Archive for January 3, 2011

Is Yoga Bad for the Knees?

Posted in Injuries, Low Back Pain, Media, Random Thoughts, Training, Training Females on January 3, 2011 by mboyle1959

Ok, I admit it. I’m not a yoga fan. Even if you are it might be worth taking a look at this article. The comments are from a medical doctor who has had to attempt to fix the knees of yoga instructors. Many of our stretches are yoga inspired but I think the whole yoga phenomenon is a bit overblown. One real interesting point is obvious. Larger classes seem to lead to more problems. This is because large class yoga is what I call fake stretching. Kind of a follow the leader, “try to get in this position” sort of thing. This leads to a lot of relative motion in attempts to look like the people in front. I think the development of relative flexibility is one of the real big problems in yoga.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8222484/Yoga-bad-for-your-knees-Indian-doctor-warns.html

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