You'll often see athletes--professional and amateur alike--get walked off the field after suffering an injury during play. While the grueling nature of their activity accounts for the cause of the accident, they are actually more prone to sustaining injuries because the nature of their regimen (sports play, weights, jogging) tightens muscles. Tighter muscles cause greater resistance to gravity when falling or experiencing other misfortune, which then compromises the muscles and joints.
The practicing of yoga postures, as most people know, helps to build flexibility in the muscles and stabilize the joints. While a person with particularly developed flexibility and stable joints will not lock up on the way down to the ground and is therefore less prone to injury, it doesn't in fact eliminate the possibility of injury outright.
Whether participating in a dangerous sport, taking a misstep when getting off the bus, or experiencing some other accident that may often cause an injury, practicing a sound yoga posture practice will reduce the chances of an injury taking place, turn more serious injuries into minor ones, and generally help the body to recover from problems both related to the injury and not.
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