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  • 621. Wednesday Q&A: Hypermobility, Cervical Stenosis, Tingling Big Toe, & Raynaud’s

    621. Wednesday Q&A: Hypermobility, Cervical Stenosis, Tingling Big Toe, & Raynaud’s

     

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about how to address hypermobility if you’re a teacher, poses to avoid when you have cervical stenosis, what to do about tingling in the big toe area, and what to do for Raynaud’s Syndrome. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I am a yoga instructor and competitive dance teacher. I love to incorporate yoga into classes. The kids also love it. I have a dancer who also trains in a pre-professional ballet program. She’s 13 and very hypermobile. She has started to develop this issue where her knees pop out. She’s popped her right knee out twice. And now recently her left one. Her PT thinks she has Ehlers-Danlos and she’ll just grow out of it. So her and her parents are just kind of treating it pretty normal and repeating the cycle when it happens (cries, pops knee in, modifies jumps but keeps dancing, starts PT again for a couple of weeks, resumes dancing 5 to 6 days a week). Do you have recommendations on certain things I could offer in our yoga part of class to help maybe strengthen her muscles? Or is it something I can’t really help with in class? To be honest, I’m just worried about it popping out in my class during our competitive routine.
    • I have cervical stenosis and, thanks to you, I don’t do headstands anymore. Are there any other poses to avoid?
    • I’m having tingling occasionally under my big toe and big metatarsal area. Sometimes it radiates towards my second and third toe, right foot only. I notice it after work when I am barefoot, standing, walking at home, not when seated, for example, watching TV or reading. Not every day, but on and off for a few months now. I have also had some pain in the outer side of my right hip at the greater trochanter. This is present seated as well as standing. I’ve been practicing LYT, as you know, for many years and I’m pretty aware of my body. The right hip pain has been an issue for me prior to LYT and shows up perhaps once a year. This is the first time that the tingling has been present. I am wondering if this is how something like Morton’s Neuroma starts showing up. I am also being very mindful and practicing and focusing greatly on keeping my space in my hips in all poses. I also have osteopenia and osteoporosis. Any suggestions to help this? She is on her feet all day, no desk job, and sits for a max half hour for lunch. Plus, she also wears a wide-toe shoe box. 
    • Can you talk a bit about Raynaud’s and things you do to help manage it, also suggestions for others? I’m working with some patients and I’m recently diagnosed myself. 

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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  • 620. Reconstructing the Pelvic Floor with Physical Therapist, Sarah Duvall

    620. Reconstructing the Pelvic Floor with Physical Therapist, Sarah Duvall

    “When we go so black and white in overall treatment – this is helpful, this is not helpful – It completely misses the mark for someone.”

     

    Physical Therapist, Sarah Duvall believes that your advice to improve people’s physical health can’t be a blanket treatment for everyone – looking at the whole kinetic chain of that person is the best way to treat for success.

     

    She talks about this and more with host Lara Heimann on this episode of Redefining Yoga. Sarah is a PT, a mother, an adventure sports athlete, and founder of Core Exercise Solutions, a center for continuing education online programs for other PTs, instructors, and trainers. Listen in to hear more about diastasis recti misconceptions, individual treatment she’s offered for men and women based on their specific body functions, and even how she went rogue at the beginning of her career to set up out-of-pocket practices.

     

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    1. What are some common misconceptions about pelvic health?
    2. How can specialized physical therapy help athletes and yogis manage pressure during transitions?
    3. How can pelvic floor placement affect other parts of the body and how to adjust?

     

     

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  • 619. Wednesday Q&A: Weight Bearing in the Hands, LYT for Anxiety Reduction, & Anterior Knee Pain

    619. Wednesday Q&A: Weight Bearing in the Hands, LYT for Anxiety Reduction, & Anterior Knee Pain

     

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about weight bearing in the hands, practicing LYT Yoga for decreased anxiety, and advice for persistent anterior knee pain. 

     

    Your questions:

    • Can we talk about the hand? I’ve heard of toe yoga and I use it in my PT practice and self-practice. Is there hand yoga? One thing my local LYT instructor says in class is to press the base of my index finger into the mat during any weight-bearing through the arm. I struggle with this. How can I improve and can you go into the physiology behind it?
    • Can LYT help my anxiety? Sometimes I’ve felt increased anxiety in other flow classes.
    • My question pertains to the stigma of knee pain. It seems as though the cottage industry of relief for knee pain has created an environment whereby if you experience ongoing knee pain, you must simply be doing something wrong. Despite my ongoing LYT practice and other attempts to remedy said knee pain, it still persists. Specifically, I experience this pain when walking downhill, downstairs, or doing things like weighted lunges or squat pulses from high crescent. In approximate terms, it generally radiates from below the patella on either side, which makes me think meniscus. I would characterize the discomfort as acute in that in more than a few cases, it may decrease when I’m more warmed up, but it never fully goes away. While I would not expect a diagnosis to be made from anecdotes in an email, it is unreasonable to think that some knee pain may not be entirely correctable through “better movement patterns,” strengthening the support structures. And if so, what metrics/means can be used to make that conclusive determination?

