonetheless will require physical therapy and if that does not work (4-6 months) might still need surgery. My question is, if anyone on the list might have some suggestions for how to change my shoulder asanas so as not to stress an already stressed shoulder. I was told I could still practice, I just have to tone it down. Thanks everyone Layne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Hi Layne, I badly dislocated my shoulder snow skiing about 3 years ago. complettly ripped it out of the socket! I just keeped up my practise modifying of course, just skirting on the edge of pain within about 3 months I could hardly tell which shoulder I injured. my physo could not belive I could recover so quickly. now it is fine Paul ashtanga yoga, "Layne Hedrick" <aleister wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have been a lurker for a while now but I wanted to ask a question. I > recently suffered a shoulder injury and at first I thought it was a torn > rotator cuff. After an MRI, I found out it was not torn but nonetheless > will require physical therapy and if that does not work (4-6 months) might > still need surgery. > > > > My question is, if anyone on the list might have some suggestions for how to > change my shoulder asanas so as not to stress an already stressed shoulder. > I was told I could still practice, I just have to tone it down. > > > > Thanks everyone > > > > Layne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Hi Layne, I injured my shoulder earlier this year - flipping over doing Prasarita Padottanasana C - and thought I had torn a rotator cuff. I practiced off and on (mostly off) for about 3 months. Since ashtanga relies so heavily on shoulder work, I found it very difficult to modify poses and opted to skip practice entirely. At the time, I was worried my shoulder might never heal! It even hurt to sleep on that side and I would often wake up in pain. I did some physical therapy exercises (that I found online) at home and rubbed castor oil (to reduce scar tissue) and an essential oil blend on it almost every night. Slowly but surely, it started to heal. It's almost completely back to normal now and doesn't interfere with my practice at all - I practice intermediate series almost daily. From what I hear, these types of shoulder injuries can take at least several months to a year or more to heal. Give it time and don't be discouraged - and definitely avoid surgery unless absolutely necessary! ashtanga yoga, "Layne Hedrick" <aleister wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have been a lurker for a while now but I wanted to ask a question. I > recently suffered a shoulder injury and at first I thought it was a torn > rotator cuff. After an MRI, I found out it was not torn but nonetheless > will require physical therapy and if that does not work (4-6 months) might > still need surgery. > > > > My question is, if anyone on the list might have some suggestions for how to > change my shoulder asanas so as not to stress an already stressed shoulder. > I was told I could still practice, I just have to tone it down. > > > > Thanks everyone > > > > Layne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thanks so much, that is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Layne, This might offend Ashtangis, but when I hurt my shoulder earlier this year, I eliminated Sun Sals (too painful) and instead did the Bikram warming-up sequence through Eagle, and then began at the point in the Primary series right after the Sun Sals. I also eliminated the second half of Primary, after Navasana, because I found a lot of those poses are tough on the shoulders (especially Kurmasana and Supta Kurmasana) and instead did some poses from the first third of second series. Eventually, after a couple of months, I was able to slowly add back in some gentle Sun Sals. Good luck! --Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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