The woman faces the risk of a rare spinal condition after yoga posture led to sliding records
Doctors told a woman from the United Kingdom to run the risk of developing a rare spinal condition due to a yoga pose that made years ago, according to the SWNS news agency.
Terilyn Griffiths, 44, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, exhibited early signs of equine cauda syndrome (CES, a dangerous form of spinal nerve damage) in January 2024 when a magnetic resonance revealed discs slipping on the back, avoiding the lesions on the back induced by yoga.
“I was showing my ex the children of how to make a standing bridge pose when my back yielded,” he said about the initial incident in 2021.
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At first, Griffiths “did not think about that”, but then began to experience back pain two weeks later, often feeling that “he would collapse at the waist.”
“He did not help work in a laborious job, and I had to carry heavy materials throughout the day,” said Griffiths, who worked in a factory at that time, to SWNS.

Terilyn Griffiths, 44, was teaching the children how to make a bridge yoga pose when he first injured her in July 2021. (Terlyn Griffiths / Swns)
He pushed the pain for six months until it decreased, which led her to think that she had finally “cured on his own.”
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But the pain resurfaced almost two years later in June 2023. “I had a physical week at work, and my back was just before having a horsepower lesson,” he said.
Griffiths finally went to the doctor in January 2024, when he learned that he had early cauda syndrome, which can cause pain, weakness and incontinence, according to the Cleveland clinic.
“Ces is traumatic and changes life … He has taken my life.”
The doctors sent the woman to a physiotherapist, but Griffith said: “Nothing has helped.” She is not eligible for corrective surgery because she does not present any “red flag symptom” characteristic of the condition.
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During this time, Griffiths was experiencing skill problems in his hands, weakness in his hip and groin area, an altered sensation in his assembly region and a semi-partner bladder, according to the SWNS report.
She also “struggles to walk” and cannot travel more than a single stretch of stairs without having pins and needles.

Terilyn Griffiths is no longer able to ride or walk due to the painful condition. (Terlyn Griffiths / Swns)
After working with the physiotherapist for nine months doing small exercises, Griffiths said that the pain on his back only got worse.
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“Ces is traumatic and changes life,” said Griffiths, who is now confined in the house.
“Not many people seem to know a lot about it, which has done that obtaining the right treatment is more difficult … and now it has taken my life.”
“I feel that there is little hope for me in the future,” he added.

“I have begun to look for the surgical procedure elsewhere, perhaps abroad, to decompress the area,” said Griffiths. (Terlyn Griffiths / Swns)
According to the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, if the condition is not addressed early, it can result in injuries that change life.
Griffiths is now raising funds for private consultations, travel expenses and home support.
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“I have begun to look for the surgical procedure elsewhere, perhaps abroad, to decompress the area,” he said. “But I wish more people were more aware of incomplete and partial cauda syndrome.”
“Maybe things would have been different for me.”
Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with News Digital. She and the lifestyle team cover a variety of stories issues that include food and drink, travel and health.


