Comments on: Hyperflexible http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Syl http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/#comment-403 Syl Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:16:18 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=2673#comment-403 great blog as usual. You are a very thought provoking writer for the RA community. We need more like you. great blog as usual. You are a very thought provoking writer for the RA community. We need more like you.

]]> By: ConnieFoggles http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/#comment-303 ConnieFoggles Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:23:13 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=2673#comment-303 I sure hope that being hyperflexible is not related to RA. My daughter complained of joint pain (still does) and with my and my family's history of RA and other autoimmune dx's, she was seen by a pediatric rheumy. He dx'd her with hypermobility. We were told that since she is so flexible, her joints will hurt. She can do unbelievable things with her body, is very athletic but is in pain a lot of the time. I sure hope that being hyperflexible is not related to RA. My daughter complained of joint pain (still does) and with my and my family’s history of RA and other autoimmune dx’s, she was seen by a pediatric rheumy. He dx’d her with hypermobility. We were told that since she is so flexible, her joints will hurt. She can do unbelievable things with her body, is very athletic but is in pain a lot of the time.

]]> By: Sadie K. http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/#comment-300 Sadie K. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:14:38 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=2673#comment-300 I must be an outlier. I've never been remotely flexible, and certainly am not now :) I must be an outlier. I’ve never been remotely flexible, and certainly am not now :)

]]> By: RA Guy http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/#comment-293 RA Guy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:44:57 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=2673#comment-293 Yeah, I was one of those kids who used to bend my fingers backwards for show... It feels nice when people around us go along with the change in plans when necessary, no? On my last visit to my rheumatologist he showed me a model of a knee model, and showed me what happens when you overextend your knee (it had rubber tendons and all.) Since then, I've been very careful about not overextending when I am exercising. Yeah, I was one of those kids who used to bend my fingers backwards for show…

It feels nice when people around us go along with the change in plans when necessary, no?

On my last visit to my rheumatologist he showed me a model of a knee model, and showed me what happens when you overextend your knee (it had rubber tendons and all.) Since then, I’ve been very careful about not overextending when I am exercising.

]]> By: Kali http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/06/hyperflexible/#comment-288 Kali Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:51:19 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=2673#comment-288 Be careful with your hyperextensibility! When you extend a joint beyond the range it's really supposed to go, you start damaging it. I suspect none of you guys have had the kind of impact I've had, where my joints dislocate freely, but that's what hyperextensibility can become if it's not minimized! It always makes me cringe when people describe showing off their hyperextensive tricks, because I live with the kind of damage that is being done. You increase the likelihood of OA and dislocations, as well as general instability. It is far healthier for your body to try to restrict your movements to 'normal' range of motion. As for scheduling flexibility...oh, I can't live without it. I am lucky in that my boyfriend accepts without question that when my body can't do it, it just can't do it. I have not been so lucky with classes - I had a professor threaten to fail me because of classes I had missed and classes I was late to. I think the fact that I had a minor nervous breakdown in the dean's office may be all that saved me from being flunked. ~Kali Be careful with your hyperextensibility! When you extend a joint beyond the range it’s really supposed to go, you start damaging it. I suspect none of you guys have had the kind of impact I’ve had, where my joints dislocate freely, but that’s what hyperextensibility can become if it’s not minimized!

It always makes me cringe when people describe showing off their hyperextensive tricks, because I live with the kind of damage that is being done. You increase the likelihood of OA and dislocations, as well as general instability.

It is far healthier for your body to try to restrict your movements to ‘normal’ range of motion.

As for scheduling flexibility…oh, I can’t live without it. I am lucky in that my boyfriend accepts without question that when my body can’t do it, it just can’t do it. I have not been so lucky with classes – I had a professor threaten to fail me because of classes I had missed and classes I was late to. I think the fact that I had a minor nervous breakdown in the dean’s office may be all that saved me from being flunked.

~Kali

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