Herniated cervical disc

[Kathik]

I have a quite severe herniation at c5-6, desperate to avoid spinal fusion. Any yoga therapy to encourage disc to move and/or alleviate arm pain? I am a yoga teacher, and am working w physical therapist & craniosacral /reiki / polarity therapist.
Thanks,
k

[InnerAthlete]

Hello Kathik,

Relative to this:

Any yoga therapy to encourage disc to move and/or alleviate arm pain?

There does appear to be yoga therapeutic offerings for such things. There are also yoga offerings with no efficacy whatsoever in this regard.

As a yoga teachers you and I are acutely aware that students who do not reveal to us, do not engage relationship with us...how they can only be guided by what we see of them. With the internet that seeing is removed and we have nothing to rely upon other than the sharing.

Ergo if the question above becomes more robust for you it would be greatly appreciated to have additional information about the issue and the person who is housing it.

Gordon

[Hubert]

The healing capacity of the human organism is amazing. Or to formulate it better ... coming to a balance with the universe of what we are an organic part, is always possible, even though we often do not realize this.

In the class I visit there is a woman whose spine looks so terrible on MRI, that the doctors cannot believe she has no pain at all. Yet, thanks to a careful alignment based practice under the personal guidance of our instructor she manages to be completley free of the usual symptoms. This is one end of what I can share relating to your problem.

The other end ? Even total healing is possible if one ... deserves the gift of grace to be manifested upon. The level of self surrender, humilty required is very hard to achieve and in these cases we must take into account one's social environment, and karma, too. Miracles do not happen because we refuse to expect them.

[jsirabella]

Hello All,

My name is John and I was diagnosed with a herniated disc at my L5. While my doctor believes it is mild and I should be able to beat it without surgery, it certainly does make walking difficult. I was an avid cyclist and weight lifter but now with the sciatica walking for 30 minutes is a step up.

I learned about the mckenzie technique on my own and have really been using it quite often. I believe it uses alot from yoga and would like to add on it.

Is there anywhere I can go to learn which exercises can helkp me with my condition and get me pain free and avoid surgery.

Thank you for reading this post.

-js

[InnerAthlete]

Hello John,

If you are just looking for exercises then a physical therapist (or Physio therapist in the UK et al) can show you such things.

If you are looking for Yoga AND, as part of that, wanting postures that will assist you, then I'd suggest a therapeutically trained yoga teacher with more than five years of teaching and at least 500 hours of training.

gordon

[Xamilo]

Originally Posted by Kathik

I have a quite severe herniation at c5-6, desperate to avoid spinal fusion. Any yoga therapy to encourage disc to move and/or alleviate arm pain? I am a yoga teacher, and am working w physical therapist & craniosacral /reiki / polarity therapist.
Thanks,
k

There are currents in medicine which would try to get you to therapy or more conservative procedures like neural blocks which you might try with a lot less risk than consulting your "Polarity" Therapist