Although yoga is known to be beneficial to those practising it,yoga poses risk abdominal problem.
It is physical benefits for flexibility and balance, as well as it's spiritual connection means it is practise by millions of people worldwide.
With all it known benefits,there is a warning they may be putting their hip health at risk.
According to a hip and kneel specialist(Mr Matthew) and member of the Chartered Society of physiotherapists,says he sees four to five yoga teachers a month.
According to him, the problems lie in people repeatedly pushing their bodies into prescribed positions,when their physiology prevents it, resulting to too much stress on their joints.
"We all know the health benefits of yoga,I practise it myself",he says."But, like anything, it can cause injury. We can't put it on pedestal."
"I don't want to denounce yoga, after all it's been going for thousands of years. But you have to understand yourself."
Mr Matthews says the problem often boils down to how a person's hips are formed and how flexible they are.
"What's achievable for one might not be achievable for others," he says. "People tend to do the same set positions, rather than what's achievable for them.
"Ego might mean them trying to take a position 'all the way' to the end when they should just stop where it's comfortable.
Just because the person next to you can reach all the way doesn't mean it's necessary, or desirable, to do the same."
Mr Matthews says the amount of yoga teachers do, as well as the fact they might not be doing any other kind of exercise, can explain the problems that develop.
"They might be doing yoga six days a week and think that's enough, without doing any other kind of exercise, like cardio or cross training," he says.
"It's like anything. If you do the same thing again and again, there can be problems. You need to mix it up in terms of the kind of exercise you do.
"The yoga teachers I'm seeing are young - 40, 42
"If they come limping and can't walk more than 10m [33ft], say, there's no amount of physio that can help them. If it's two years in, even the best physio can't do anything.
It is physical benefits for flexibility and balance, as well as it's spiritual connection means it is practise by millions of people worldwide.
With all it known benefits,there is a warning they may be putting their hip health at risk.
According to a hip and kneel specialist(Mr Matthew) and member of the Chartered Society of physiotherapists,says he sees four to five yoga teachers a month.
According to him, the problems lie in people repeatedly pushing their bodies into prescribed positions,when their physiology prevents it, resulting to too much stress on their joints.
"We all know the health benefits of yoga,I practise it myself",he says."But, like anything, it can cause injury. We can't put it on pedestal."
"I don't want to denounce yoga, after all it's been going for thousands of years. But you have to understand yourself."
Mr Matthews says the problem often boils down to how a person's hips are formed and how flexible they are.
"What's achievable for one might not be achievable for others," he says. "People tend to do the same set positions, rather than what's achievable for them.
"Ego might mean them trying to take a position 'all the way' to the end when they should just stop where it's comfortable.
Just because the person next to you can reach all the way doesn't mean it's necessary, or desirable, to do the same."
Mr Matthews says the amount of yoga teachers do, as well as the fact they might not be doing any other kind of exercise, can explain the problems that develop.
"They might be doing yoga six days a week and think that's enough, without doing any other kind of exercise, like cardio or cross training," he says.
"It's like anything. If you do the same thing again and again, there can be problems. You need to mix it up in terms of the kind of exercise you do.
"The yoga teachers I'm seeing are young - 40, 42
"If they come limping and can't walk more than 10m [33ft], say, there's no amount of physio that can help them. If it's two years in, even the best physio can't do anything.
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