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Sergei Nesmeyanov wrote:
> On Jul 14, 4:29 pm, meno...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Menolly) wrote:
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>> Learn yoga. Invert with less specialized equipment. :)
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> Unless you have mastered yogic levitation, an inverted position would
> still result in gravitational compression, albeit along a reversed
> spinal axis.
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> Spinal decompression requires traction, which requires some kind of
> restraint below the hip and groin, combined with either a traction
> device or gravitational force to pull and extend and stretch and
> decompress the spine. More info than you're likely to want to know
> here:
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> http://www.teeterhangups.com/about/history.html
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> I find sirshasana to be very helpful with balance and proprioception.
Su****ted inversions like rope sirsasana
(http://www.fullcircleyoga.net/photos4.html
-- about halfway down
the page) and chair shouldstand (same page, a little farther down)
eliminate or reduce the spinal compression.
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your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works
in your name?" And then will I declare to them, "I never knew you;
depart from me you evildoers." -- Matt 7:20-23, RSV
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