In the meantime, I have refrained from going to yoga classes because I did not want to do deep forward bends or other postures that would stress my lower back. I tend to tighten up in classes, just the opposite of what I want to do.
The payoff has been more flexibility in my hips and improved balance because I've been working everyday. I still have some stiffness in the lower back in the morning, which I usually treat with a hot pad. But it's not pain, but the soreness of having worked over those muscles, ligaments and tendons.

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