What is the rate of yoga injuries compared to other activities?
This is the last video in a six-part series on yoga. If you missed any, see:
• How to Prove Whether Yoga Has Special Health Benefits (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prove-whether-yoga-has-special-health-benefits)
• Yoga Put to the Test for MS, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Insomnia, and Breast Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/yoga-put-to-the-test-for-ms-back-pain-neck-pain-insomnia-and-breast-cancer)
• Yoga Put to the Test for Headaches, Diabetes, Osteoarthritis, and the Elderly (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/yoga-put-to-the-test-for-headaches-diabetes-osteoarthritis-and-the-elderly)<
• Yoga Put to the Test for IBS, Inflammatory Bowel, Menopause, and Osteoporosis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/yoga-put-to-the-test-for-ibs-inflammatory-bowel-menopause-and-osteoporosis)
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I love this channel!
Doc Greger is the best
Injury is a great teacher. Unfortunately some of us learn the hard way what our limits are. Yoga offers a path of exploration and it is up to every individual to either practice wisely or go beyond your limits and risk injury. The real tragedy would be to not explore at all or dismiss traditional practices as quackery when they have so much to teach us that goes beyond what can be measured in these limited studies. We are lucky in this information age to have access to ancient and modern sciences.
Barfing is common practice? Really?
Summary:
Yoga can have beneficial effects for many patients, even though there is not sufficient scientific evidence to support the positive effect. However, there are also risks associated with yoga, and injuries have been reported as a result of yoga practice. It is important to listen to your body and avoid overexertion. Although injuries have been reported, yoga is generally safe compared to other sports activities. However, there is an increased risk of meniscus injuries in the knee with certain yoga exercises. Pregnant women should avoid hot yoga practice due to the risk of fetal damage. It is important to practice yoga cautiously and under the supervision of a qualified instructor, and individuals with medical conditions should adapt the exercises in consultation with their doctor and yoga instructor.
How’s building muscles a placebo?
Look up mycotoxins in aflatoxins there in all plants seeds nuts grains in the United States that cause cancer.
Google can the human body digest plant cellulose ?
Glad this series is over. Least interesting videos on the channel.
Idk what kind of weird yoga these folks are doing that include mouth to mouth breathing and voluntary vomiting… crazy
I HATE stretching but my body is in so much pain that I need to… Sigh. Old age is rough
I had an articular cartilage injury playing football and my knee won't straighten. My wife introduced me to yoga and I started doing yoga everyday for an hour. After 2 months, my knee can straighten. The best thing was after Sunday's football game, I usually feel like 100 tons. After doing yoga on Monday, I felt like a new person. It is hard to explain but it felt like the weight is no longer on my shoulders and I can breathe and jump easier. I do different types of yoga, Hatha 1 on Mondays, Vinyasa on Tuesday, and so forth so the intensity is different everyday. It is not a military camp so when my knee hurts I just don't bend my knees. The instructor understands that I have good and bad knee days.
Thank you for the precautions <3
I only began to take yoga seriously when I found a teacher who will not tire to tell you that listening to your body is key while doing yoga and that the poses are for me to own, not to be their slave. While I’m quite bendy I’m awful at hand or headstand, so I feel protected. I feel that yoga as a sport may be somewhat pointless. For me it is a way to make sure my body and mind are on the same planet and are not trying to hurt each other.
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Unrelated to yoga, but a question I want to ask Dr. Greger and the team: Have you read the recently released book, "The Great Plant-Based Con" by Jane Buxton? I've only recently started hearing about Dr. Ancel Keyes' contributions, but Buxton really seems to think his research was full of processed meat (baloney). Any thoughts from the team?
Worst side effect of Yoga: Having to wait 2 weeks for a video about Nutrition.
Yoga incorporates stretching and balance which is beneficial for everyone and especially the elderly.
Avoid extremes. Stop if it hurts. Move on to another movement.
Thank you
Omg, pregnant women beware! There are some serious warnings in this vid that i have never heard of!
I liked the idea of yoga, but I didn’t find it enjoyable or doable. You really have to find an exercise program that works for you.
