Early in my practice of acro yoga when putting my wrists into demanding skills, foot to hand, hand to hand, table top/walnut drills, etc, my wrists and hands could actually feel compression pains and aches, 99% of the pains and aches didn't inherently feel damaging but the possibility was there and the 1% of time that damage was done meant for a whole lot of rehabilitation.
3 major contributors helped me out of compressive wrist pain and into feeling like all the yoga and acro postures that one felt painful now feel like they are adding strength, I got out of the bone and into the muscle!
The First:
Simon Borg-Olivier ( http://yogasynergy.com/main/simon-borg-olivier )
Simon has been seriously studying the anatomy and physiology since the early 80s both as a microbiologist and a physiotherapist and presents one of the most concise yoga programs that I believe is on earth. Through his anatomy and physiology course you will learn about every joint and how it is used in part or as a whole in any physical practice that puts a demand on the joint. I do not hesitate to call Simon my most influential teacher and most assuredly a master of the practice of yoga. One of the most aware individuals that I have come across. And fun! He was also the first person to present to me that nerves could be a contributing factor to degraded movement.
The Second:
Scott Sonnon ( http://www.rmaxinternational.com/flowcoach/ )
Scott appealed to the deepest part of my being and gave me more courage to believe in my innate talents. His story and ongoing effort was one of the greatest for my spirit that I ever came across. The skill sets that he focused on and attained really contributed to my knowledge of individual joint movements and helped to reduce the efforts that it takes me to be in or move through postures.
The Third:
Christopher Sommers ( https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/about/ )
I came across a copy of Coach Christopher Sommers book Building the Gymnastics Body and started to regularly train wrist and hand exercises as outlined in the book. While I have kept my drills to the basic variants throughout the last couple years I can testify to the major benefits of adding in these basic drills. Now I am able to do all the yoga and acro poses that have a high demand of hand and forearm technique. He really impacted me with the importance of not skipping steps and going for the gold when you have not even trained for the olympics.
All in all these 3 men encouraged me to the deepest level of human movement and doing so intelligently and do so in the midst of a community.
A future article of mine will go more indepth into the actual wrist movements that I train regularly.
Do you have a particular wrist and forearm practice that prepares you to handle the rigours of yoga and acrobatics? If so please comment!
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