Eden Sports Injury Clinic

09/02/2026

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08/02/2026

Classes running throughout the week - Greenbank Hall - Monday 11am & 6.30pm, Wednesday 10am / Moville Methodist Hall- Thursday 6.30pm, message for further details.

05/02/2026

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Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Fold) – Do It the Right Way 🧘‍♀️

🔴 Dangerous ❌ (Left Image)
Rounding the back and forcing the reach puts excessive strain on the spine and hamstrings. This can lead to lower-back pain, disc stress, and muscle strain—especially if you pull aggressively.

🟢 Safe ✅ (Right Image)
Keep the spine long, chest open, and hinge forward from the hips. Reach gently toward the feet without forcing. This protects the back while giving a deep, effective stretch to the hamstrings and spine.

⬇️ Full Forward Fold (Bottom Image)
With correct alignment, relax the neck and shoulders, fold gradually, and breathe deeply. This calms the nervous system, improves flexibility, and supports spinal health when done mindfully.

✨ Always choose alignment over depth. Stretch with awareness, not force.

03/02/2026

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30/01/2026

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🎯 Standing Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose (Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana) — Anatomical Breakdown

This visual shows Advanced, Beginner, and Avoid variations with muscular anatomy to help you understand how the body should work, not just how the pose looks.

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🔵 Advanced (Correct Alignment)

What’s happening anatomically:

Core muscles (transversus abdominis, obliques) are fully engaged

Standing leg glutes & quadriceps stabilize the pelvis

Femur sits deep in the hip socket → protects the hip joint

Spine stays neutral, shoulders stacked over hips

Big toe presses away → activates foot, calf, and hamstrings

Benefits:

Improves balance & proprioception

Strengthens core, legs, hips, and ankles

Enhances hip mobility without joint strain

Builds neuromuscular control and posture awareness

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🟢 Beginner (Safe Modification)

What’s happening anatomically:

Bent knee reduces hamstring tension

Spine stays upright, reducing shoulder strain

Core and standing leg still active, but load is lighter

Benefits:

Safe entry for tight hamstrings or hips

Builds balance confidence

Gradually strengthens stabilizing muscles

Prevents compensation while learning alignment

✔️ Best option while developing flexibility and control

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🔴 Avoid (Incorrect Pattern)

What’s happening anatomically:

Core disengaged → spine rounds

Shoulder compensates instead of hips

Standing leg muscles inactive

Excess stress on lower back & hamstrings

Risks:

Lower back strain

Hip instability

Shoulder and neck tension

Poor balance mechanics

🚫 Looks flexible, but lacks strength and control

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✨ Key Teaching Point

👉 Flexibility without stability is risk. Strength + alignment = progress.

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29/01/2026

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28/01/2026

There you go folks, exactly what we did at the end of the class this morning, although we had a 2nd bolsters length ways to support the abdomen, chest and head, so relaxing 😌

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🧘‍♀️🌷🧘‍♀️Tight hip flexors don’t always need more stretching — sometimes they need support.

This restorative prone release uses a bolster to gently support the pelvis and lower abdomen, allowing the hip flexors to soften without force. When the body feels safe and supported, the nervous system relaxes and deep tension can melt away naturally.

✨ Stay here for 3–5 minutes, breathe slowly, and let gravity do the work.
✨ Ideal for people who sit long hours, feel lower-back tightness, or experience stubborn hip tension.

Less effort. More awareness. Better release.

28/01/2026

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The one muscle that stores your stress, your fear, your tension… and your memories 🤔👇

If you’ve ever opened your hips in yoga or stretched deeply and suddenly felt emotional, shaky, or overwhelmed — you didn’t imagine it.
You touched your psoas, the deepest muscle in your core and one of the most sensitive parts of your entire nervous system.

This muscle is not just a hip flexor
It’s a fight or flight responder

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Why this muscle holds so much tension

When you feel stress, fear, shock, or pressure, your brain triggers a protective reflex:
curl in, guard the organs, get ready to run.

That reflex contracts the psoas every single time.

In modern life:

• stress piles up
• we sit for long hours
• the body never gets to run, shake, or release the tension

So the psoas stays tight, shortened, and tired.

A tense psoas can contribute to:

• lower back discomfort
• tight hips
• shallow breathing
• restlessness
• increased stress response
• difficulty relaxing

Not because it “stores trauma” in a mystical way, but because it is deeply wired into the nervous system pathway responsible for safety, alertness, and survival.

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The gentle release that works (no forcing, no deep stretching)

The psoas doesn’t like aggressive stretching.
It releases when the nervous system feels safe.

Try this simple, evidence-supported position:

Constructive Rest Pose

1. Lie on your back

2. Knees bent, feet flat on the floor

3. Let your knees fall inward so they rest against each other

4. Hands on your lower belly

5. Stay for 10–15 minutes

This position allows:

• the pelvis to settle
• the spine to decompress
• the psoas to soften naturally

You may feel warmth, tingling, or gentle shakes — all normal signs of relaxation.

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Why this works

Your psoas sits beside:

• the diaphragm (breathing)
• the lumbar spine (stability)
• major nerves
• blood vessels

So when it relaxes, you breathe deeper, your nervous system calms, and the whole body feels safer

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The truth in one sentence

Your psoas is not a storage locker for emotions — it’s the messenger between your stress and your body
When it finally relaxes, the whole system exhale

Save this, try it tonight, and see what shifts

24/01/2026

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🌷🧘‍♀️🌷HOLDING LEGS UP ON THE WALL FOR 5 MINS A DAY
Is a powerful restorative pose that gives our body a break from gravity especially if you're on your feet most of the time, have bad posture, or sit all day.

22/01/2026

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