YHR Blog
Find answers to common questions related to Yoga and/or Total Hip Replacement.
Downward Facing Dog and Total Hip Replacement
Downward Facing Dog has many benefits Its triangular structure makes it a very stable pose. When you find just the right balance and alignment, your sense of time will slip away while you enjoy the benefits of this semi-inversion. Strengthens shoulders, arms, wrists,...
Pigeon Pose after Total Hip Replacement
Pigeon pose, like any other pose, can be safely practiced following total hip replacement if you approach it slowly, remain focused, and modify the pose as needed. Keep in mind that there are several variations of pigeon pose Before practicing Pigeon Pose following...
Cultivate the Beginner’s Mind: Slow down, be curious, start small.
Beginner's Mind for Total Hip Replacement Picture a baby as it takes in its brand new world. It has no conditioning to distort the wonder and newness around it. For total hip replacement, adopting a beginner’s mind, as though you were coming to yoga for the first...
Vagus Nerve and Total Hip Replacement
Why would I want to mention the vagus nerve and total hip replacement in the same sentence? Because the vagus nerve is key to helping us heal and to deal with pain and stress. What is the Vagus Nerve? The vagus nerve controls bodily functions like mood, immune...
Hip Flexor Pain and Back Pain Related to Total Hip Replacement
Some form of hip flexor pain and/or back pain with total hip replacement seems to be a common experience among those of us with THR. I frequently get questions about it from students and I have read accounts from others with THR. I remembered that several weeks after...
Benefits of Bare Feet
When you are preparing for or recovering from total hip replacement surgery you need increased stability to support your new joint. The whole-body benefits of an asana practice begin with the feet, and the way you connect with the earth will have a ripple effect...
Benefits of Balancing for Total Hip Replacement and Beyond
When you balance, whether on two feet, or on your head, you are strengthening muscles essential for the stability of total hip replacement. Balancing challenges your ability to focus, to react to fluctuations in your body, and to maintain your center of gravity. It is...
Open-Hip Standing Poses = Strength, Stability, Flexibility!
Open-hip standing poses offer a range of benefits for total hip replacement. – They can be modified for any level of ability so that you can practice them at any stage of your THR journey. – They build strength. – They provide stability for your hips. – They promote...
Breathe and Heal: How Relaxing Pranayama helps with Total Hip Replacement
We can use our breath (pranayama) to promote relaxation and healing as we go through Total Hip Replacement preparation and surgery. Breathing is an involuntary action of the autonomic nervous system;* it happens whether we are thinking about it or not. But breathing...
The World is Your Mat: Take advantage!
Before total hip replacement our bodies are often limited in the kinds of movement they able to do. It can be difficult, if not impossible, to get down on the floor, to balance, or to bend like we did before the THR journey started. Following THR surgery, your surgeon...