Could be scoliosis

Could be scoliosis2012-07-11T08:02:42+00:00
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  • melissa_m
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    Hi
    I fell in love with Bikram yoga in September last year and was going about 5 times a week. During my second class I injured myself in the last standing pose – where you lean forward to the floor with your foot resting above the knee. Sorry I can never remember the name of that post. Something got pulled in the muscle at the very top at the back of my left leg. I had lots of pain for the following 5 months, so I tried taking it easier, not pushing myself too hard on that side and did whatever poses I could. The instructors kept telling me to simply keep coming and it would be fine, but it wasn’t. I went away for two weeks over christmas last year and didn’t do any yoga at all and the pain completely went. There was (and still is) discomfort there, but not pain. I went back to yoga and the pain started again, not as bad as it had been, but still it was enough to make me visit more health workers. I have seen massage therapists, two different chiropractors and a sports physiotherapist about it, but nothing has worked. Doing no yoga upsets me, but knowing that going back untreated will only trigger it again upsets me more.

    The injury is at the left sitting bone right where I sit down. Sometimes I get tingling down my left leg. My right hip also gets sore. I have scoliosis, which isn’t too bad. It’s a definite curve which makes my right leg about a centimetre longer than the left, my right hip is more forward than the left and my right shoulder is a bit higher that the left. I have been told by these various professionals that the injury is because I have a rotated hip, an injured ITB and that a ligament is in the wrong spot, and of course I pulled a muscle in my hamstring and its because of the scoliosis. Since none of their advice helped, I ‘m not sure what to believe about the name of the injury. I don’t know what to think or who to see next. I’m loathe to see a medical professional, no offence to Dr’s, but I’m just not sure I want to go the full medical model with this. Because of where the injury is, just about every pose triggers the discomfort and I don’t want to risk injuring myself further.
    Can you offer any suggestions about a definitive treatment or modality that might help me get back to yoga? I really miss it.
    Thanks
    Melissa

    Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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    Hi Melissa

    Thanks for posting. Just so we’re on the same page, would you go and look at this page and tell me to which pose you are referring? You could be talking about Toe Stand.

    Namaste
    Gabrielle 🙂

    melissa_m
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    Hi Gabrielle
    Yep. It was the Toe Stand that did it.

    Sara V
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    Hi Melissa,

    I am a graduate from Gabrielle’s teacher training program and I had a few questions before I can suggest treatments to get you back to yoga.

    You mention you injured yourself in your second class and since then you were practicing about 5 times a week for 5 months. You also note at some point you started to take your practice easier not pushing too hard.

    *Was there a time when you were practicing with injury at regular intensity? If so, for how long?
    *Which poses are you unable to do at all?
    *Could you practice without pain by modifying? For example what if during Standing Head to Knee rather than kicking out you just stayed with your fingers interlaced on the outside of your raised knee working on strengthening the standing leg?
    *Have you not been to yoga since right around Christmas?

    I am concerned that the original injury occurred about a year ago and is still lingering. As much as you are not wishing to see a medical professional because the injury has been prolonged for so long I feel the need to recommend it. Having moved a lot I have learned not every doctor I pick the first time is the best doctor for me. I recommended shopping around so to speak and finding someone you really connect with and trust.

    I was able to find some usual information about treating IBS on Wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliotibial_band_syndrome. Again I do recommended discussing these treatments with a doctor.

    Once I have a better idea of the poses that are triggering the injury I can certainly help you find some modifications.

    Best Wishes,

    Sara

    Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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    Hi Melissa

    Just adding (yes, not very timely, but hey, here I am 😉 ) that if you do a search on “ilio” as part of iliotibial you should find what we’ve discussed on the subject before. That search brings up this thread and 3 others.

    Hope all is well

    Namaste
    Gabrielle 🙂

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