The three most common adverse effects of yoga reported were: (i) pain and soreness (i.e., ‘I feel pain in upper and lower limbs’ or ‘I feel low back pain’), (ii) muscle injuries (most often sprains) and (iii) fatigue.
Can yoga harm your body?
Around this time, stories of yoga-induced injuries began to appear in the media. The Times reported that health professionals found that the penetrating heat of Bikram yoga, for example, could raise the risk of overstretching, muscle damage and torn cartilage.
