Exercises and Tips for Hypermobility - Stretch Less! Stabilize More
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- Exercises and Tips for Hypermobility - Stretch Less! Stabilize More
If you're stretching and still feel tight and unstable? This is probably what is going on with the body.
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I'm hypermobile in all my joints and I'm in constant pain. I feel like an old person & I'm only in my 30's.
Why am I 22 with 67 year old back pains??? I relate.
I'm 30 and I feel like I'm 60 with bad knees
that's me but Im 19
Its the same for me, i'm 26 years old
You may have EDS (Ehlors Danlos Syndrome) I have it and chronic pain and hyper mobility is the issue.
The more hypermobility gets recognized, the more important these videos are going to be. A lot of people (myself included) don't realize we could be hurting ourselves with the stretching. I've been a dancer, yoga practitioner, and stretcher for YEARS and couldn't figure out why my joints have been so painful and tight. I have EDS, and I'm just finding that out. Focusing on stabilization is going to change my entire exercise foundation.
Just a note to say hypermobility in itself isn't a problem for a lot of people. If you have additional symptoms, that's the time to try and pursue a diagnosis eg HSD, EDS. It has taken me months of reading and constantly knocking on the door of health services to finally get an appointment with a rheumatologist next month.
Although there is no cure, I still feel a diagnosis helps to come to terms with the way your body is and, for me, I'll give myself permission to sit and rest when I need it!
For anyone out there reading this, don't give up pestering your health care provider if something isn't right. You deserve to be taken seriously❤❤
This. My joints are hypermobile, but I wanted to get tested because I’ve had dislocations, heart issues with my heart rate, chronic migraines, narcolepsy, gastrointestinal issues like gastritis , heart burn, IBS, had crowded teeth, frequent episodes where I’ve passed out, tremors that got worse, flat feet, and have had episodes where I got bad hives to nothing and even went into anaphylactic shock and there was no known cause, etc. I wouldn’t have prioritized it but things have gotten worse so idk now.
@randomartz8417 I hope you manage to get a diagnosis. I was diagnosed with HSD and, while it hasn't been easy to accept, I feel I've finally been validated and can adjust to a new way of living.
@@randomartz8417I've also had soooo many health problems. Now none of the Dr's. take me seriously but tons of CZcams video and FB groups, IG etc I have found people in very similar circumstances. I really hope you find the help you need!!
What does the rheumatologist do?
Occupational health said they want the dr to refer me to that but I didnt understand why. I was diagnosed with hyper mobility as a child and its affected my jobs. My dream job I was in at an animal sanctuary for 11 years, I was bullied for years fo having this condition and they deliberately made me do things that hurt and damaged me, so I would quit. Despite the fact I had a drs note to say not to do those things.
My current job I'm struggling with also. Didnt realise I had it in my knees until I did a job that required lots of stair climbing. I cant do jobs that stand and sit long periods so I have no clue what job is most suitable.
Can I just say, hypermobility is not always caused by shallow sockets. Loose ligaments also causes hypermobile joints. As hypermobility syndromes cause issues with connective tissue sequences. This causes wide spread problems, not just with joints
I feel my connectivity tissues are severely compromised what did u do to fix it?
I have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Thank you. hEDS causes hyper mobility but also all kinds of problems with heart, digestion, equilibrium & much more
Yes and connective tissue disorders (and hypermobility) are common in neurodivergent people!
I’m in my early 30’s and was just told yesterday by my new physiotherapist that I am extremely hypermobile. Since then I’ve been reading and learning… this video had me in tears. Everything I’ve ever wondered about myself is being validated. Thank you for explaining things so well 💝
Seconded! From one just starting the journey, I hope that yours has been going well!
In all your joints? 😮 I can't imagine, it seems like a gift but it can really be a curse. I'm hyper mobile in only my arms and only now, at the age 33 am I really even thinking anything of it because of all the pain I've been having in my arms after lifting lately. The one thing I truly miss about my twenties is feeling indestructible lol.
i’m 15 and i’m frankly sick of the pain my hyper mobility causes, but i want to cut down on painkillers, so thanks for creating this video! i’ve always been scared of stretching and exercising (although i do go on a walk everyday) and this has given me a new hope if you will. so thanks again from the bottom of my heart!
