Degenerative Disc Disease with Dr. Libby Hinsley [common conditions mini-series]

Students often share scary sounding diagnoses with their yoga teachers and expect us to know what they are - and how to modify for them. Today’s episode is the first of a mini series about some of the most common conditions that will show up in a yoga classroom. Dr. Libby Hinsley demystifies the misleading diagnosis of “degenerative disc disease” - and shares the tools you will need as a yoga teacher to confidently help any student who tells you they have it.

 

Episode Highlights:

• How your back is like a Jelly Doughnut!
• What IS “degenerative disc” and what impact should it have on your practice?
• The relationship between bulging, slipped, and herniated discs (hint - one of these isn’t a real thing).
• The prevalence of spinal abnormalities - and how worried we should be if they show up on imaging.
• The relationship between degenerative disc disease and backbends.
• Nerve compression symptoms and how to modify for them.

 

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