Bryan Alexander
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Dec 6, 2000, 3:57 PM
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Backbend-Jammed back
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Some of us suffer from a jammed back when doing backbends or even just lying flat on our backs. The jam results in a painful lower back. I asked Erin how she deals with this, and she replied as follows:
Manouso Manos showed me this for urdhva danurasana:
If you can come into the full pose do so and have someone stand over you
and place their hands on your hip bones. Ask them to press straight down
evenly - using their whole weight. This will instantly make space in your
low back and relieve any jam. I used to get it real bad. This will teach
you how to use your legs. For me it has a lot to do with my thigh bones
flying up as they do in everything. I try to take the top of the thigh bone
back into the hamstring from the groin, inner thighs rolling in. Don't grip
your butt either. This is a big mistake as it gives your sacrum and tail
bone nowhere to extend to - creating a jam. Of course the more you can get
your upper back to move the less you will be prone to sacrifice the low
back.
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