Strengthening the Weak Sides of our Spines

My mantra for anyone with scoliosis is:  “Lengthen.  Strengthen.  De-rotate the Spine/Hips.”  To me these are the top 3 things anyone with structural or functional scoliosis needs to do daily.  It is what helps our spine and hips stay healthy and hopefully prevents us from progressing in the curves.  AND I have personally found these also have pain-relieving benefits.

This is “Part 2” of the scoli mantra:  Strengthen!   Asymmetries in the spine are caused by imbalances in muscle strength.  When one side of the spine is weaker than the other, we need to strengthen just the weak side.  So where in most yoga classes we work to balance the sides of the body, in this one we don’t!  We don’t need to strengthen the strong side(s) of the spine that is pulling us out of alignment.  Therefore, we only do our spinal strengthening poses on the weak side(s) of the spine.  This class will teach you how to strengthen our weak lumbar and thoracic muscles.

And remember, you only have to do 1 or 2 strengthening poses EVERY day to make a difference in your spine.  And you can do that in under 5 minutes a day!

Hope you will join me for this online Zoom class by sending an email to Karen@YogaTherapyWithKaren.com.  The class costs $10 unless you are one of my regular monthly class attendees, and then it is free.  Note:  The class will be videoed, so if you can’t make the class in-person, let me know and I can send you the link later.