Chronic lower back issue! Back 'goes out' sometimes when I put my head on knee

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Kari
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January 24, 2016 at 7:22 pm

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Ugh! I just had to leave class early because my back went out again during Standing Head to Knee. Over the last 10 years of practice, this has happened about 10 times, mostly in this posture, but it’s also happened in Balancing Stick (once) and Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee (once). I have scoliosis in my neck and lower back (not severe, but enough to cause me a lot of pain over the years). I love Bikram yoga and I go religiously. However, when this happens, it puts me flat on my stomach for anywhere from a day to five days. Lately, I’ve still been able to walk after it happens, but before, I used to be basically paralyzed and unable to even crawl.

I have pretty good form, and I suck my stomach in. What other advice can you give me, other than to avoid this posture?

Thanks,

Kari

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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January 26, 2016 at 12:35 pm

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Hi Kari

That’s quite the recurring problem. Let’s see what we can come up with!

A few questions for you:

How many times have you been going per week (religiously!) for those 10 years?

Do you attend at a studio that recites the dialog?

Are you saying that it’s always just this particular pose(s)?

Are there any hints that something’s niggly in any other pose?

Where in your back does it ‘go out’?

Do you get any warning? or intuition that it’s going to happen?

Is there a particular side that it occurs? First side or second side?

What are you doing exactly when it happens in Standing Head to Knee?

Is there anything that you do or feel that you can associate with this issue outside of the yoga room?

When you have this issue – like now – and you find it difficult to walk, can you please describe where the difficulties are in your body?

What other activities are not available to you when your back goes out?

And when you can’t walk, are you able to stand? Move? Walk at all? And where does your back hurt?

Please try to be as specific as you possibly can.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
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