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In Yoga and the Sacroiliac Joint Shari describes the basic anatomy of the sacrum, including the SI joints, how the sacrum moves, and why having an understanding the sacrum is important for yoga practitioners,
In Keeping Your Sacrum and SI Joints Happy and Healthy Shari discusses how to keep your SI joints healthy as you do different classes of poses, including in standing poses, seated poses, and backbends.
In Overcoming Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain Ram provides some background information about the SI joint and why it’s vulnerable to injuries, and details the techniques Ram used in his yoga practice to heal his own injury.
In Friday Q&A: Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Injuries Baxter and I both discuss SI joint problems from our different points of view (we have both had the injury and Baxter has been teaching yoga for back care for many years.
In Friday Q&A: Squarers Beware! Baxter discusses why the old cue to square your hips can contribute to SI joint and low back pain, and provides a different set of instructions for how to position your legs and hips in standing poses.
In Friday Q&A: Trikonasana, Janu Sirsasana, and Your Sacroiliac Joints Baxter and I discuss how to practice Triangle Pose and One-Legged Seated Forward Bend—two poses than can be challenging for SI joints—to keep your SI joint healthy and what to do in these poses if you already have an injury.
In Differences Between Male and Female Pelvic Structure Shari compares male and female pelvic anatomy and makes recommendations for how women might want to practice asanas differently than men (departing from some of the classical alignment recommendations).
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