Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RD, LD, a Washington, DC sports nutritionist, naively assumed that her active lifestyle and knowledge of health issues would make for a pain-free yoga experience. So Scritchfield, 34, was taken aback when she hurt her knees badly during a yoga class five years ago.
�I thought I was fit enough to jump into any sport or activity and I didn�t realize that yoga moves are different than my usual running or biking workouts. I pushed the stretch on a pigeon pose and tweaked my sore knees even more,� she says.
Rita Trieger, a 51-year-old registered yoga teacher at the Stamford Hospital Health and Fitness Institute in Connecticut, recalls a similar injury scenario a decade ago. �I was really fit. I was trying to outdo everyone else in the class and I pushed a triangle pose until my hamstring popped. After that, I couldn�t do anything at all for six months,� she says.
Trieger learned her lesson and is now mindful of her yoga students and their risk for injury. �Most beginners are not cautious enough of their body�s signals and can easily hurt themselves,� she says. �But really fit students are competitive and often push the poses too far. A yoga injury can put you out of commission for months. Fit or not, you have to take it easy doing yoga.�
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