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Back Reliever
A yoga block can be used to ease back problems. By placing the
foam yoga block underneath your pelvic shelf (the back of the
hip bones or pelvis) and laying on the block, you can help the
muscles that can cause back and hip problems to release and
eventually, after daily use, return those muscles to the
proper length and position. The block will be below your waist
and above the tailbone and there should be no feeling of
pressure or discomfort if the block is placed correctly.
There are three positions in which the pelvic shelf can rest
on the yoga block--flat, edge, and end. To start you should
just try the first position (flat) for 9 minutes. The legs
should be bent at the knees and the feet hip-width apart and
flat on the floor. The goal is to eventually have the leg
below the knee, perpendicular to to floor. It may take a
couple weeks of doing this before you are able to lie in the
proper position. Once you can maintain the proper position,
you can add the second position (edge) for the last 3 minutes,
and work up to doing it the last 6 minutes. At no time while
doing this should you feel any discomfort in your back.
Eventually, you may be able to add the third position (end)
for the last 3 minutes, so that you are doing each position
for 3 minutes each.
You may have to slowly work up to the last two positions until
you have "trained" the muscles to come into their proper
position. After all, it may have taken years to get to the
condition in which the back muscles not balanced, or it may
have been one incident from which you have not recovered.
Three minutes in each position daily will do wonders for your
back.
 
Using the block with it flat

Using the block with
it on edge

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