Do you have hip pain? Today's episode is all about the hip joint and hip injuries that are common in yoga practitioners. Many of you may already know this story, but I tore my hip labrum when I was 23 years old and I spent the first two years of my yoga teaching career walking with a cane and was in incredible pain.

I had a slow, but amazing recovery from that injury, and now almost 12 years later I am stronger, healthier and more pain free than I have ever been in my life! If you are in pain, or have students who are struggling with hip problems, this episode is for you!

I invited my friend Ariele Foster to join me in this conversation because in addition to being a doctor of physical therapy, yoga teacher since 2001 and an anatomy teacher for yoga teacher trainings, she also had a hip injury.

In this episode you'll hear:

• The stories about our own hip injuries and subsequent healing. (There is hope if you have a hip injury!)
• The anatomy and structure of the hip joint.
• Specific poses and movements that increases the chances of a hip labral tears.
• Some warning signs and sensations that a person might not recognize as a problem until after damage it done.
• The relationship between "hip opening" poses, hypermobility of the hips and injuries.

Learn More From Ariele:

• Check out our previous interview on The Mentor Sessions to get to know more about Ariele and her Anatomy Informed Yoga approach in Episode 7.
• A sequence for cranky hips.
• A sequence for posterior chain awakening.
• Facebook Group for Hypermobility and Yoga.
• Ariele's website's here and here.