Thursday, March 28, 2024
ADVT 
Life

Yoga can heal, but also hurt

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Sep, 2017 12:48 PM
    Yoga is a great healer and contributor to improving strength, flexibility and endurance, but wrong yoga poses can make your daily life difficult instead of easy, say experts.
     
    Minakshi Fullara, Chief Consultant, Physiotherapy, Aakash Healthcare, said overdoing it or doing it in the wrong manner can lead to acute injuries, chronic pain, overuse strain and hamstring pull.
     
    Certain asanas of yoga like Paschimottanasana involves direct bending of spine in seated or long-standing position without bending of knees. This in turn puts direct load on spine giving it "C" shape and creating tension on ligaments and joint stability leading to severe disc prolapses and hip joint disorders.
     
    So, always consider postural alignment, biomechanical stresses on joints and soft tissues and functional anatomical position while practising any yogic asana.
     
    Wrist injuries are other most common things to happen when certain posture of yoga demand support from wrist.
     
    Rotator cuff injuries are common to occur if biomechanical alignment is not appropriate while practising body weight on arms, resulting in excessive strain on rotator cuff muscles and thus, affecting shoulder dynamics.
     
    To avoid these injuries: Get yourself assessed thoroughly by a physical therapist for your flexibility, core strength, joint mobility and learn properly before performing; respond to your body, if it signals to pain or stress.
     
    -*-
     
    Yoga expert Deepak Jha has also pointed out a few health problems that you might face if you are performing certain yoga pose wrongly.
     
    * Backaches and slip disc: Yoga poses like Bharadvajasana, Bitilasana, Marjaryasana and many other yoga poses help you ease your back pain and back problems. If done incorrectly, it can create reverse effect.
     
    * Ankle sprain: Yoga poses like Ardha Chandrasana, Malasana and Supta Virasana put pressure on your ankles. If done in an incorrect manner, they can injure your ankles severely. 
     
    * Stiff neck, sprain and pain in neck: Yoga asanas like Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II and Kapotasana require involvement of neck. 
     
    These poses require you to bend and twist your neck and if you make a mistake while practising these, you can suffer from a stiff neck and sprain and pain in the neck. 
     
    * Muscle pulls: Your muscle can be pulled in most of the yoga poses if your body flexibility is not that strong enough. 

    MORE Life ARTICLES

    Make Space For Daughter-In-Law In Your Hearts Before She Comes To Your Home

    Make Space For Daughter-In-Law In Your Hearts Before She Comes To Your Home
    Weddings are a big event in the Indian society for which the planning begins really early and goes elaborate. We plan for the rituals, the events, the clothes, and honeymoons, but what we ignore is the marriage that follows the wedding.

    Make Space For Daughter-In-Law In Your Hearts Before She Comes To Your Home

    Face Cleaning Mistakes That 'Bride-To-Be' Must Not Make

    Face Cleaning Mistakes That 'Bride-To-Be' Must Not Make
    As the wedding season kicks in, healthy and glowing skin is quintessential to put the best look forward and have those flawless looking pictures in the photo album.

    Face Cleaning Mistakes That 'Bride-To-Be' Must Not Make

    7 Reason Why A Great Percentage Of People Are Switching To A Vegetarian Life

    7 Reason Why A Great Percentage Of People Are Switching To A Vegetarian Life
    You might be a meat-lover, but what we can see recently is that the world facing the wave of vegetarianism. But why is it so?

    7 Reason Why A Great Percentage Of People Are Switching To A Vegetarian Life

    Pedal Your Way To Well-Being

    Pedal Your Way To Well-Being
    World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that adults aged 18-64 years should indulge in at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity throughout the week to stay healthy.

    Pedal Your Way To Well-Being

    Here Are Four Good Reasons For Leaving Your Relationship

    Here Are Four Good Reasons For Leaving Your Relationship
    Breaking up with someone is really hard. Not just because it makes you really sad but it takes a lot of energy, mental and emotional both.

    Here Are Four Good Reasons For Leaving Your Relationship

    Energy drink, a gateway drug for teens

    Energy drink, a gateway drug for teens
    A new study by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers suggests that there is reason for concern as young adults who regularly consume highly caffeinated energy drinks are at the risk for future substance use.

    Energy drink, a gateway drug for teens