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If you're dealing with herniated disc issues, watch this now!

Man Flow Yoga · 0:32

In this practice

Key teachings

Understanding safe movements for spinal health
Avoiding spinal rounding in passive positions
Focusing on neutral or arched spine postures
Pain management through appropriate exercise

Ideal for

Individuals with herniated disc issues
Anyone experiencing back pain due to disc problems
Yoga practitioners seeking safe modifications for spinal conditions

Lesson

Instructions

You may or may not know this, but a prolapsed disc will fix itself, usually within one year. Managing the pain symptoms with the appropriate exercises, and avoiding certain movements that aggravate the pain, is a good way to keep your spine feeling as good as possible

Steps

Plank pose
Cobra pose
Bridge pose
Avoiding passive forward folds

Benefits

Managing pain symptoms associated with herniated discs
Supporting spinal health and well-being
Providing immediate relief from discomfort
Guidance for disc self-healing

Transcript

can yoga help a prolapsed or slipped AKA herniated disc here's what you need to know certain poses can help a prolapsed or slipped disc but there are also a ton of yoga poses that will absolutely make that pain even worse here are two basic guidelines to keep in mind you want to avoid anything that causes your spine to round especially in a passive position like a forward fold instead focus on postures that keep your spine in a neutral or arched position poses like plank Cobra and Bridge if you're ready to get rid of that pain and get some immediate relief

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 1 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: spinecoreback muscles
Energy: balancing

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