[Sportsandrec] Yoga and Glaucoma?

[David Andrews]

Julie:

I have been to many dentists, and dental hygienists over the years, 
and my experience is that each one has a preferred position that he 
or she likes to put the patient in. Also, of late, the head down 
position seems to be increasingly popular. I suspect this is because 
the newer chairs allow it, where older ones did not!

Dave

At 09:16 AM 9/2/2016, you wrote:
>I haven't asked the doctor, but I can tell when I'm doing stuff that 
>aggravates my glaucoma.  The really big one is at the dentist.  They 
>want to tilt your head back, but the rest of you is still flat, 
>which means my head ends up being lower than the rest of me.  Only 
>at this particular dentist though, so not sure if he's just a nutjob 
>or if this is preferred by most other patients? We have to have a 
>discussion about it every time I go.
>
>There are other times like pulling weeds, where I'm bent over for 
>long stretches that I notice.  It's pretty much solved if I kneel to 
>pull weeds instead of bending at the waist.  Frequent breaks also 
>solve the problem.
>
>I don't do yoga though, so couldn't tell you.  I think just paying 
>attention to how you feel and adjusting as necessary.  I'd think 
>there would be plenty of yoga left even if a few of the poses don't 
>work so well for you.
>
>Good luck!
>Julie
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>-----Original Message----- From: Gaston Bedard via SportsandRec
>Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 8:54 AM
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>
>Well, this is becoming interesting.
>My eye specialist is an ophthalmologist with 35 years experience.
>He filled out my medical forms confirming my blindness which is required for
>the Boston Marathon.
>He filled them out twice over the past 3 years.
>Funny though, he never mentioned the eye pressure we are now discussing.
>Yet, running a full marathon, 26.2 miles is stressful.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via SportsandRec
>Sent: September-02-16 9:42 AM
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>Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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>Yes, I've been told to avoid doing anything increasing pressure to the head,
>which includes exercise where your head is inverted.
>
>Bridgit
>
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>Kris F via SportsandRec
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>Subject: [Sportsandrec] Yoga and Glaucoma?
>
>Has anyone in this group ever been advised by the eye doctor to avoid
>certain yoga poses due to Glaucoma?  I'm hoping to get some reliable
>information from my eye doctor soon, but I am wondering what, if anything,
>people have been told by their eye doctors?  Thanks.