#hyperextension

[consider-your-potatoes-mashed]

Does anyone have any recommendations for good knee braces for preventing hyper extension? I’m trying to get some through my insurance but they’re being slow as fuck and my knees are only getting worse so any suggestions for OTC braces would be hugely appreciated

[laiosynth]

so at work, i struggle massively with knee strain-- my knees hyperextend, and enough so that not locking them is very challenging. after too long standing, they start to REALLY feel the strain, and it was really getting to me.

but!! i've found a solution to this! and i am posting this in the hopes that it could help someone else in my same predicament!!!

my solution?

marking time 💞

those who have been in marching band know what i'm talking about!! for those who have not, and for those who want to hear more, i have an explanation and further elaboration under the cut.

VVV

marking time is a procedure/skill used in marching band, where one is marching/holding time with their legs in place.

if you're not in marching band, you may picture marching as the high-knee Big Step kind of march, but that's not what i'm talking about here. i'm talking about a small, simple repetitive movement to a steady pace.

this video is the best, most simple and short visual example i've been able to find, and even this has a lot of info you don't need-- it's all about just raising your heels one at a time to a beat. and i don't even raise mine as high as this guy does in the video!

it's a small enough form of exercise that it barely actually feels hard-- and even that, only at first. the more you do it, the more effortless it becomes. nonetheless, it gets your blood moving, gets your knees moving, gets your hips moving, and even doubles as a form of stimming!

motion truly is lotion, and this technique both prevents my knees from locking up over long periods of time AND soothes the aches in my knees after i have had to lock them and strain them.

(small note, this should also be pretty discreet if you're doing it right-- your top half should barely be moving. this technique was designed for people to be able to paly instruments while doing it!)

i truly hope that this manages to get out to people and help as much as it did help me, so please reblog this to spread and add tags that you think will take it to people who need it!! yippee !!!

[beepbeepdespair]

i cannot BELIEVE i hyperextended my arm AGAIN. i have the next three days off so i can't even get any time off for it bc it'll have mostly healed by then and it hurts too much for me to be able to scrapbook :(

[archeracy]

Help me get my cat treatment!

I never expected to make one of these, but my precious kitty may need surgery! At the very least, she’ll be needing a vet visit, bloodwork, and possibly sedation to run specific tests.

Nellie has carpal hyperextension and we don’t know why. In the best case scenario, it’s temporary, but that still requires testing. In the worse scenario, she’ll need surgery.

I’ve made a gofundme to help support the cost of care for my darling girl. She’s my childhood cat and she means everything to me.

[besoindedanser]

Caroline Hamilton

Dutch National Ballet Academy

From her Instagram account

[nightsinvhs]

[joshmcgary]

ORCHESTRATION / DIGITAL INK

[halfbakedbunni]

[allthefandomsbby]

Hands up if your elbows and knees have been hyperextended for years without you realising that's why body hurt daily

[volixia669]

If my ankle could NOT give out when I’m nature trails that would be greeeaaat.

Also had to pretend I was fine because there were kids around, and I didn’t want to scare them if it turned out I badly skinned my knees or something. Soooooooooo lots of pretending I’m totally fine, my ankle totally doesn’t hurt, and I’m totally not leaning on my cane more than usual.

Fortunately it was towards the end, but uh....

Welp, ankle is still sore, both knees hurt from the impact of the fall, my left hand hurts from catching myself, and my back is NOT happy. Oh and I’m hungry, but I’m in too much pain to eat.

I have a distinct feeling I won’t be ripping out invasive species tomorrow...

[bugsinthebayou]

lol

do you guys wanna see my elbows bend the wrong way

[melodiousoblivionao3]

I have looked up “Emily Fox update” on Twitter every 30 minutes atp

[beepbeepdespair]

carried some heavy shopping home (which is what did my arm in last time) and im getting the sort of feeling in my arm that makes me worry. i swear to god if i wake up tomorrow morning ON GOOD OMENS DAY NO LESS and my arm is hyperextended im gonna fucking scream

[icy-book]

Taylor often has cool black tape/bandages wrapped around his hands, which everyone assumes (because he loudly tells them so) is part of his anime ninja cosplaying whatevers. Actually, it's kinesio tape. His joints just hurt

[besoindedanser]

Natalia Maria Cimpeanu

From her Instagram account

[distant-velleity]

doodle of chrysos and yu in ouji lolita that got a bit out of hand… ah well

took inspo from gothic ouji for chrysos and classic ouji for yu, because i think it suits them