Aw thank you so much for the kind comment, Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months. There's plenty of hope my friend. I'd highly recommend start seeking help with other professionals in your to guide you along, you're so young and there's plenty of time to slowly find a way, be patient, and never stop looking for more guidance. I'll be making for videos on this topic soon
I'm literally crying, you just explained exactly what I knew was wrong with me all these years and now I can teach myself. Thank you so much.
I'm globally hypermoblie. I've been tested for lyme, RA, and dismissed with "fibromyalgia". I also have spondylolisthesis, stenosis, degenerative disc disease, pars defect etc. Also have ADHD. Surprise, surprise. Lol. When I complained about my muscles getting tighter when running or doing different things, even as a kid, I was told that wasn't true and running should loosen my muscles. My hamstrings don't even have the ability to relax. So many signs dismissed.
So many signs dismissed. I can't tell you how much I relate! Still looking for a Dr. to do proper testing and take things seriously. I've had plenty of others ask me about hypermobility, especially ppl that go to my gym and know it doesn't take much for me to be injured.
My daughter is hypermobile EVERYWHERE & as a result suffering from chronic pain. She can't live the life she wants. It's SO hard to find a knowledgeable provider.
We love you 🥹
I'm hypermobile but not like her. As I learn about her condition I'm learning how it's impacted me. I would've never known!
Following.
You are correct about not stretching. Your explanation of hypermobility is not really on target, however. Many of us also have a disorder in the collagen makeup at the genetic level which complicates things much further.
They are just explaining the result on the body of hypermobility itself, which is what they address. EDS is A cause of hypermobility, but there are many causes, and those would need to be diagnosed on a person by person basis
No there are not many causes, there is only one, genetic. While we do not know the specific genes for all types, we do for most and the remaining hypermobility subtype has a new gene candidate out of SC as of last year.
As someone that has it, I really do not like it when someone like yourself posts bad information. It is rare enough we do not need that.@@SolarpunkLeftist
I’m a little bit crying right now I just discovered that Hypermobility is essentially the root cause of the chronic pain I have suffered for the past thirty years and watching you explain and share solutions is making me emotional. I’ve been trying to heal my body for awhile with yoga and exercise…except as all Hypermobilie folks probably will know I kept putting something out; my hip, lower back, constantly my neck and the cracking, popping and grinding has started to sound like Rice Bubbles. I even get it in my skull plates! I’ve been working so hard, trying to find a solution doing everything right in terms of healthy lifestyle and exercise and just consistently not getting better really. I’m really just thankful. A sliver of hope…Edit to add I actually have the EDS trifecta of Mast cell activation disorder, EDS and POTS. I was using the term hyper Mobile but as has been pointed out not all people with hyper mobility have chronic pain or abdominal issues and the plethora of other symptoms I suffer from. Just to clarify.
It’s a relief to see someone understand the pain associated with Hyper-mobility in the first place. Most people are like- oh, it’s great you don’t even have to work to reach these poses in Yoga for instance. I just smile and ask to trade. Lol.
Great video! Could you make a series of videos regarding hypermobility? There any many of us out there who crave for such content.
Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months. I'll be making more content on this, in the meantime, try out some FRC - functional range conditioning movements, they might help, only do what feels good!
I have always been hypermobile "double jointed" and done dance as a child. As I have gotten into my late 20s and early 30s I have so much shoulder, neck, and hip pain. I have so much instability and my body is constantly popping. Literaly everything my whole spine and hips and knee and ankles always pop in and out of place which causes tons of pinched nerves. 😢 I am so grateful for your advise!
Do you have pain everyday do you have add Asperger's to fir me pain everyday feels like migraine in the body
@tomsale5142 yes I do have mild pain everyday and moderate to severe pain every couple months.
@@leandraainlove do you have fybromyalgia would you say seams it's all linked to asperger's ADHD ime awaiting to try ADHD meds just list my mum to severe ms heds obvously had undiagnosed asperger's to seams Elvis Presley even had it
You could have Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Omg! Crawling theory!!! This would help so many people. As someone with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, who never crawled, this makes so much sense! Thank you! 👍
I've been diagnosed with hypermobility for a few years now and you explained it better then almost all doctor I've talked to. Thank you🖤 very helpful
Glad it was helpful! Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months.
