Re: ANYONE EVER TRY YOGA FOR ACM I??

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Joy!

I get EXTREME relief from yoga. In fact I became an instructor because I was so

happy that it did so much for me. In general, all of my symptoms disappear or

subside after I do a good hour of yoga, including my neck spasms! I practice 3-5

times per week. I would highly recommend this to you or anyone else looking for

relief. Find a good yoga studio near you or buy some videotapes and allow

yourself to be open to the idea of it for at least a month. I personally do

Hatha yoga, but I am sure any type of yoga would be beneficial. I particarly

like the way I feel after doing inversions, like supported headstands (NO WEIGHT

IS ON MY HEAD!!! I find this balances out my central nervous system - as well

as the concentration of deep breathing yoga entails. Yoga not only works on your

physical conditions, but I would bet you would gain mental health from it! If

you or anyone else has any further questions please let me know. (put " yoga " in

the subject)

Hugs and Smiles Back,

Page (no surgery yet:)

Joy Barby wrote: Hi Gang:

I went for a visit with my neurologist last week. As I mentioned in past

posts, I am up to my limit on steriods and can no longer receive trigger

point injections with lidocaine and steriods. My neuro said that he didn't

feel just giving my lidocaine and saline would help much. In the interim, I

am breaking out in back and neck spasms and nothing seems to be controlling

them. I've been taking Ativan, and he increased my Inderal. He refuses to

give me anything for pain. He tells me to take Advil or Alleve - yeah,

right??!! I've tried both for some of those migraine headaches and IT

REALLY DON'T WORK!! I was taking But-Apap (forgive me, I don't have the

prescription bottle with me to get the correct name), but it contain

caffeine and my doctor said this was the worse thing I could take for my

migraines. I was given this prescription when I went to the Emergency Room.

I know there are painkillers out there that don't contain caffeine and can't

fiure out why he doesn't want to give me any. I got the feeling that he

thinks I either an addict or will get too addicted to them even though I

told him I don't take them until I absolutely need to!!

He suggested I try Yoga and this might help my muscle spasms. Has anyone

else ever tried Yoga and had some relief from it? Once again, I need your

help. Thanks for your support.

Hugs and Smiles,

Joy

ACM I

No Surgery Yet

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