Healing Yoga: Proven Postures to Treat Twenty Common Ailments-from Backache to Bone Loss, Shoulder Pain to Bunions, and More
Loren Fishman
Language: English
Pages: 163
ISBN: 2:00355238
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
“To many of his patients [Dr. Fishman] is a miracle worker.”—Jane E. Brody, New York Times
Healing Yoga unites medical knowledge with the practice of yoga to help treat twenty common conditions, including headache, weight gain, the common cold, scoliosis, PMS, stress, depression, and eight different types of back pain. Dr. Fishman shares techniques he has invented, refined, and validated with thousands of patients, including detailed pose instructions and accompanying photographs. He walks readers through not only healing but also diagnosis of specific medical conditions, especially back pain, when there is more than one source of trouble. Suitable for both beginners and experienced yogis, this book is an at-home guide to a renowned doctor’s expertise.
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creative with your modifications. CHAPTER FOUR Sacroiliac Joint Derangement SACROILIAC JOINT (SI) derangement is perhaps the most under-recognized and untreated cause of low back pain. Some say 15 to 30 percent of individuals with chronic back pain that is not neurological and does not originate in the spine suffer from this problem, but I believe the percentage is higher.1 In the past, a poor understanding of this condition, and the refusal by some medical professionals even to recognize its
piriformis syndrome. I spent the next seven years as a doctor keeping my eyes open for it. During that time I learned that few people knew about this condition and even fewer in the medical profession believed it existed.1 It’s a little like sacroiliac joint derangement in that way; many physicians and researchers argue that neither exists and the pain attributed to them is caused by other problems.2 To me, that only made it more fascinating. I believed patients when they said they had that kind
for Osteoporosis: A Pilot Study.”14 It seemed that if such a small sample was statistically significant, I could make a better, more complete study—do it in a general way and with a larger number of people, and learn more. I discussed it with colleagues and came up with a plan for a small battery of blood tests and a urine test to look for bone turnover. If the patient was taking medication for bone loss, I estimated how much bone they had gained before joining the study and projected how much
calves to remain comfortable when trying this pose. It can be dangerous if done without these props. The Pose: Place two large pillows on the floor. Sit on the pillows, between your shins, after pulling the flesh of the back of the calves outward. Lengthen and straighten your spine. Place the backs of your hands on your thighs near your knees, elbows bent 60 degrees. Arch your back slightly and look forward. As you become more comfortable in the pose, use fewer and smaller pillows until you are
clinical diagnosis, invasive tests, and treatment,” The Lancet Neurology 8, no. 10 (October 2009): 959–68. Chapter 11 Weight Control 1“Mom’s Weight During Pregnancy Affects Her Daughter’s Risk of Being Obese,” Science Daily, July 5, 2009. 2S. E. Berkow and N. Barnard, “Vegetarian diets and weight status,” Nutrition Reviews 64, no. 4 (April 2006): 175–88. 3OMICS Publishing Group, “Our Obesity Crisis Requires the Development of New, Widely Available Options: Can Yoga Function in a Major