Yoga is supposed to be a healing of the mind, body and spirit - but if the exercises cause your body to be injured?
An article from MSN.com reveals that nearly 4500 Yoga students were sent to the emergency room in 2006. The stats are up by 18% from the previous year. So what went wrong? How can the supposedly healing exercises for your body end up having to rush you in the ER?
The orthopedic surgeons said that the more experienced yogis ended up getting hurt more than those who are just starting with their classes.
I think that the key to not end up being hurt by these limb-twisting exercises is for the teacher to determine first whether their students have some kind of muscular or other health problems.
What if you’re a newbie in an intermediate class, and in trying to follow the position of others, you permanently damage your neck or your ankle? There are nuances to the Yogic positions that only the experts and instructors would know about - so if a person has an improper hand or feet alignment in relation to the poses - they will end up hurting themselves.