#hypermobile thumbs

[the-yearning-astronaut]

How do I prevent the MCP thumb joint from hyperextending...? Asking for a friend...

#hypermobility #hyperextension #hypermobile joints #hypermobile thumbs #hypermobile mcp joint #found out that most of my hand problems are likely due to my MCP joints abducting #my hw this week is to pay attention to my activities and my thumbs and make sure they're not hyperextending annnnnd #it seems like everything i do causes them to hyperextend to some degree #I tried cutting my dinner tonight and the way i grip my knife and fork cause it to happen #typing holding a pencil texting putting my chin in my palm #ive got them taped up with KT for the time being but idk that its providing enough support or not #its definitely making me aware of that joint tho #uggghhhhh #chronic pain #fox isn't doing well #fox thoughts #its fine im fine #at least i now have a concrete direction to take

[thebibliosphere]

Just #hypermobile things: being able to hook your elbow around and behind yourself to massage the muscle adhesions out of your shoulderblades and still having full range of motion.

Funny the things you think are normal until someone else sees you and freaks the entire fuck out.

#chronic health tag #eds #hypermobile ehlers danlos #should I use my massage stick? #yes #am I damaging my elbows? #probably #but nothing gets in there like being able to dig your own thumbs in and massaging the knot out

[dazoru]

I think my coworker just diagnosed all my freaky joint issues and figured out why I fell in October and like I'M SO !!!!!!!!

#I could have hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome #he has it his knee has a history of dislocation and he asked if i was double jointed which I am so he was like look into it #I've looked into it and all the freaky joint shit it asks you to do? I can do it all #I can touch my arm with my thumb my thumb extends far beyond the palm of my hand i can twist my elbow entirely around #my knees bend backwards (i always thought everyones did) #AND it would also explain my brain fog and constant exhaustion #showed my dad some of the freaky joint shit i can do and he was like i didnt realise you were a freaky excorcist girl #i then showed him my thumb touching my arm and he was like STOP IT. #of course if this is it and it sounds like it is im prone to falling #but physiotherapy helps!!!!! and im seeing a physiotherapist!!!!!

[stellaltumi]

shoutout to my joints for thinking it's necessary to sublux and shift out of place

#my thumb has been out of place for two weeks and I don't know how to push it back in the socket #spoonie #chronic illness #invisible disability #chronic pain #chronically ill #disabled #actually disabled #heds #ehlers danlos syndrome #hypermobility #hypermobile ehlers danlos #eds

[adamsvanrhijn]

huge w for the lefthanded oscar truthers

#relax dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #oscar van rhijn tag #my gifs tag #''this is because blake ritson is a 21st century man who probably only uses a dip pen while acting in period dramas'' to you. #to me it is in universe a guy in his 30s who is white knuckling a pen #also is blake ritson hypermobile because i can't even do that with my thumb #unless his thumb is next to/under the pen which is even weirder

[neilgayman69]

Me: this thing would improve my quality of life and decrease the chance of me hurting myself, therefore I should get it

Me: but what if I don't need it

#this is me telling myself to get thumb splints because i keep overextending them when i cook and making my hands cramp #if im not careful im gonna spill hot food #i need splint rings #physically disabled #physical disability #hypermobility #hypermobile #mobility aids #ambulatory mobility aid user #cane user #ambulatory cane user

[youcanthandelthetruth]

Anyway I still haven't been tested for EDS but I was out the other day with someone who is formally diagnosed and I matched her bend for bend

#i'm certainly hypermobile #if it does cross the line into eds its a mild case #i do think thumb splints might be good for me

[cannabisbutch]

Who made the beighton test and can i kick their ass

#im so fuxking hypermobile just not in all the joints in that test!! #my knees and elbows are fine. my hips and ankles are Not #and like i cant do the rhumb thing bc my thumb web muscle overcompensates and is too tight #but my thumb actual joint is srill hypermobile!! it just doesnt show on that test!!! #i get pinkies and can touch the floor and can kind do hands behind my back in pray pose

[autisticpride]

i saw a post that made me think about how disgusting it is that disability communities have had to band together in certain ways, and how that makes it extra disgusting that some people are still bootlickers for medical institutions

if using a mobility aid or any other assistive device helps you, use it. if coping techniques for something help you, use them. if they help you, they’re meant for you.

#disability #hypermobility #actuallyautistic #thinking about how i may or may not be diagnoseably hypermobile #(pretty sure my legs are a little fucky‚ 100% sure that my hands are fucky) #but ring splints help me #i got one for my thumb a while ago #like 18 months ago #and IMMEDIATELY found certain things easier #it was REVOLUTIONARY for me #it still took me 18 months to order another one for my other thumb #and one for a DIP joint #starting with one for use on the Worst one #to see if/how much it helps #based on how the thumb went i'll probably want more

[hopefulqueer]

why r physical therapists always like. leagues better than every other medical professional u will ever meet.

