Cindy

Last night, I tried out the ‘Yoga for Athletes’ class, hoping it will help me with some left hip weakness I am noticing upon returning to figure skating after 30 years!   Wow! Was I right!  Some how I got into these amazing contortions with my legs that caused extreme stretch (for me, anyway) in my outer glutes and external rotators.  I literally had to pick my leg up out of the positions and today I am sore.  My yoga teacher confirmed that my many years of dance training forcing constant external hip rotation has shortened and tightened those muscles.  The moral of the story is that although it hurt and was tough, I believe it is really going to help unlock some of the problems I am noticing in my athletic endeavors.