Standing Marichyasana creates less impingement, allows increased hip alignment, and improves strength and balance in the legs and hips, which are essential for mitigating pain with leg length discrepancies.
Read MoreThis post explores how to do Bridge Pose and how to approach it if you have scoliosis, ensuring you reap the benefits while maintaining proper alignment.
Read MoreIn this post, we’ll explore what scoliosis is, the signs to look out for, and how yoga can potentially be a helpful tool to manage this condition.
Read MoreChild’s Pose is one of the most important poses for scoliosis because it helps you gain awareness about where your curves are and where your back is in space. With the support of the ground and your legs, you have a greater opportunity to feel and sense your back.
Read MoreTabletop is a great way to stretch and strengthen your core, back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands. Finding stability and strength in this position helps you build a foundation for other yoga poses and exercises.
Read MoreThere is a safe path for walking with scoliosis but you will need to be more mindful and consider your situation each time you head out the door.
Read MoreMarichyasana is an asymmetric pose and can require those with LLD or scoliosis to do different actions on each side.
Read MoreHere are a few general things to look for to make sure people with scoliosis are practicing yoga safely and effectively…
Read MoreThe Adams test is a simple but effective way to screen for scoliosis.
Read MoreThere are several types of body asymmetries, including scoliosis, leg length discrepancy, limb length discrepancy, torticollis, pectus carinatum, and pectus excavatum.
Read MoreThe Sacro Wedgy is a helpful tool for reducing lower back and sacrum pain from scoliosis and sacroiliac (SI) joint disfunction.
Read MoreNot only does prenatal yoga require a little humility and acceptance, but so does yoga for scoliosis. Here I will discuss a few poses for the first trimester as listed in Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood: Safe Practices for Expectant and New Mothers and how you may need to adapt them for scoliosis.
Read MoreYoga helps those with scoliosis manage the condition through reducing its severity and pain by strengthening and stretching the body to better support the spine, posture, and balance.
Read MoreMy own experience and research suggest that scoliosis doesn’t have to limit all high-impact exercise.
Read MoreStaff Pose (Dandasana) is a basic yoga pose that is one of the best for highlighting postural patterns and strengthening back and leg muscles in those with body asymmetries like scoliosis and leg length discrepancies.
Read MoreIf you have any body pain or scoliosis, flying can be even more difficult. Here are five things to do on a plane to help manage.
Read MoreYoga for scoliosis is a gentle form of yoga that strengthens and stretches the muscles of the back and spine to help improve posture, reduce pain, and improve mobility.
Read MoreSide Plank Pose (Vasisthasana) was found to help reverse scoliosis spinal curves and it is also important for those with leg length discrepancies.
Read MoreWide-Legged Forward Fold (Prasarita Padottanasana) is a good yoga pose for those with leg length discrepancies and scoliosis because it stretches the legs, glutes, and back while promoting stability in the hips and balance between each leg, ankle, and foot.
Read MoreIf you have a leg length discrepancy (LLD), scoliosis, or various back, hip, or leg conditions you could have gluteus medius weakness or asymmetry. For some people, strengthening or balancing out these muscles will reduce pain, improve balance, and promote body symmetry.
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