Does yoga cause as many injuries as other sports?

Asked Oct 24 '17 at 18:52

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Yoga is more dangerous than previously thought and causes as many injuries as other sports, a study has found.

[...] in a recent study yoga caused musculoskeletal pain - mostly in the arms

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Professor Evangelos Pappas, of Sydney University, the study's lead researcher said: "Yoga may be a bit more dangerous than previously thought.

"Our study found the incidence of pain caused by yoga is more than 10 percent per year - which is comparable to the rate of all sports injuries combined among the physically active population.

Is the practice of yoga as susceptible to injuries as sports?

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asked Oct 24 '17 at 18:52

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Related question: Has yoga been shown to have a healing effect? Yoga seems to encompass a pretty broad variety of activities, which might make it hard to give a clear answer to a question like the one in the title of this post. – paradisi Oct 24 '17 at 19:15
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The related question talks about a psychological healing but I'm referring to a physical damage. Psychological healings are hard to prove or disprove. – Grasper Oct 24 '17 at 19:22

Does yoga cause as many injuries as other sports?

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