Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog

I finally went to an orthopedic doctor today, and he’s tentatively guessing that I have a torn ligament in my right wrist. This would explain the on-going pain in my wrist, and the specific nature of the pain. I’ll be having an MRI tomorrow to find out exactly what is happening. X-Rays of my wrist have come back negative, so the most likely explanation of the persistent pain, according to my doctor, is a torn ligament. The two possible treatments are surgery or immobilization of the wrist joint. In either case, my yoga practice will certainly be affected pretty dramatically for a while. I’ve already been making some considerable alterations to my practice, and, as readers of this blog have probably noticed, it’s been some time since I’ve done any new Digital Asana Project videos, mainly because I can’t do anything on my hands right now. Surgery and/or immobilization of my wrist will almost guarantee that I won’t be doing any more videos for some time.

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