That is a scary footnote– Don't even have to go to yoga to get exposure to high temperatures, a lot of people just have to walk out doors.
Please give equal time to Chi Kung and Tai Chi, that is even successfully used for Physical Therapy, in China.
1. Bill Moyers Healing & the Mind, The Mystery of Chi
2. Qigong Ancient Healing in the 21st Century
Both the above documentaries offer Hospital, Doctors and Documented Research
Dr Greger, you might remember me from VIM in Rockford, IL.
I heard that Iyengar yoga is a safer form of yoga
😊😊😊😊health matters awesome dr🎉🎉😊😊 0:59
Nice videos! What about yoga against sleep apnea?
Yoga is good! Learn it from qualified instructors.
F is just lying down, how would that lead to an injury?
So people hurt themselves while lying on their backs, doing nothing but breathing?😂
You are to reprimanded for using an article that reported a sexual activity in a hallway outside of a practice area in which marijuana was being consumed – as evidence of the dangers of yoga. Absurd and dishonest assertion. You are misleading readers. Why?
There are risks with everything, just have to exercise some sensibility. Not worth scaring people away from healthy exercise as well as saying every food is bad for you..
Thanks for this video. I have injured my self several times. Many instructors no nothing about safety.
I think its great to approach any type of exercise with a certain degree of objectivity . A lot of ppl I know just blindly believe Yoga is just good for you. They would probably get a little upset at a study like this ,simply because it's easy to believe something in such a fervorous way….almost like a Religion or something. I've been doing yoga for a few months and have found it to be mostly beneficial…but yes some of the poses just feel weird to my body. I'm definitely going to use more caution however as I do not want any spinal fractures or femur ones…yikes! Lastly, vomiting? Like the ancient Romans did? Hmmm ,not on board. Lol
Lol that chard with poses basically shows the most popular poses, looks like according to that chard we should not practice yoga at all..
What about energy healing i have tried 3 times here in Canada and it feels good
As a yoga teacher who has been teaching for more than a decade, I can say that the practice has helped my students in so many ways – balance, focus, flexibility, sense of calm and just overall well-being. Just like in anything, there will always be outliers – do too much that what they’re ready or try it and give up. It’s a lifelong practice that makes you pay attention… even by simply being aware of your breath and using it to fuel your movement and calm you down at the same time.
Ummm did anyone notice that figure F in the risks of injuries….is a person lying down? Lol
It's about the food really. (human health)
Yoga is great and Greger is a nutritional expert, understanding little about yoga apparently. Then he follows research that knows less.
Yoga can be a form of cardiovascular exercise and we know the benefits of that. Yoga can be a form of strength training and those benefits are known. Isometric exercise reduced blood pressure more than isotonic. Stretching reduces blood pressure via increasing blood vessel elasticity. Nasal breathing produces nitric oxide with is a vasodilator. Then there is the relaxation and medication aspect. There are several other ways that yoga also improves circulation.
I don't think you can call "side effects" the possible accidents during Yoga practice ..Would you call an accident during running or stretching "side effect" ?!!
2:24 one of the poses here which they say caused injury is Shavasana. Which literally is just lying still on the floor. Like, really? What the hеll is this?
🇮🇳 🚩Yoga has no side effects.Don't spread rumours. stop your fake video. I am Indian/Bhartiya and I am proud of our ancient yoga culture. The only requirement is for health and energy.
Jay Bharat 🇮🇳
The channel is like a lighthoise in stormy ocean. Thank you Greger
Some well know physical therapists on YouTube pointed out that some poses are not great, due to hypermobility. As someone with bulging discs from overuse, I take heed to that. I cherry pick upward facing dog and a good hip flexor stretch, and still do those. I realized those are in pilattes too, so guess I don't do yoga. I just do a few stretches that I like.
I practice several yoga poses to great benefit, but I have to be very careful, because I am very flexible and can get into yoga postures that I have no business doing because I don’t have the strength to do them properly and avoid injury. Be careful!
Yoga is a devil cult