Orthopedic injuries generally occur when people don't have control at joint end range. You see this a lot in the yoga population with people who can contort into ridiculous positions but can't even deadlift half their bodyweight (just a blanket statement, not saying all yoga folks are like this), but you also see it in people who are so limited in mobility in certain areas (most often hips, ankles, and thoracic spine) that they're forced to compensate by moving to end range in other areas (namely the low back, knees, etc.) and subsequently suffering injuries there. I'm honestly much more biased towards strength training but I think a lot of people would benefit from certain yoga postures while a lot of yoga folks would do their bodies good by picking up some weights. Get good joint mobility and then put some strength on top of it.
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