…But when you are sick your body is using all of its resources to fight the virus (in this case). If you start exerting yourself, you are taking energy away from the healing process.
With “neuroplastic pain” however, the brain is generating pain signals without any apparent physical damage. Gordon has identified this kind of pain as the most likely issue at the root of most cases of chronic pain.
Let’s look at the similarities in the following postures: Utkatasana, Virabhadrasana I and Urdhva Danurasana. All three of these poses have the arms overhead.