PSA: If you're hypermobile and have chronic pain take a minute and research ehlers danlos syndrome
Thank you for this video!! This makes so much sense to me. I’m in my 30s, love exercising, and am constantly injured. It’s been so demoralizing and clinicians have been little to no help even though they know my joints are hypermobile. This supports why yoga feels like it destroys my joints despite everyone telling me that it’s good for me to do. Again, THANK YOU.
Same for me...
Same. Yoga tore me up. I was only tested for RA and Lupus....by blood work and no physical exam for anything else. Hypermobility hasn't even been considered!
@@MJ-gj6mjOMG, same! I don't care for yoga which is something well-meaning people always suggest when you mention that you carry pain...when I tried it, I found it frustrating. I do matt Pilates every morning because I feel so out-of-sorts after sleeping. The kinetic stretching of it and focus on core toning just feel more aligning to me. Recently m😢y physical therapist has prescribed light weight training to help with neck pain that has resulted in a 70% reduction in pain in just 2 months.) Get help and keep going! These videos are very helpful, thank you!
Pleaaaase do a tutorial how to train hypermobile hips and shoulders. Could you show some specific excersises? I haven't found something like that yet. Every day i have so much pain in my hips and every video is about how to stretch... Thanks for your informative video, it's really easy to understand and now i know why i should not be stretching so much anymore.
Noted! Thank you! Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months. I'll be making more content on this, in the meantime, try out some FRC - functional range conditioning movements, they might help, only do what feels good!
I have seen a handful of pain Drs through the years. Only one knew a tad bit of hyper mobility. They need more training on this. I would tell Drs I used to be extremely flexible but my joints and spine have locked up and in constant pain. I didn't know it was the issue but the one Dr said maybe you have done constant damage to ligaments thought the years. I am thankful to found this channel !!! Peace be with fellow chronic pain suffers.
Hello newly diagnosed hypermobility EDS person here. I am late finding this video, but this information was extremely helpful.
I do aerial, and am having to take a break to do physical therapy to stabilize my joints so I can return to my passions.
This was very informative thank you so much!
As a dancer, my hypermobility often makes me lose control over my limbs and gives me bad posture
Thank you for understanding and explaining hypermobility!
Thank you, I do my best!
I just joined the gym and needed ideas on how to not hurt myself as I consider weight training. This video was insightful.
Thank you, glad it gave you some guidance, keep it up!
You're explaining this so well.
Thank you for making this. I'm still learning so much, and this is so helpful.
Dude! You don't know how great it feels to have found this. I've been suffering for a year after my injury having tried almost everything. Thanks a tonne!
Physical therapists don’t know how to help when you go to them with these issues .you are the only one giving very useful information - Thankyou for your immense knowledge- you are a blessing .
PT made things worse!!! The schools must not be teaching them about hypermobility or something.
I did gymnastics for many years and i have always been flexible, but now into my 30's I'm starting to feel the effects of my hyper mobility. I injured my knee and hip and actually tore my labrum... my hyper mobility has been detrimental for this pain and injury. I am booked for surgery on my labrum this month... I have learnt so much through physio, that i need to change my whole exercise routine I've done for years... It's scary how we do things that eventually hurt us because we don't know what our bodies need when we exercise!
this made so much sense as to why I have tendonitis in both my feet as a dancer. Thank you for explaining this in such a clear manner. Deffo going to work on strengthening and stabilising the foot
Hsd/eds sufferer here and this is so intuitive and logical and simple, thank you 💗
This video unlock new movement for me lol
I have hypermobility and I am always in pain. This was really helpful, thanks!
This is so helpful! Thank you, I'd love to see more of this kind of video. It's hard to find good advice and info for hypermobility
Brilliant video. I've just started in the gym and my PT said I'm hypermobile, which was affecting my posture and form in almost every exercise. I'd definitely benefit from more videos on this, this one was great.
Thank you so much for this video, it means so much to all of us with hm ❤
Best video on hypermobility
Wow that’s the exact area I was advised to stretch, just under the armpit. Thanks for the knowledge!
This is GOLD! I’ve been a medical massage therapist for 21 years and I’m also hypemobile in several joints. Trying to get this across to clients is very challenging, especially when they’re older and so dedicated to the idea of stretching only. Thank you for this!
THANK YOU! Going to share this with my chiropractor and physical therapist, and friends with connective tissue disorders.
Shoulder pain for 8 years and have tried tons of different things. I finally got diagnosed with hyper mobility today and your explanation of the shoulder was the best I’ve ever heard !!!! Thanks for this video..!! Not I have a path to better health!!
