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I lift my heals too, but only to get my hands closer to my feet and then I slowly press the heals back down. This action helps me get a deeper backbend and also seems to make me focus more on the action occuring in my quads...still can't manage to get up though  Now, is it good to practice this manuever daily (back muscles are a little achey) or is it better to take a day off or two? I have heard different theories regarding working through 'the discomfort' that some asanas can cause; some have told me to back off, one should not feel discomfort and others have told me that that is part of the practice, to a certain extent and that one should work through the pain...any thoughts on that one? Also, Nick, I so appreciate your suggestions but am loathe to admit that I have yet to go try UD on a slope the reason being is that the only appropriate slope available in my neighbourhood is at the park and I find that a little to public for my liking, lots of soccer players and dog walkers about... Carol | |||
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Location: London, England | patient@44 - 2009-05-30 2:53 PM I lift my heals too, but only to get my hands closer to my feet and then I slowly press the heals back down. This action helps me get a deeper backbend and also seems to make me focus more on the action occuring in my quads...still can't manage to get up though Now, is it good to practice this manuever daily (back muscles are a little achey) or is it better to take a day off or two? I have heard different theories regarding working through 'the discomfort' that some asanas can cause; some have told me to back off, one should not feel discomfort and others have told me that that is part of the practice, to a certain extent and that one should work through the pain...any thoughts on that one? Also, Nick, I so appreciate your suggestions but am loathe to admit that I have yet to go try UD on a slope the reason being is that the only appropriate slope available in my neighbourhood is at the park and I find that a little to public for my liking, lots of soccer players and dog walkers about... Carol Hi Carol,,  Yes, I can appreciate it looks a little odd. I'd say any ache from the low back, either the muscles or the spinal joints, is an absolute no-no. A properly performed back-bend should not hyper-extend the lumbar spine, and that ache is almost universally down to hyper-extension. If any muscles do tend to feel tight, , they should be the muscles which extend the thoracic spine, and the muscles which extend the hip joints-greater extension in these two segments is usually dictated by being able to compress the lumbar spine in an alignment which is extended, but not hyper-extended. Having said that, this movement is a really difficult one not to hyper-extend the low back. As people drop back, they typically hinge around some part of the lumbar spine (which also means the floor is harder to reach-less control in getting there, too). Extra effort should be put in to the above actions of hip and thoracic extension to counter this. Take care Nick | ||
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