@hypermobile.worko: Hypermobility means your joints move more than normal- but that doesn’t mean your muscles are relaxed 🚫 In fact, your body often compensates for unstable joints by creating muscle tension to protect them. It’s a phenomenon that creates hypertonic (or really tight) muscles. But that ‘tight’ feeling is actually your body’s way of seeking stability, not a sign you need more stretching! #ehlersdanlos #hypermobile #hypermobility #workout #PioresSituaçõesSemArCondicionado
Because our bodies are holding us up with tension and not strength
2025-05-10 18:19:58
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Kat :
it's nuts to me that all my docs that look at my back and make the comment on how tight the muscles are. like yes that's what's holding me upright. and it hurts a lot. 🙄
2025-05-10 11:59:35
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Elise Buchholz :
All I want to do is stretch, turn and twist my neck to try and relieve the tightness in my neck and upper back. 😩
2025-05-10 18:08:19
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sandi 🎀 :
i can sit in a butterfly pose with my knees touching the floor... or with my feet on my thighs and stand on my knees.. but i cant touch my toes.
2025-05-11 00:49:51
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Yo Mama :
This is me too!!! I can put my hands in prayer behind my back, zip up anything, put my own lotion on my whole back. so many other not normal things, but touching the ground is hard!
2025-05-10 22:40:19
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Hypermobile Workouts by Eva :
This post was inspired by a woman who asked me “is it all in my head?” Hell no!
2025-05-09 23:43:56
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Lappie :
this is why the rheumatologist refused to diagnose me with anything
2025-05-10 00:25:59
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Angela :
My pt described it as too loose with movement but your compensating by being tight trying to hold them together
2025-05-10 06:08:51
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Penny Loker 🇨🇦 :
Everyone always comments on how tight my muscles are. Docs never believe when I say I don’t workout. Lol I have some hyper mobility but I doubt it’s EDS.
2025-05-11 01:13:22
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crazy mumma :
Can I save this and show it to the physios who have told me I can’t have eds because I can’t touch my toes 😂😂
2025-05-10 21:17:40
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simplycourtneyann :
appreciate this. cuz I'm in this exact thought process right now. 🥰
2025-05-09 23:59:43
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saffirerain :
my physio said we our muscles are tight because they are overcompensating for our unstable joints...our muscles do all the work our ligaments are supposed to do.
2025-05-10 12:52:38
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raychelbright :
This is also why a doctor trying to bend your thumb back isn’t a fully accurate assessment for hEDS
2025-05-11 12:33:27
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horsegirlhill :
Could this also contribute to a hypertonic pelvic floor in women?
2025-05-10 00:30:43
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Lara Graves :
So what do we do about our tight hip flexors….
2025-05-22 10:42:35
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Megan 💙🇺🇸 :
Girl same! 😩 I am bendy everywhere but my lower back is also so tight all the time
2025-05-10 20:41:24
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Kachlae :
is this why despite me stretching my hamstrings multiple times a day for several months, they were still tight?
also what hypermobile joint would cause my hamstrings to tighten?
2025-05-11 14:28:56
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Michi :
My back is always so tight, like a rigid block that doesn't bend
2025-05-11 12:19:12
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ellie :
That explains why I’ve stretched everyday for almost 2 years and have never been able to achieve my splits. A dancers worst nightmare.
2025-05-12 11:13:35
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kristi_matlock :
literally everything is hypermobile but my back but I think that’s what is holding the rest of me together 😂
2025-05-10 21:42:28
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Pretzel🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 :
When I was younger I was so much more bendy and now at 21 everything hurts and I’m not as flexible as I used to be 😭
2025-05-22 09:41:43
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𓋹 ₊˚ ཐི.ʍɛʀċʊʀʏ.ཋྀ ˚₊ 𓋹 :
OMG THANKYOU THIS IS ME AND I ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE BENDY AND I DOUBT MYSELF
2025-08-06 05:46:40
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zimzim :
Thank you! I suspect I have EDS. I was a gymnast through college and was quite flexible, which is helpful in gymnastics. But now, I'm tight everywhere, and don't think a dr. will do this.
2025-05-10 15:32:48
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Sassy :
I freaked out my gymnastics coach once because I typically had to stretch for a good 30 minutes to get to my full range of motion but I just randomly contorted my shoulders like a circus act without
2025-05-11 13:21:20
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AlissaChronicIlnessBestie :
I am always so tight! I am constantly trying to tell myself to relax my muscles. they just tense right back up when I'm not paying attention
2025-05-30 20:35:47
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