Repetitive Strain Injury | RxYoga
What you'll learn
- The critical importance of diaphragmatic breathing and correct posture to reduce “Fight or flight” and promote the “relax and Renew” arms of the autonomic nervo
- Safe non painful ways to practice yoga without weightbearing on the wrists or hands
- The importance of the upper back- the hidden source of many neck and upper extremity problems
- That yoga can be accessible to you, in spite of limitations or injury to the neck, shoulders or arms!
Requirements
- Those with severe thoracic outlet syndrome should exercise caution and consult with their physical therapist or other health professional
- No yoga experience necessary
Description
Experiencing neck, shoulder, and arm pain, stiffness or tingling, or carpal tunnel syndrome? With this course, the 35 plus years’ expertise of an orthopedic medicine physician and certified yoga teacher makes the healing power of yoga accessible to all, particularly those with physical limitations of the hands and arms that preclude standard even beginning yoga poses. Each of four distinct yoga sequences stand alone as a balanced practice, and as a whole provide a complete program of gentle to moderate stretching, strengthening, relaxation, and most important of all, balancing the autonomic nervous system with diaphragmatic breathing.
Variations and modifications of the poses are given for different levels of ability or injury.
What You’ll learn:
The critical importance of diaphragmatic breathing and correct posture to reduce “Fight or flight” and promote the “relax and Renew” arms of the autonomic nervous system.
Safe non painful ways to practice yoga without weightbearing on the wrists or hands
The importance of the upper back- the hidden source of many neck and upper extremity problems
That yoga can be accessible to you, in spite of limitations or injury to the neck, shoulders or arms!
Requirements:
No yoga experience necessary
Those with severe thoracic outlet syndrome should exercise caution and consult with their physical therapist or other health professional
This Course Includes:
4 distinct yoga sequences, approximately 25 minutes in length, all with no weightbearing on the wrists and hands with instruction in:
Breath awareness and the importance of balancing the autonomic nervous system from overly sympathetic “fight or flight” to parasympathetic “relax and renew”
Key concepts of posture and alignment, basic standing poses, cat stretch modifications and forward bends
Opening and mobilizing the shoulders, chest, and upper back
Upper and lower back strengthening
Relaxation sequence with chest openers and gentle spinal twists and hip openers
Who This Course is For:
People with:
Repetitive stress injuries to the neck, shoulders, elbows wrists and hands
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome (mild to moderate)
Pain and stiffness in the neck and shoulders
Pain, numbness or tingling in the hands
Tendonitis of the shoulders or elbows
Pain in the wrist when weightbearing in traditional yoga poses (cat pose, dog pose, etc)
People who spend a lot of time on the computer or other screens
Who this course is for:
- People with: Repetitive stress injuries to the neck, shoulders, elbows wrists and hands Carpal tunnel syndrome Thoracic outlet syndrome (mild to moderate) Pain and stiffness in the neck and shoulders Pain, numbness or tingling in the hands Tendonitis of the shoulders or elbows Pain in the wrist when weightbearing in traditional yoga poses (cat pose, dog pose, etc)
- People who spend a lot of time on the computer or other screens
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 1 Review
- 5 Students
- 2 Courses
I embarked on the study of medicine with the vision of being the ultimate family doctor who would provide “holistic” treatment “from cradle to grave”. After a few years of private practice attempting to do just that, I realized my real passion and aptitude was working with people with musculoskeletal problems such as back and neck pain and injuries; shoulder,hip and other extremity injuries; or nerve injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, and to promote their healing not just physically, but also in mind and spirit.
Having suffered my own injuries from car and other accidents and benefited so much from “alternative therapies” such as manual therapy, acupuncture, and yoga, I have made it my life’s work to guide patients through a rehabilitation process that encompasses so much more than just the drugs, surgery, and “living with it” that standard allopathic AMA medicine offers.
The “whole person centered” approach is thoroughly ingrained in me from my family practice years, and I always address life style factors including nutrition, exercise, stress management and attitudinal adjustment to support healing of orthopedic and musculoskeletal injuries.