Yoga: Don’t bend until you break
Posted: March 15, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Pam Schulte, owner of Just Practice Yoga, acknowledges that she and her students have suffered the occasional injury from yoga.
"Well duh," she said. "Have you seen what people do in those classes? This idea that yoga is this holier-than-thou regimen where no one should ever get injured is not realistic. It's not realistic to think that way about anything."
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years in India and has exploded in the U.S. in the past two decades. According to a survey by the National Institutes for Health, more than 13 million American adults did some form of the discipline in 2006, a number that has likely increased.
But researchers only began taking a hard look at the discipline in the past decade. What they're finding is that while pretty much everyone could benefit from yoga, it's not the one-stop, cure-all regimen that many yogis say it is. And it can cause injuries, some quite serious.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 5,500 yoga-related injuries in 2007. A chapter in William J. Broad's book "The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards" focuses on injuries sustained by veteran yogis, many serious enough to cause permanent damage and even paralysis.
Dr. Michael J. Milne, a surgeon with the Orthopedic Center of St. Louis and a team physician with the St. Louis Cardinals, is one of a number of local doctors who have seen patients who were injured on a yoga mat.
Most are nonsurgical injuries and include sprains and strains, Milne said. But he's also seen patients who have ruptured their Achilles tendons or torn the meniscus in their knees while doing the downward dog yoga position.
"A lot of times it's people who are new to yoga who have no flexibility and try to keep up with others in their class," he said.
He's also seen patients with torn rotator cuffs in the shoulder, who did not feel a sudden tear. They will often say that they started yoga a few months before their shoulder started hurting, Milne said.
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BEIRUT: For the Togni family, the circus is more than a career, it is a way of life.
Their genetically transmitted adventurous spirit has brought them for the first time to Beirut, with the collaboration of the Italian Culture Ministry and the Lebanese Tourism Ministry, to present the National Italian Circus Il Florilegio.
The term Florilegio is Italian for bouquet, meaning a collection of the best numbers according to general assistant Isabelle Gillier.
Livio Togni has been in the circus business his whole life, as his father, grand father and those before them were.
The roots of this circus can be traced back 130 years he proudly stated. This circus is our life, we have created a closely knitted community that is now our home, and as we travel we live collective strong experiences that bring us even more together.
Il Florilegio was crowned the National Italian Circus in 1938 by decree of King Victor Emmanuel III who was famous for his love of entertainment.
As for today, Livios sons Steve and Max have taken over the torch, the first being the star of the show and the second being the director. Steve graduated high school in Italy and went on to study accounting until he was 19 years old, while still touring with his family during vacations. He also started coaching tennis at a young age, but no matter what he did with his life, he could not tame his urge to follow in his ancestors footsteps and surrender to the magic of the circus life.
My brother and I are the sixth generation to take over the circus, how could I not carry on this dynasty? he asked.
I especially love the contact I have with the animals. Contrary to what many people think, they are not my slaves, they are my partners and friends, we share a strong bond Steve said as we were touring the animal area in the back of the marquee.
And as we approached the tigers cage where three beautiful creatures were lying peacefully, Steve lifted his hand to the thick steel bars. The male tiger, biggest in size, quickly approached to greet him as he gracefully stood up on his two back feet and placed his front paws on the cage as if to hug his friend and trainer.
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eCamps Inc., owner of GameBreaker Lacrosse Camps, Revolution Field Hockey Camps, Revolution Softball Camps, adidas Tennis Camps and the International Squash Academy, has announced their official partnership with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) in a continued effort to promote the use of sports to teach life lessons.
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The eCamps sports network, offering sport-specific training sessions in lacrosse, field hockey, tennis, softball and squash, are considered to be the finest youth instructional camps in the country because of their coaches. The directors of these summer sports camps are a collection of the best coaches and players from across the nation and are skilled in all aspects of the game. Each coach is dedicated to the personal development and improvement of their campers, from beginners to top high school players. Each coach embraces the responsibility of being positive role models for these campers, on and off the field.
eCamps partnership with the Positive Coaching Alliance will ensure that each coach is trained to not only improve campers performance in their respective sport, but to instill the importance of sportsmanship, being a team player and honoring the game.
The eCamps sports network of summer camps has served over 50,000 happy campers since their inception in 2001. For more information on the 2012 summer camp schedules, please visit http://www.eCamps.com.
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