The Hamstring is connected to the Rhomboid

Yesterday I drove down to see Diane, my wonderful homeopathic doctor in San Jose. I see her about once a month or so for various things, but yesterday I wanted to ask her about the tightness/soreness in my right hip.

Although I have lots of distraction issues in my home with meditation, the kicker is my right hip is really, really sore when I go to stand up after meditating. I've asked yoga instructors about this (they said leg alignment), I asked a physical therapist who led our yoga training last Sunday (she said tight hamstrings, be careful in forward folds), and finally I asked Diane.

She said the block was from fear and it goes back 25 generations on both sides of my family. Okay, that's strange, I know, but she hasn't led me wrong in the past five years I've seen her, so I believe until proven wrong.

Then the more practical thing she said was that the tightness in my hamstrings is connected to tightness in my rhomboid muscles (back shoulderblade) on my left side. So she recommended I stretch the rhomboids to help my hamstrings by taking my left arm straight across my upper chest, cradling my right upper arm bone (humerous? I forget) in my left hand. Rest. Repeat.

So far my hip was still sore after meditating cross legged for 20 minutes, but I'll report back on progress. As for the fear bit, I've been focusing my breath and sending love to that aching spot on my hip.