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Category: Wednesday Q&A

  • 568. Wednesday Q&A: Neutral Pelvis & Psoas Release Techniques

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about anteriorly versus posteriorly tilted pelvis and psoas release techniques.

     

    Your questions:

    • In a book I’ve been reading, the author states that most people are rib thrusters and pelvis tuckers. The author says this is a response to being hunched over in a seated position with the pelvis tucked or as a counterbalance to high heels. When in doubt, stick your butt out is what he says. Shortened hamstrings and calves pull the pelvis into a posterior tilt. Tucking the pelvis under, especially while sitting brings the sacrum out of alignment, brings it forward into the bowl of the pelvis. Ultimately the pelvic floor muscles shorten and lose their ability to contract. I’m under the impression that most people suffer from an anteriorly tilted pelvis because sitting causes hip flexors to shorten and tighten while glutes get long and weak from sitting. Is that correct? Which is more prevalent, anterior or posterior tilt? Which is more of a concern for the pelvis – shortened hip flexors and weak hips, or shorten calves and hamstrings?
    • I have been seeing some posts about how you can’t relax the psoas through pressure because of all the muscle and viscera that is layered under it. And yet if I do use a block to lie on, especially after a lot of hand pressing, I do feel that it helps relax the area and loosens my low back. I feel like you think that it must help a bit because you’ve included it in one of your classes once and called it belly time for adults. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that. 

     

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  • 565. Wednesday Q&A: Postpartum Movement & Creative LYT Sequencing

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about postpartum movement practices and the creativity that goes into LYT Yoga sequencing. 

     

    Your questions:

    • Any suggestions for postpartum movement and strategy for getting back into movement?
    • I love how creative you are in LYT Yoga. How do you come up with so many creative sequences? It seems like they are endless. 

     

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  • 563. Wednesday Q&A: Post-Breast Surgery Yoga, Persistent Wrist Pain, & Scar Tissue

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about restarting yoga after breast surgery, persistent wrist pain, and scar tissue around the collarbone from surgery. 

     

    Your questions:

    • I’ve just had breast surgery to remove three lumps from my left breast. There were two incisions, one on my areola and the other one under the left breast on the fifth rib. The doctor says that I can get back to yoga after a month. When I return to my yoga practice, can I do the reset and sun sal 1? Are there any movements that I should avoid?
    • I’ve been dealing with pain in my left wrist for several years. I can’t move into full wrist extension without pain, let alone full weight-bearing in poses like plank. Most of my pain is in the thumb side and radiates to the middle of my wrist. It feels like there’s something in the way, like when you can’t close a door all the way because something is stuck in the doorway. I’ve seen several specialists and PT hasn’t helped. I recently saw a new orthopedic and they diagnosed me with de Quervain’s tenosynovitis and gave me a steroid shot. It helped some, but the pain is still there and hinders my ability to fully practice yoga or any weight-bearing activities that require me to extend my wrists. Any ideas as to what it may be or movements that I can do to alleviate some of the pain?
    • I have scar tissue around my collarbone from surgery that I had where a plate was installed. Do you have any specific exercises where you can loosen that area up? I’ve had the plate for six years already, but I’ve started doing some exercises and I’m sore now.

     

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  • 561. Wednesday Q&A: Painful Handstands, Shin Splints, & Scoliosis

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about remedies for pain from practicing handstands, how to heal and prevent shin splints, & how to manage scoliosis in your movement practices..

     

    Your questions:

    • I’m quite frustrated every time I’m making progress with handstand practice, I’m getting problems and pain in my body that stops me from practicing. It started with tennis elbow where I eventually, after two years of physiotherapy and various other treatments, had to have surgery. This was my right elbow. Now I have tremendous pain on my left side, upper back, shoulder, arm, and hand. Sometimes during the night, I get numbness in my little finger. It seems to be in constant tension and in spasms, twitching the muscles. I love doing handstands and don’t want to stop practicing. Is there any advice on what I might be doing wrong?
    • Any tips for healing shin splints?
    • I have a regular student, previously very active joining my class, a mixed-level class where I do advanced beginner/intermediate level. This is before COVID. Now we are back to a physical, in-person class, and when she started, she felt uncomfortable. The reason being that she has scoliosis and stiffness around her sternum and back. Sometimes costochondritis. She would go running when she’s not joining my class. Then she would tell me she felt painful stiff discomfort the next day when it was the day for my class. Hence she was not able to come join. So her pain would occur after running. I tried doing lower-intensity classes when she was around and she felt good and relieved after the session, so I knew that she needed to start slowly to build up the core strength again. Can you take a look at her x-ray and see if it’s anything severe that she needs to refrain from doing like other activities, running, or what type of class should I do more for her? Her physio is telling her to stop exercising for a few days. From what I see, it’s very mild scoliosis. I’m not sure what has been bothering her and causing all the stiffness and tightness. We do all kinds of LYT blueprints and sequences in class, which I don’t think is too much for her.

     

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  • 559. Wednesday Q&A: Weight-Bearing in the Hands & Managing Dizziness & Vertigo

     

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

     

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about how best to weight-bear in the hands and strategies to manage dizziness and/or vertigo.

     

    Your questions:

    • Referring to the similarities of the tripod of the feet can you and Kristin talk about the position of the hands in weight-bearing and the return of energy that happens here? Thank you!
    • I have a friend who complains about feeling dizzy and Vertigo when going upside down and says she needs to avoid it when practicing yoga. There are a lot of ways I can help her modify the practice but this one has got me looking for some “yoga Mama” direction.

     

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  • 556. Wednesday Q&A: Flexibility, Tone vs. Muscle Length & Proximal Hamstring Tendinothopy

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

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about the difference between inflexibility due to the nervous system or actual range of motion and proximal hamstring tendinopathy.

     

    Your questions:

    • Can you talk about flexibility of tissues based on the nervous system versus actual range of motion?
    • For 18 months I’ve been feeling pain in the medial part of the back of my upper thigh, just under the sit bone and a sensation that is hard to place in a deep medial part of my left buttock. Yoga seems to agitate my pain.

     

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  • 554. Wednesday Q&A: Dolphin Pose, Hyperextension & Groin Pain

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

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about why people hate dolphin pose, working on hyperextended joints, and groin pain while running.

     

    Your questions:

    • Why do so many people hate dolphin pose?
    • How can I work on my hyperextended elbows and knee?
    • I somehow developed groin pain when running. I think it’s more of a hip flexor issue. Tips?

     

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  • 552. Wednesday Q&A: Walking Posture, Popping Knees & Hip Pain

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

    In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about walking on the balls of feet, popping knees, and dealing with severe sciatic pain.

     

    Your questions:

    • My friends’ son walks on the balls of his feet more often than not. Other people in his family do the same. Is this hereditary? What is going on, why, and what can be done?
    • My knees pop on a daily basis, several times a day. They pop constantly throughout the day and I feel the tendency to pop them, not out of habit, but because I feel the need to, almost as if there’s air pockets in there.
    • My mom is over 60 but still a fit woman. She loves going for long walks, gardening, cruising on her e-bike, and hiking. She used to work a desk job half time and is now sitting in front of her laptop at home. She’s suffering from a lot of pain, in her right hip and left side, an eight out of ten. 

     

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

     

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