Now, I do feel it necessary to give this one warning. I've never heard anyone else ever say this--but since I 'know' the lady and know she is telling the truth, I want to make sure people know this. I only recently found this out, so have to remember to start telling people.
She was very crippled. Just about having to crawl on the floor as she couldn't stand. She got the Egoscue book and tried it without anyone there to 'spot' her. She got down and was in so much pain she had to get up--and couldn't! She was in one of the positions and just froze, and had to lay there in terrible pain for 20 minutes. Knowing no one was coming to her rescue she forced herself to turn over and crawl on hands and knees to a chair that she could hold to get up. So her advice was to never do these unless you have someone there to help you 'just in case'. Personally I think for 99.9% of the people doing these stretches alone would be fine. BUT--now you are aware of this problem and it's probably just a good idea to not try them until you have someone around just to be safe. Samala, Renee
