How Yoga Wrecks Your Body

how yoga can wreck your body

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

In the adult body there are normally 206 bones. Depending on your definition of joints there are somewhere between 200 to over 300 joints in the adult body.  Given those numbers it’s safe to say that our bodies are built to move.

Movement is essential to maintaining a healthy pain free body. Equally important to health and pain free living is rest, good nutrition, and relaxation.  A balanced system is a healthy system. Sedentary jobs, inactivity, repetitive activity, injuries, trauma, sleeplessness, fatigue, mental and physical stress etc. are all factors that challenge our bodies ability to flow in and out of situations and remain healthy and pain free.
 "How Yoga can Wreck your Body" is an interesting article from the New York Times. It’s an easy to read story of  how an activity like yoga which is innocent, fun and healthy for many people can be or become harmful and even dangerous for others. This article could easily be titled “How running, tennis, baseball, volleyball, weight lifting, walking, or working as a grocery store checker wrecks your body.” Just because we enjoy something and it is touted as being healthy doesn’t mean it is always good for us.  Timing is everything.

We want our patients to move and be active.  However, not all activities are created equal and not all bodies are able to handle activities equally, especially if your experiencing pain.  Pain and dysfunction is a sign that something isn’t right, it’s our bodies way of saying “pay attention to me, I need help.”  
Enjoy,
Lori