However, because of female anatomy, it is generally accepted that women biologically have a need for increased sacroiliac joint range of motion. Movement in the sacroiliac joint is highly variable, which means there are no universally agreed upon standards for sacroiliac joint range of motion. The female pelvis is built for childbirth, which makes the pelvic outlet wider and its connecting point, the sacroiliac joint, vulnerable to issues because of its higher degree of movement.įemale & Male Pelvis – The female pelvic outlet is much larger than the male pelvic outlet. Women tend to suffer the most from sacroiliac joint issues, in large part because of our pelvic bony design.
Yoga history has everything to do with the sacroiliac joint because these not so ancient yoga postures were designed for men and boys, not women and anyone with a sacroiliac joint susceptible to stability issues. That fact bears repeating: Yoga postures were never intended for women. But what does yoga history have to do with the sacroiliac joint? So really, yoga postures were never really intended for women. What’s more important is this historical fact – Postures were created by men for men and young boys with a certain body type. Before that, yoga postures were thought to be a moral contradiction to “true spiritual yoga practice.” The practice of “asana” as we know it supposedly began at the turn of the 19th century, in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Mark Singleton first coined the term “modern postural yoga,” which refers to yoga posture’s young roots. Yoga postures, contrary to what most people believe, are a modern phenomenon. To understand this, you have to go back in history a bit. The second part to the story is – yoga postures aren’t therapeutic in and of themselves, nor or all yoga postures safe or even necessary. Heck I didn’t even know my sacroiliac joint needed protecting.
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I didn’t know how to protect my sacroiliac joint. The first is – practicing yoga postures as a young 20 something hurt me (that was before I became a physical therapist and athletic trainer). There are actually two important parts to this story about the sacroiliac joint. In this particular pose I am performing it with the support of a quarter-fold blanket, a block, and a strap.
Supported Half Upward Facing Bow Pose – This pose is a progression of the previous two postures, and is where sacroiliac joint issue can be made worse if the pose isn’t carefully scaffolded.
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