Just call me Elasti-Girl!!
So...apparently, I have loose joints? I went to the physical therapist after complaining about my bum ankle. She started doing her measurements around my ankles. Then she told to (I guess) medial flex my foot (i.e. I pointed my right foot to the left) and her reaction was "Whoa! Look at you go!" Apparently, my loose joints allow me to stretch my limbs further than other folks. So, she started looking at my elbows and my knees and my wrists and fingers. Then she said, "Yep, you've got loose joints. Which means that you're going to have problems with your knees and hips (if you don't already have problems with them)."Well, at least now I have some sort of understanding as to why my legs, hips and knees get so tired whenever I stand for too long.
But, if I've got loose joints, why do they always feel so tight? Does this mean I have too much tendons, etc in my joints? So, I have a little extra which means that I can stretch further?
Di you know that it's Captain Kirk's birthday today? :)
posted by Issa Marie @ 9:30 AM
1 Comments:
*Ahem* (*Clearing her throat*) You are probably tight because either a) your muscles are working harder to maintain your upright position (compensating for lack of stability you would otherwise be getting from your joints) or b) your muscles have shortened from being stretched/slacked for so long. Basically your tight because something is compensating for something else. ;)
You probably don't have long tendons. It's probably just that they are really loose. Which means that you need to strengthen the muscles around those joints to have better control.
So that's all in my physical therapy student opinion. There's my disclaimer.
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