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lotusflower3	Pain in forward bend	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (10/28/08 06:53:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Hi I wonder if anyone has any advice they could give me please about one of my students who I teach on a weekly basis. My student is very fit active lady but recently for some reason every time she moves into a wide leg forward bend, she has a sharp pain in the rib area just below her breast bone. The pain is so sharp that she almost has to leap out of the position. This only happens in Upavista Konasana and in Prasarita Padottanasana, in the latter the pain comes when she takes her body further than her torso being parallel to the floor. These are the only two positions that it occurs in and she has a good range of movement in all other directions. Asking her more about the pain she says its almost a constricting pain almost making her breathless with it. I have asked her to be aware this week to see if the pain happens at any other time, and if needs be if it occurs again this week to see a physio who will hopefully be able to help a lot more than I can. Has anyone any ideas or advise on what it could be? Many thanks.
drrona		#1	[-]
Posts: 12900 (10/28/08 11:25:06) Asst. Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	that's a hard one to jump into there lotusflower3 ... "I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Teresa
martineom		#2	[-]
Posts: 61 (10/29/08 07:58:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hey there Lotusflower3, Really hard to know over the internet... Sounds like this needs checking out by a Physio. It could be a rib/sternum issue and if she gets breathless then the lungs may be impacted. No more full UKonasana or PPadattonasana would be my thought. I would use a chair or wall to support hands in PP to keep the trunk parallel to the floor and have her not bend forward in UK. Once checked out and it is fine, then see if keeping the chest more open in these forward bends helps. I worked recently with a student who got pain in the sternum in some forward bends and it seemed to be due to an old fracture injury being aggravated. When he kept the chest more open across the ribs and collarbones the pain was eased, but I focussed more on creating space in that area than on deep forward bends. Clasping the hands behind the back can help in forward bends sometimes to keep the heart area open. My guess as to why it only happens in wide leg forward bends would be that they allow more forward movement and perhaps this allows more front body 'collapse'. Not sure if this is applicable, but hey, it may be some help... Martine

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