Yoga Anatomy Articles

The yoga anatomy articles are organized into categories such as, Injuries , Postures, Your Questions , Yoga , Anatomy , Yoga Injuries Research , Ashtanga Yoga Research , and even Yoga Adjustments.

They are also broken down more specifically by muscles, bandhas, breathing, sit bone pain, shoulders, psoas, and knee pain.

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Injuries In Yoga Adjustments: What Are Practitioners Experiencing?

Injuries In Yoga Adjustments: What Are Practitioners Experiencing? Most respondents reported experiencing hands-on adjustments as “very helpful” and did not report getting… Injury Survey

Negative Experiences In Yoga Practice: What Do Practitioners Report?

What negative experiences in yoga practice are practitioners reporting? While slightly more than half of respondents did report having some negative experience… Yoga

How Do You Know What Yoga Practice To Do When You’re Injured?

I get lots of questions about how to do yoga practice when you're injured. In this post, we'll guide you through choosing… Upper Limb

Elbow Pain: Finding the Source of Your Elbow Tendinitis

This month’s question comes from Jade. She asked a question about elbow pain in yoga practice. What might be causing that elbow… Injury Survey

Assessing the Impacts of Yoga Asana – Survey Summary

The Yoga Anatomy Research Project (YARP) - This first post lays out the fundamental information that we gathered. It is our intention… Anatomy

Sit Bone Pain – 2021 Update

There have been a couple of overlapping issues to the original article on Sit Bone Pain. It just shows that whatever the… Yoga Injuries

Is Yoga Tearing Labrums?

Is yoga tearing labrums? The answer to that question is not so simple. Reports of labral tears do seem to be on… Anatomy

Frozen Shoulder and Yoga – Do They Go Together?

Frozen shoulder and yoga practice? Frozen shoulder often has no known cause, but here are some thoughts on what you should and… Yoga Injuries

Injuries In Yoga – Framing The Conversation

Injuries in yoga are not so uncommon. Let's take a look at some context for why and how injuries occur and when… Yoga Injuries

Working With Wrist Pain In Yoga?

Wrist pain in yoga is fairly common. There are many considerations when evaluating pain and/or injury of the wrist during a yoga… Anatomy

What Are Trigger Points?

Trigger points are extremely common. It is essential to know about them if you assess students complaining about chronic or recurring pain. Yoga

Women’s Flexibility A Liability (In Yoga) ???

Here I discuss the recently published article by William J. Broad in the New York Times, titled Women’s Flexibility Is a Liability… Anatomy

Working With Sit Bone Pain and Achy Hamstrings

Do you have sit bone pain or an aching hamstring? Here is a PNF technique that may help people with sit bone… Anatomy

Quadratus Lumborum (QL) A Real Pain In The Back!

Quadratus lumborum can be important to both back pain and yoga. This muscle can be involved with back pain and a larger… Anatomy

Is Your Hip Pinching In Twists?

Learn what might be happening, anatomically, when you have a pinching sensation in the front of your hip while doing a twist… Yoga Injuries

Injury In Supta Kurmasana: Supta Kurmasana Goes Pop!

Find out where injury in supta kurmasana can occur. Learn why the sternoclavicular joint is vulnerable when doing supta kurmasana. Arm Balances

Yes, You Can Get Injured Doing A Headstand

Learn how the hand position you choose affects your headstand. Find out where your shoulders should be relative to your elbows. Yoga

Response to NYT Article – How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body – Yoga Injuries

It is disheartening to see the New York Times come out with yet another article that seems to completely miss the point… Anatomy

Got Sit Bone Pain? – What To Do With That Hamstring © 2010

Sit bone pain is a common problem inside and outside of yoga. This could be a potential hamstring tear or an irritated… Yoga Injuries

The Shoulder Joint In Chaturanga: Who Are You Going To Blame?

Learn more about the shoulder joint in chaturanga. Find out what your shoulder joint is doing in chaturanga and how to avoid… Yoga Injuries

Inner Knee Pain – Lotus Not Blooming By David Keil © 2010

Find our why inner knee pain is often related to doing lotus posture. Learn about pain on the inside, outside, and center…