Oh thank you for the reconfirmation, as a Pilates and Yoga teacher and practitioner, I always avoided those. Not only it's harmful, but it hurts. So deep listening would usually indicate what we should be avoiding.
Wow, I can personally attest to these movements being bad or not helpful for scoliosis. I had started doing pilates in earnest around 2020 when I started noticing difficulty standing upright out of bed in the mornings and having more back pain when walking. It never got any better so in 2021 I started seeing spine doctors and was shocked to see that my curve had progressed a lot from the last xray of my back that I had seen in 2017. I continued to do pilates through the years and the pain just kept progressing. In 2023 I got desperate and started to consider scoliosis surgery. Several drs I saw told me, based on my curve, I WAS a scoliosis surgery candidate but they urged me to try more conservative scoliosis-specific therapy first since I had good muscle strength, balance, flexibility and no permanent nerve damage or organ impingement. I have been doing scolio-specific PT, pilates and strength training all this year (2024) and my pain has gone way down and I know what to do now when pain does flair. Thanks you, Christine, for pointing these particular moves out as no-no's... I was doing the majority of these moves for years up through 2023! Prior to this year (2024), I really had no idea that some of the pilates and strength training exercises I was doing were probably making my scoliosis issues worse! Lesson learned: WHAT you do and how you do it MATTERS.
Hi Christine, Thanks for your helpful video and all your amazing videos. I know this is a yoga and not Pilates pose, but since you mention extreme bending forward poses are not good for us, what about Child's Pose? That is quite bent over even though your arms are outstretched, I'm now thinking that may not be good for us after all. Thanks for your help!!
In childspose there is no pressure on the spine and the torso is usually fully supported (depending in your flexibility) so I really don’t mind that one! It can be a lovely restorative pose too especially if you use a bolster.
@@MoveWithScoliosisThank you, Christine, for taking time to answer and for clearing that up! Thanks also for your book, I bought it on Amazon and it’s such a great resource! Sending gratitude to you and FOR you from Canada ❤
OK yes, this makes sense. Yes I always end up coming off my mat with spinal rolling. And in halasana I notice that my body is never straight, one hip will be higher than the other, and my back will go off to one side. I've often have teachers try to "straighten me" up. But I had not thought about not doing it at all. Can you explain why the rotation while moving aspect is not desirable?
I wouldn’t suggest not to twist at all because twisting is part of every day life. Just in walking and swinging our arms we twist our torso and that’s good! It’s more when we’re choosing our exercises with a specific purpose! If it’s strength and stability for our spine we need to be able to control the twist (and not continuously rotate more one way than the other for example) which is hard enough in a static pose but even harder when you move. It doesn’t mean it can’t be done! It’s just harder.
Oh thank you for the reconfirmation, as a Pilates and Yoga teacher and practitioner, I always avoided those. Not only it's harmful, but it hurts. So deep listening would usually indicate what we should be avoiding.
Yes I'm 100% with you on that! Listening to your body is so important but especially for beginners this is sometimes really tricky.
@@MoveWithScoliosis Absolutely, it grows in time and under guidance.
Wow, I can personally attest to these movements being bad or not helpful for scoliosis.
I had started doing pilates in earnest around 2020 when I started noticing difficulty standing upright out of bed in the mornings and having more back pain when walking. It never got any better so in 2021 I started seeing spine doctors and was shocked to see that my curve had progressed a lot from the last xray of my back that I had seen in 2017. I continued to do pilates through the years and the pain just kept progressing. In 2023 I got desperate and started to consider scoliosis surgery. Several drs I saw told me, based on my curve, I WAS a scoliosis surgery candidate but they urged me to try more conservative scoliosis-specific therapy first since I had good muscle strength, balance, flexibility and no permanent nerve damage or organ impingement. I have been doing scolio-specific PT, pilates and strength training all this year (2024) and my pain has gone way down and I know what to do now when pain does flair.
Thanks you, Christine, for pointing these particular moves out as no-no's... I was doing the majority of these moves for years up through 2023! Prior to this year (2024), I really had no idea that some of the pilates and strength training exercises I was doing were probably making my scoliosis issues worse! Lesson learned: WHAT you do and how you do it MATTERS.
Do you have exercises we could do to counter these ones?
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Hi Christine, Thanks for your helpful video and all your amazing videos. I know this is a yoga and not Pilates pose, but since you mention extreme bending forward poses are not good for us, what about Child's Pose? That is quite bent over even though your arms are outstretched, I'm now thinking that may not be good for us after all. Thanks for your help!!
In childspose there is no pressure on the spine and the torso is usually fully supported (depending in your flexibility) so I really don’t mind that one! It can be a lovely restorative pose too especially if you use a bolster.
@@MoveWithScoliosisThank you, Christine, for taking time to answer and for clearing that up! Thanks also for your book, I bought it on Amazon and it’s such a great resource! Sending gratitude to you and FOR you from Canada ❤
OK yes, this makes sense. Yes I always end up coming off my mat with spinal rolling. And in halasana I notice that my body is never straight, one hip will be higher than the other, and my back will go off to one side. I've often have teachers try to "straighten me" up. But I had not thought about not doing it at all. Can you explain why the rotation while moving aspect is not desirable?
I wouldn’t suggest not to twist at all because twisting is part of every day life. Just in walking and swinging our arms we twist our torso and that’s good! It’s more when we’re choosing our exercises with a specific purpose! If it’s strength and stability for our spine we need to be able to control the twist (and not continuously rotate more one way than the other for example) which is hard enough in a static pose but even harder when you move. It doesn’t mean it can’t be done! It’s just harder.
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