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One Direction's Harry Styles prefers yoga to ballet to combat his back injury

One Direction's Harry Styles prefers yoga to ballet to combat his back injury

Written by Editorial Team |Updated : March 10, 2015 6:58 PM IST

Harry Styles prefers yoga to ballet to combat his back injuryOne Direction band member Harry Styles is in no mood to learn ballet. He prefers yoga to combat his back injury instead. 'I have a bad back and I went to see and an osteopath. He told me to do ballet. But I didn't. I'm doing yoga instead,' Styles said on chat show 'The Jonathan Ross Show', reports femalefirst.co.uk. Styles' legs are of different lengths, with one measuring half-an-inch more than the other. This is causing him back pain.

Yogasanas for the back

Harry Styles Yoga ModeThere is a thick and strong network of muscles around the spine which helps in it in moving in different ways. Yogasanas were formulated by Yogis to include these specific movements of the spine, viz. upward stretch, backward bend, forward bend, sideward bend and twist. These Asanas help in maintaining the inter-vertebral space, improving blood circulation in the muscles and increasing muscle strength. This in turn helps protect the spine and keep it healthy.

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Here are some of the simplified Asanas taught at The Yoga Institute that help a householder to maintain physical health even in the midst of stress, work and strain.

Yastikasana

Yastikasana final

Method:

  1. Lie supine.
  2. Inhale 3 seconds, legs fully extended, arms stretched towards head.
  3. Retain 6 seconds, stretch toes and fingers outward.
  4. Exhaling return to normal.

Benefits:

Facilitates maximum stretching of the body. It frees the body from the harm of faulty postural habits, tenses the usually relaxed abdominal and pelvic muscles, and offers rest and relaxation when a non-stretching relaxed and passive attitude is maintained.

Limitations: Acute cardiac problems, kyphoses

Bhujangasana

Methodbhujagansana final

1. Lie on stomach, legs stretched out, point toes outward, place palms on floor by side of chest

2. Lift head and shoulder backward without pressure on palms while inhaling 3 seconds

3. Retain breath 6 seconds

4. Return to starting position while exhaling 3 seconds.

Benefits:

Adjusts minor displacements of vertebra, relieves vertebral foramen of undue pressure, exercises deep muscles of spine and back, promotes spinal circulation and helps maintain elasticity of spine. Yogis believe it increases body heat, prevents disease by aiding elimination and activates bio-energy potential by influencing various plexuses and nerves.

Limitations: Abnormal inflammation, cardiac problem, hernia.

Konasana II

konaasanaMethod:

  1. Stand erect, feet 24 inches apart, parallel.
  2. Raise right arm straight up until vertical.
  3. Bend laterally to left inhaling 2 seconds, sliding left hand towards left ankle.
  4. Hold breath 4 seconds.
  5. Return to normal exhaling 2 seconds.
  6. Repeat other side.

Benefits:

Ordinarily less used muscles of the sides are stretched and developed. There is a strengthening effect on abdominal and pelvic organs. During movements, internal organs of the sides receive compression.

Limitations: Spinal problems, Ptosis, Hypertension.

Pascimottanasana

PachimoasanaMethod:

  1. Sit, stretch legs fully, toes inwards.
  2. Inhale 3 seconds.
  3. Exhaling 3 seconds, bend forward and touch toes, with outstretched hands, head touching knees drop elbows.
  4. Retain position for 6 seconds.
  5. Inhaling 3 seconds, return to starting position.

Benefits: Good for hamstring and calf stretching. Helps resolve disc prolapse.

Limitations: Acute disc prolapse, Resolving Disc Prolapse, Gross Osteoarthritis of the knee, Cardiac problems, Hypertension, Pregnancy, Abdominal Disorders.

Sitting Vakarasana

sittingMethod:

1. Sit, legs stretched, knees together.

2. Stretch arms at shoulder level,parallel to the floor,palms facing down.

3.Exhaling, twist from waist, moving arms and head together.Maintain parallel position of the arms throughout.

4. Return inhaling.

5. Repeat on the other side, 2 rounds.

Benefits:Helps relieve muscular back pain (low, mid or inter-scapular), Ankylosing spondilytis, Mild Osteoarthritis of the spine.

Limitations:Acute and resolving lumbar disc prolapse, hernia.

Yogasanas provided by , Director of the Yoga Institute in SantaCruz which is the oldest organised yoga centre in the World. She is also the President of the International Board of Yoga. She along with her husband Dr Jayadeva were invited by the NCERT to design a yoga course for schools.

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