OMG this was soooo helpful! I felt like you were talking directly to me and what I have been experiencing since childhood.
Thank you. Very helpful video for a 42 year old man here in UK.
Thanks for your videos, they help a lot!!! could you do one with warm-up exercises for hypermobility? or which ones do you recommend and which don’t, for before and after training.
Thanks and warms regards from Mexico.
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You just got a new sub friend. hEDS patient here who worked professionally with dance for many years until a year ago I got a pretty severe spine injury - turns out my hypermobile body has learnt some pretty fd up ways to compensate for my hypermobility by bypassing all smaller stabilizing musculature - currently in a long process of re-establishing neural connection to my shoulders and core musculature, its a slow and ardeous process and its really nice to come across videos that dont just tell me to do a plank. Great stuff!
Thank you thank you thank you! Years of pain, clicking and stiffness in my shoulders and hips despite being 'bendy' now finally make sense. I'm off to invest in my well-being and find a trainer 💗
Thank you so much. I’ve never had any physical therapist address my joint issues and never mention hypermobility. I’ve gone for just about every joint over the years. It was recently addressed at a foot surgery follow up when my ankles were super loose and the surgeon gave me the Beighton test and determined I have Lax, loose joint, possible EDS etc. Anyway… your description on engaging the lats has been the most helpful advice I’ve gotten for shoulder pain and what to do to strengthen and stabilize. Thank you again! Hope you do more on this topic!
Wow, that was new information and SO insightful to me! I wish I knew someone in my country that could help me with this new movement journey.
This was the first video of yours I watched. You explained hypermobility in a way no one has and I understood it. I'm 51 years old and just recently stopped pissing my body off, thanks to you. I was using a walker for a few days because of all the pain. I was desperate to fix things. Thanks to your videos I haven't had to use the walker for a while. I still have pain but now I'm working more on my core. People always said that but not the explanation why for my condition it was necessary to do it. Wish you lived in my area! I would gladly come to you for more advice. I have neuro muscular control disorder and hypermobility. It's been fun.....not. If you have anything on those conditions together I would love to learn about what you would have to say. Thanks again!
You are wonderful. I am going to try your exercises as I am 70 years old and in the last 7 months dislocated my right shoulder 5 times and my left once. I will let you know how it goes😊
"the body responds to the ground better" -- love this! I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and I've decided to return to ancestral, primal and animal roots to re-train and strengthen my body. I stumbled upon your channel and look forward to engaging with the videos.
Truly. Thank you for the great explanation.
Ive had constant back pain for more than 20 years.
I was one of those weirdos that would freak my friends out just because my elbow looked weird when I reached for something.
It wasnt until my first elective ballet class in college where my teacher told me that it "wasnt for" me because my hypermobility made it difficult to build muscle.
Im on physical therapy AGAIN and finally starting to properly study about what hypermobility is aside from making me awkward, clumsy, and freakishly flexible.
Its really nice to see someone who is the same way explain the movements that I take for granted as normal.
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maaannn I have just recently found out that i am quite hypermobile (not to the extreme like EDS), but I since i stopped doing competitive sports around 5 years ago, my body becomes much weaker and this year since covid I have been experiencing injuries after injuries, maybe once every 2-3 weeks! Recently both of my hips are injured as well as my left shoulder, all three in the space of 2 weeks! and i'm only 27! I'm glad i found your channel and a lot of people who are experiencing the same thing. I finally learn that i'm not alone and I can work to gain all my strength back safely!
Thank you for your video. I’ve dealt with shoulder issues my whole life. Just started working out again and had a great shoulder day, but I’m always unbalanced, and had a lot of frustration and lack of strength when doing chest exercises. Feeling like my shoulder isn’t locking in. I’m going to give this a try and I’ll get back. Either way I appreciate the knowledge.
Blessings
Absolute lightbulb moments thank you! I’ve been trying to train my shoulders to roll back in the socket and this has really helped 🔥
Than you so much for this information
I’m 53 and have suffered my whole life with joint pain and instability
An osteopath told me I was hyper mobile and then finding your amazing videos has been a God sent
Bless you❤
This is literally what I’ve been describing to my doctors and physical therapists for years, and they always tell me to stretch and work on strength building. I have hEDS, so strength building comes with a LOT of pain, and I was just told over and over that i needed to stretch💀 maybe now I can work more effectively on pain management so that I can build the muscles I need
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I never knew this❤
It's funny how nature generally makes you do the right thing....