#started pt today and this dude a) is a riot b) didn't mention weight once or imply that i was in pain bc i was doing something wrong #c) was like whoa yeah holy shit ur joints are wiggly. *makes a little wiggly noise while wiggling my thumb* #d) TOLD ME I WAS RIGHT THAT MY RHEUMATOLOGIST'S DIAGNOSIS OF ANKYLOSING SPONDILITIS WAS BULLSHIT #I'VE KNOWN SINCE SHE SAID THAT I HAD IT THAT SHE WAS WRONG BC I COULD TELL SHE WAS FIXATED ON AN UNIMPORTANT SYMPTOM #and this guy was like 'yeah no u have the opposite of that but i can see why she might have said that after looking at a scan without #knowing that you're this hypermobile the way the bone grows weird looks vaguely similar. but she should have done other tests.' #anyway mike the physical therapist ur my new bestie #even if i'm exhausted and sore now #OH and e) was super chill abt my name and pronouns <3 goodforhim.jpg

[trans-axolotl]

lmao I’m like looking at pictures online of hyper mobility and being like yeah girl that’s just my body

#personal #like I knew my legs were hypermobile that’s been obvious for years #but like oh my elbows too? my thumbs?

[trekkienatural]

mri on tuesday. wish me luck

#doctor was like ‘oh youre hypermobile’ and i pretended to be surprised while thinking ‘no shit sherlock my thumb lays flat on my forearm #and almost all my joints go well past the point they should’

[allthoseotherworlds]

Oh, for anybody who remembers my old blog and my complaints there about the mystery condition- I still do not know what it is, but I did see a physiotherapist and apparently I am at least kind of hypermobile. I don't properly pass the beighton test I think? But she is giving me exercises to help stabilize my shoulder, back, and hips and we'll see where that goes.

(The mystery symptoms are dizziness, miscellaneous mild to moderate pain, and episodes of speech difficulty and uncontrolled muscle jerking which seem to be brought on by changes in temperature or posture. My heart rate and blood pressure stay relatively normal I think, so although it sounds a lot like dysautonomia when I describe it, it probably is not POTS.)

Anyways, it's good to have something else to consider I guess. I sort of assumed that unless you had dislocated something and/or could do the finger and hand parts of the Beighton test, you couldn't have issues with hypermobility, but apparently maybe that's not true?

#to be clear all I've been told is that I have some level of hypermobility. I'm not trying to say I have HSD or EDS or any of that #just that apparently joints can be hypermobile in a bad way even if it's not like a diagnosed condition #I am talking #the mystery condition #hypermobility #if anyone's curious the parts of the test I can do are the bending over and touching the floor one #and both elbows hyperextend although I don't know how much #one knee hyperextends but I'm not sure how much and the other one has been injured for a long time so who knows what's up with that #if it could hyperextend before it certainly can't now #I've never been able to do the thumb to forearm one #and I can't tell whether my pinky is quite extended far enough or not for that one #my physiotherapist just asked me to do the bending over one and the one with the thumbs though #obviously I was there mostly for my neck and shoulders so it's not like the test really helps with that

[jeepers-scoob]

I love getting really into a project especially crochet atm but like rip the already fragile ecosystem that is my arm/hand joints, tendons, and ligaments bc I don't know how to not do it for less than 5 hours straight

#text #kayla rambles #me hands go ouchie and im not even done but i cant stop until im done otherwise ill just think about it constantly #also ive been embroidering faces on my shit so my bendy ass fingers are very unhappy #ive been thinking about getting the lil finger splints? like they are a lightweight metal and ive seen hypermobile people use them #and im only hypermobile in my fingers as far as i know and i think theyd help especially for my thumbs since i put #pressure on my thumb on the hook and it makes it stay bent and it doesnt hurt in the moment but it can fuxk with me later

[cannabisbutch]

I think my hand OT appointment went well today actually, we made some hopefully realistic goals and she explained a lot of the mechanical reasons for some of my hand pain! Also i got fancy therapy putty to play work by only 5 min a day max so i dont work my hands too hard

#juniper.txt #fibro and the myalgias #so im both hypermobile AND have some significant ROM limitations #like i literally lose 20° of motion in my wrists JUST by makjng a fist #and also my thumb web area muscle is super super tight and causing thumb and wrost pain bc i cant use the big joint right #fun and weird to learn WHY things hurt when i do what seems normal to me