Back pain

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#1

I started to have low back pain after doing some house cleaning. It is strange that it hurts only on my left low back, sometimes spreads to the left mid-back, didn’t go away for days.

I do the suryanamaskar everyday and I stopped it because I thought I shouldn’t do any bending till it gets better. I also stopped the sarvangasana which I do occasionally.

Is there a difference in pain on the left side for females? I understand it represents the feminine, emotional side. I had more problems with my left than right side of body.

How can I increase energy flow to these problems areas?

#2

The quadrant of the lower back between the ribs and pelvis is often subject to strains. The region closest to the spine is controlled by the quadratus lumborum muscle. the muscle reacting lateral from there is the latissimus dorsi. You can see them drawn respectively on pages 142 and 149 of my SYT book. Vacuuming is especially likely to strian this region. For toning it i would recommend doing the rolling bridge pose, and the JFS. In this case i would not suspect an energy issue nor a conceptual idea of it being feminine. Those are for subtle body (kosha 2) and not likely to cause physical pain. Emotional pain can be there however. namaste mukunda