I'm double jointed (hypermobile these days) and have always dropped my shoulders and engaged my lats without really knowing why.
Then I became aware of the fact that my mates have always laughed at me behind my back because they thought I was doing it to make my boobs look bigger😲.
So I started trying not to do this out of embarrassment.
Years later my shoulders keep subluxing, my mobility and strength in my shoulders has completely gone, and I have constant pain.
Guess I'm going to be thrusting out my tatas from now on and stop worrying about what others think😂
Hahaha that made my day. Yes for sure. Keep em up lol!
Ok I need these stability exercises for my knees and ankles too! I needed the shoulder one but then couldn't comfortably be on my knees. This was more helpful than anything I've done in PT to tell you the truth and no wonder I wasn't getting relief.
Thank you for explaining! Just diagnosed and my shoulder is agony. I was about to start a daily stretching routine 😂
Thank you so much for this! ❤
This is a very informative video. Excellent explanations and descriptions. Thank you!! I have EDS and have been working to stabilize and strengthen my joints and build muscle. I teach yoga, and while many people say yoga isn’t good for those with EDS, I actually teach students with “bendy” bodies similar content. Your explanations are great! I’ll definitely use some of this info to pass along to hypermobile students. 🙏
I’m so glad I found this. I stretch like Gumby. I don’t know where body is supposed to be
Wow your elbows are super hyper mobile. That’s the only place I’m not hyper mobile. Thanks for this video.
i literally love you for this thank you
thanks for the very informative video. I am globally hyper mobile and am trying to retrain my body to support my joints better. Your explanations of the shoulder issues we face with hyper-mobilty made the most sense I've ever heard. I am looking forward to less pain as I retrain :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This video was very helpful. Going to see a specialist tomorrow bc my Elhers Danlos is getting so painful.
I have Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome but am considered high functioning because I can still hike do yoga. However even seeing a PT who’s experienced with HEDS she is giving me all sorts of kettles and bands and I immediately flare afterwards. So far NO ONE has been able to explain Hypermobile Joints as concisely as you have 🤯
I loved how things were described 👍 good explanations, thankyou
Man, I only worked on the shoulder thing for a few reps and the muscles were already burning! I can now feel where I’m weak! Thank you!
I always HATED stretching before and after exercising. And that being very flexible backwards. I can grab a stick with both hands, shoulder wide, and rotate both my arms straight, holding the stick, 300 degrees backward. I always thought that was something "normal" that everybody could do. In fact, I never even questioned it, or examine it. It was a non-matter to me. That, until 14, when classmates and gym teacher looked at me in horror. However, I intuitively knew stretching was harmful for me. In addition, I SUCKED at team sports. I was a small woman, clumsy and easily injured, and I got bullied a lot, and was among the last ones to be picked for any team. I could never get the highest mark in Gym class, even though I tried so hard. I was perceived not just as clumsy and not material for team sports, but also, as rebellious. One of the things I did not want to do, was stretching. I tended to overstretched when I was simply trying to stretch, and I also noticed that contraction you are talking about when I forced myself to stretch, almost immediately upon relaxing. about 10 minutes after finishing the class, I could barely move!
I appreciate this video so much!
Make video on hypermobility of arms joint this video really so helpful for me thanku so much sir
Great stuff man. I forget how powerful using the ground is.
I have those elbows like you, and also hypermobike shoulders. Have been to so many chiros, physios, osteopaths etc over the past decades, noone addressed my hypermobility. Not one. So I stopped worryong about it. Now I jave yet another physio because of shoulder pain. Next appt I will be sure to bring this issue up! Thank you!!
I feel like there are things moving inside my joints, specially hands ones. It's a big discomfort that I can only describe as 'having worms' inside the joints. idk what it is. couldn't find a good doctor to check it out but im so glad I found u
My doctor recently picked up on this in me after knowing me since 2013. It's crazy! Even GPs can not notice for a decade in my case lol... it all makes sense now.
Thanks for this video!
