The practice of yoga has recently received some flak for its potential risk of injury. A recent post from the New York Times outlined such risk. However, like any activity, the combination of critical thinking and proper performance typically precludes injury prevention. Therefore, I’ve listed below some corrective exercise strategies for the Functional Movement Screen utilizing traditional Yoga poses.
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Jeff,
Excellent work and good perspective. I’ll plug some of this stuff into my own training and report back.
Regards,
Carson Boddicker
Great work Jeff!
Nice piece, Jeff. Thanks!!
Patrick
Thanks gents. You guys are doing great jobs yourselves!
That’s really a good breakdown of those yoga poses for corrective strategies…nice work!
Keats
Jeff,
I really like the way this has been broken down. Really easy to follow and practice! I’ll be trying this this afternoon with one of the athletes I work with. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Rich
Wow, Jef, blogging above and beyond!
Very inspired thinking Jeff!
Ah yes. Inspired by lululemon
Jeff,
Great stuff – I am going to get all my west coast yoga loving clients doing the poses they need to be doing.
Graeme Lehman
Graeme.
That’s exactly it. “Smart Yoga”. We need less downward dogs and more warriors
Brilliant as usual Doc… love it:) Thanks!!! Hope you are well!
I love Warrior One! I never used to be good at it, but then I discovered there are ways to modify it. Yoga guru Leeann Carey has a free yoga video that shows how to break it down. I thought you would be interested in it: http://planetyoga.com/yoga-blogs/index.php/free-yoga-video-hands-on-adjustments-in-warrior-one-pose/
What are your thoughts about lumbar flexion in Sun Salutations, or pinching of the supraspinous ligament and increasing forces on facet joints in Cobra pose?
Hey Steve.
Good to hear from you. I hope you’re doing well!
To be honest with you, I have no problem with any of the yoga poses. My concern only lies with too high of a volume of a specific direction, especially if one’s body isn’t prepared to to do (i.e. improper movement patterns and specific joint restrictions).
This is great Jeff!!! Extremely helpful for me!
Thanks!