Hoping for answers to working with tendonitus in right, left arms and elbows

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ashtangayoga , " idolgossip " <idolgossip wrote:

>Hi Robert,

i believe acupuncture/ chinese medicine herbs may help. But you should

also see someone like an Osteopath/Chiropractic every few weeks. As

your practice deepens its important to look after your self by going

to health practitioners. Im not sure if its important to mention but

you need to have two days rest when working on certain muscle groups

and in that time work on other muscle groups. I know its a bit hard to

change the posture sequence given that there are specific asana's

when doing Ashtanga sequence, but maybe do less or modified chataranga

pushup's (knee's on floor) in between each asana for time being.

Thats my personal opinion but im not an expert so maybe speak to your

yoga teacher, but you need to do whats best for you now. I found this

website which explains tendonitis and how TCM can help. Hope you find

relief!

 

http://www.somaacupuncture.com/tendonitis.html

 

Good Luck

Mirjana

 

>

> Hi, I absolutely love my Ashtanga practice, but have intermittent

issues with both arms /

> elbows from a tendonitus issue (overdriving in former work). Right

now, pain has returned

> after a period of getting better (new poses?, sleeping wrong?) and

all of a sudden even the

> chataranga pushups create pain. Of course icing beforehand helps,

but it's still there. I don't

> like to stop practicing because of the pain, but the chataranga

portion of the vinyasa flow

> seems so essential to keeping heat up...

>

> Anyone know of any therapies or stretches that can help? I've seen

a doctor on this for over a

> year, and barring surgery, he's saying that some live with this

issue a long time or even a

> lifetime...while I personally believe in *healing*! I am a tad

older (43 this month) and yet only

> a couple of years ago, I used to do hundreds of pushups regularly...

>

> Thanks so much...

>

> Shanti!

>

> Robert

>