This feels like a game changer. 🙏❤
Recently been diagnosed with slight joint hypermobility bc of spraining my knee ligament just from sitting down and pain from hypermobility. This is super informative and hope it will help with my clicking shoulders! Thanks
This was very helpful and informative, and not only gave me suggestions but also pointed out some things that i thought were helping that clearly are not.
I'm seeing a physio as well and her focus for me is lats! :)
Amazing content! Very informative, please keep it up
Thanks, will do!
Thanks a lot for this movie I was looking this answer for years.
Thankyou so much!!
Thanks for your video! I'm going to spend more time on the floor getting to know the ground and not just stretching.
I wish I could work with you in person! I recently was diagnosed with HEds after years of wondering why I had all sorts of weird issues and chronic dislocations/ subluxations. Shallow trochlear grove, low muscle tone, muscle pain, fatigue, high tolerance to certain medications, fragile skin, chronic pain and more! I'm trying to do what I can to improve pain, sleep and strength and need to start PT again. Virtually. I'll watch your videos!
Aw thank you for sharing Alia. I feel you, many of my client's go through this too but just be patient and highly recommend you taking the time to find someone around your area that can help in person. Based on your symptoms, I'd recommend looking more into Naturalpathic doctors and remedies combined with a good PT/ exercise coach that can help.
ALso, look up @originalstrength. They have the best database of grounded floor movement that can help. Many practitioners that do that too :)
Thank you for this gift!!
Thank you for appreciating it!
i can only thank you this way, you litteraly made me laugh out of relaxation because you made me realise soo much about my self on a more clear level, i train calisthenics for 4 years and i would constantly make new or same injuries and so i could train so much less and have progress like i am training one month because of constant stops of training due to injuries , so thank you so much and you deserve much bigger audience on youtube. Thank you.
Aww, thank you so much for the kind comment, glad it resonates with you Uros! Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months. I'll be making more content on this, in the meantime, try out some FRC - functional range conditioning movements, they might help, only do what feels good!
@@Movementreborn i am hypermobile just in my wrists and knees....my wrists is no issue for me but my knees do ...I had knee patellar dislocation too...what should i do???
This makes so much sense! My chiropractor told me I am hypermobile and need to stop stretching and start stabilising but I don't know where to start. My whole body is hypermobile. Can you do more exercises on stabilising hypermobile spine, hips etc. Thank you!
Great vid! Do you have any vids on corrective exercises for hyper mobile knees?
Bro this is my new crusade many thanks
Thank you!!!
Thank you for making a video to explain me!!!!
Thank you so much
Thank goodness I found you! Could you please do a video for people that have hyper mobile pelvis? The right side of my hip has been creating havoc and now experiencing snapping hip. ugh
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping people like me.... I was clueless what to do Nhs is no help they tell you you need to learn to accept it.😢 but I need answers.... luckily I found this video and will try those techniques as all you said is what I feel in my shoulders. Hypermobility sucks. But at least I know understand where the anxiety is coming from. I have subscribed to your channel, thank you again!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Sorry for the delay, I've been off social media for a few months. But thank you for the feedback and I'm glad to share this with you, I'm definitely planning to make more on this topic! Stay well!
Excellent, thank u very much 👍.
You are most welcome!
Amazing content bring stuff out please !!
Do you have an entire hyper mobility series? I would love it!
This is one of the best things that I've seen. I have Classical Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Stability is key for me because every single joint in my body is unstable. I get prolotherapy every other month but it only does so much :( if you have time, I'd be so super grateful if you could please teach me (and other people who suffer with this condition) how to better stabilise our joints. Then you so much! Here's an example for you - I subluxated my knee sleeping :'(
Aww thank you for the comment Tash, gosh yeah I didn't realize how little information there was about hypermobility and EDS. I'll absolutely be making more content with this asap!
I know i am late to your video but I'm very globally hypermobile and find that progressive muscle relaxation techniques can help a lot with pain and feeling tight. If you can practice that activation and relaxation, it helps with sleep and feeling stable over time, also reduces the energy load required to maintain day to day movement. Helped me a lot for a while then i started doing weight bearing tension. I'm working on reeducating my abdominals right now to get them to tense as needed to stabilize my spine... I'm still trying lol
I also have worked with targeted stretching with direct fascia manipulation and that works really great for targeting the right place for stretching/relaxing acutely activated muscle. I watched this entire video here and while I can generally appreciate the logic behind it, I also I'm not sure I exactly agree with the general definition of what hypermobility means on the baseline, particularly in regards to what is actually happening with the joint situation. I experience the symptoms you're describing in many places, my hips and shoulders dislocate when I'm sleeping but also on demand, and I've successfully torn just about every soft tissue in my knees at this point because of their bending backwards. However, I have never had one of my trainers or therapist tell me my default holding pattern has any joint space that's more open than average. I definitely have had many jokes made about just how flexible I am, that a nine on the scale is high enough to characterize it, but the only time excessive space exists in my joints themselves is when I'm putting direct and specific pressure to push the limb out of socket or whatever or when I consciously create the space by dropping my arm out of socket or something.
