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| hi everyone,
are inverted poses, kept for less then one minute, dangerous for hipertension controlled by drugs? thanks
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| if done correctly and safely, inverted poses are good for people with high blood pressure but if you have any serious medical condition, it is important to talk with a qualified yoga teacher before you do any kind of asana. Many people with various forms of metabolic disease, hypertension, arthritis, etc. enjoy benefits from a regular yoga practice......but you have to know your own body and your own limitations, especially when you are starting out. It's really important have a yoga teacher to help guide you in listening to your own body.
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Location: Here | pondicherry - 2009-10-22 2:36 PM
hi everyone,
are inverted poses, kept for less then one minute, dangerous for hipertension controlled by drugs? thanks
Ask the person who prescribed the drugs. |
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| Thank you for your replies. To tell you the truth, I'm a yoga teacher, my problem is that I'm trying to understand how much danger there is for someone with hipertension (not so high but also tyroid problems, hence sarvangasana would be great).
We are discussing this topic in our yoga centre and my point of view is exactly the same of Seeeker101. Do you have any source from yoga text I can quote?
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Location: Here | Any medical condition that is controlled by drugs "should" allow the person to do everything that a "normal" person can do, except those things that the drug manufacturer lists in their information and contraindications for that particular drug. Although these are often many pages of small print, they are the results of a lot of testing and are generally very reliable. Without knowing the exact drug and dosage, as well as other drugs taken and possible other medical conditions that the student did not disclose, you really can't say that inversions are OK or that they are not OK. Yoga teachers should refer students to their medical doctors for medical opinions. If their doctor says it is OK, the yoga teacher can use their expertise and teach poses that may decrease the need for medical interventions in the future. In the meantime, the student is under the medical supervision of a professional and that should be respected, just as the doctor should not start telling the patient how to do specific yoga poses.
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| Seeker101 - 2009-10-23 8:42 AM
if done correctly and safely, inverted poses are good for people with high blood pressure but if you have any serious medical condition, ...................
Namaste.
I am sorry, how INVERTED YOGA POSE helps to a person suffering with High Blood Pressure? Please explain us here...
Because, Yoga teachers are telling that Inversion should be avoided if you have High BP.
jim is right, "Any medical condition that is controlled by drugs "should" allow the person to do everything that a "normal" person can do...."
Thanks
Joseph
Edited by joyoga 2009-10-27 12:33 PM
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| here is an interesting point of view, take a look: http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/594 |
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