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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  • 618. Self-Discovery & Parenting with Love with Eileen Grimes

    618. Self-Discovery & Parenting with Love with Eileen Grimes

     

    Join Lara for a conversation with the amazing Eileen Grimes, author, mother of two, and women’s leadership community leader who has a master’s degree in education. They discuss Eileen’s journey to writing her book The Us Journal: A Journey of Love and Discovery, which fosters open, heartfelt communication between parents and children, for children 5-8 years old.

     

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    • about Eileen’s journey of self-discovery.
    • some examples of conversational prompts in The Us Journal to help parents or parent figures and children more deeply connect and understand one another. 
    • about how writing your own eulogy can help you to consider what success means to you and what you want to contribute to the world. 

     

    Resources:

    https://www.lovedasyouare.co/

    Instagram: @lara.heimann & @lytyogamethod

     

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  • 617. Wednesday Q&A: Handstand Drills, Myofascial Release, Favorite Things About Being a Physical Therapist, & Growing LYT Yoga

    617. Wednesday Q&A: Handstand Drills, Myofascial Release, Favorite Things About Being a Physical Therapist, & Growing LYT Yoga

     

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about handstand drills to get away from the wall, myofascial release, our favorite things about being physical therapists, and how LYT Yoga has grown over the years. 

     

    Your questions:

    • My question today is about handstand drills. I have a client similar age to me, in her fifties, very strong and fit as a fiddle, solo mother of four, and full-time nurse. She keeps herself strong with my LYT yoga classes at the gym, and weight training, and has PT once a month. She is in the gym five days a week doing something, averages about two LYT classes a week with me. She would like to progress more with her handstand journey. So I have just started doing some more short privates like 30 minutes after class. I have some drills on the wall that we are working on as she is not confident enough to come away from the wall. She gets up just fine, but I noticed she has the small beginnings of a dowagers hump, so an outward curve of the thoracic spine, more pronounced when weight bearing in the hands than just standing. Would appreciate some exercises to help with this and enable her to feel more confident so we can get off the wall. As always, so appreciate your advice.
    • What do you think about myofascial release? Do you ever incorporate it into your own personal practice with balls or foam rollers, or ever recommend it to your students? Why or why not?
    • What are your favorite things about being a physical therapist?
    • How did you grow LYT Yoga so fast?

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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  • 616. Monthly Motivation: Welcome Home

    616. Monthly Motivation: Welcome Home

     

    Join Lara for a motivational conversation about how to take care of your home, i.e. your body. How do we welcome ourselves home? How do we get to know ourselves better? How do we clean out the clutter and get more comfortable? In brilliant Lara fashion, remember some key things to think about when it comes to taking good care of your body via a helpful acronym. 

     

    H – harmonize

     

    O – organize

     

    M – mitigate & moderate

     

    E – excavate & edify

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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  • 615. Why Your Brain Matters in Movement with Dr. Svenja Borchers

    615. Why Your Brain Matters in Movement with Dr. Svenja Borchers

     

     

    Join Lara for a conversation with Dr. Svenja Borchers, a brilliant neuropsychologist and LYT Yoga® instructor. Dr. Borchers, who lives in Germany, grew up wanting to learn more about why people are the way they are. This led her to a fascination with neuroscience, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and even artificial intelligence. She has a Ph.D. in neuropsychology and focuses on how movement works, perception, and proprioception.

     

    In this episode, you’ll learn…

     

    • What is the difference between the brain and the mind?
    • About neuroplasticity (how our brain changes) and what factors impact plasticity.
    • Why posture is important from a neuroscience perspective. 
    • How different parts of the brain are involved in movement.
    • The importance of visualization in movement practices.
    • What pain means and how important movement is in relation to pain.
    • Brain hacks or things to think about when practicing movement.

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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  • 614. Wednesday Q&A: Healthy Hips for Sex, Achilles Pain, & Weak Calves

    614. Wednesday Q&A: Healthy Hips for Sex, Achilles Pain, & Weak Calves

     

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about building and maintaining healthy hips for sex, Achilles tendinopathy pain, and weak calves in cyclists.

     

    Your questions:

    • Spicy podcast question: I’m 30 years old and have hip pain from sex. When you Google “sex hip pain” results show articles only for seniors, who are advised to take it easy. Not a fun result at age 30 and I’m sure I’m not alone. I’m curious if Lara and Kristin have general advice for sexual longevity specifically for women. How do we keep our hips strong and healthy, taking common sexual positions into consideration?
    • I have Achilles tendinopathy. And I’m so sore after doing handstands, especially the push off. Is there any way to ease this?
    • I’m writing this on behalf this question on behalf of my partner, Beck. Beck is an avid cyclist. However, their calf muscles don’t seem to be as strong and toned as their upper thighs. I often joke that Beck is heavy-footed when they walk, and I’m curious to know if their gait is having an impact on their calves. I’m sending a short video for your reference. Beck rides with cleats and has no issues with pain. We’d love to know your insights on this.

     

    To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/

     

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