In my case for example, after extensive evaluation and looking at the various parts of my body that are having more serious issues (such as my spine starting to fold like an accordion), we were trying to figure out why exactly it's happening and what we've determined through doing actual muscle tension testing and nerve conductivity testing, as well as a bit of genetic testing... I haven't had the connective tissue disorder full panel done but I do have genetic confirmation of neuronal signaling impairment which causes additional issues with muscle activation... What we've essentially found is that the ligaments themselves are very relaxed and very pliable but the muscles are all extremely tense and some are chronically clenched at this point. The theory behind it is that because of the general instability of every joint in the body, the body's initial reaction tightens up the muscles as you explained here but the muscles are so blocked and clenched that they feel like a flat stone filled with rocks due to the knots. I think if you have hypermobility because of a connective tissue disorder it is very possible for your muscles to be gripping tighter and tighter but all it does is cause the tendons to stretch so you end up with a bunch of knots and extreme muscle tension that is extremely painful and exhausting at times, but you still have the instability, and the technique you're talking about in this video of doing stabilization exercises isn't necessarily the exact answer if you've gotten to the point I'm at... This especially the case if the muscle has retained tension for so long and so intensely that you quite literally can't clench it anymore. A lot of this muscle gripping or whatever you might call it as caused soft tissue nerve impingements particularly through my legs at this point, so I've had to take a multifaceted approach to getting them to let go in order for me to be able to do weight-bearing exercises to build more lean muscle and ultimately hopefully better stability.
I figured I'd mention or comment on it just in case somebody finds their way here like I did. I currently can't afford to go have the sessions with my physical functional medicine providers where I would typically get a relatively deep tissue myofascial release massage followed by chiropractic care and then moving into actual functional training with a physical therapist that specializes in rehab. I think there's a decent amount of information out there at this point regarding the general causes of things like hypermobility but not necessarily a well-defined process for how to dress it in individuals facing it for different reasons... Meaning that the hope and prognosis for somebody who has hypermobility from a connective tissue genetic abnormality condition is going to be greatly different than a person who has a hypermobile joint due to excessive stretching, previous injuries, or just a general genetic trait pass down from their parents where everyone and their family has flexible shoulders or whatever. I'm still not entirely sure how to help myself effectively but I found my way here because I'm trying to figure out how to stretch between the tendons for myself since I can't afford to go work with a professional to do that targeted stretching that leverages fascia pinning. I have no idea if you're still providing informational guides of this sort but I had certainly be interested to see if you have any techniques to this effect or what you would ultimately tell somebody who wants to do what your instructing here but they're far along in their body impact.
I also think it's important to note that one of the top recommendations for exercise they've been given by more than one trainer now is to do yoga. One of my earlier physical therapist/trainers specifically told me not to do yoga but since then I have been engaged in care with more providers that are specialized in the area of hypermobility and connective tissue disorders and they specifically told me to do yoga because while it will potentially elongate or widen my range of motion, it's practice and techniques are specifically meant to stabilize once body and provide low impact highly targeted strengthening. Do you have any thoughts on the matter of doing yoga in this respect?
Thank you for this! I am hypermobile, expecially in the shoulders, and this gives me a very hard time when it comes to building upper body strenght.
Like... I would love to do pole dancing with tractions and all, but when I tried it I realized that I was starting from a -1 level even compared with the beginners. Just because my joints don't "lock" into position, or because I have to engage every muscle in my back to do half of what other people do just with their shoulders (if that makes sense).
I got bertolotti syndrome type 4 trained for 4 years was at peak and boom they found a mutation in my spine i had to learn to balance again walk and stabilze my body gladly injections fixed my pain recovering still 6 months already stay safe folks and work your way up one love ❤