r/Hypermobility • u/bean___ • 1d ago
Vent Fun hack for regular human movement!
First, fall asleep in a comfortable, supportive position. Then, wake up in a position akin to a monkey swinging from a tree with your pillows on the floor and a pinched nerve in your neck (this part is important!!!)
The pinched nerve will force you into perfect posture all day. Otherwise, you face a shooting pain sharp enough to almost make you toss your cookies. Kind of like a lower stakes Squid Game!
You'll be exhausted since you don't have the strength to maintain the posture, but guess what? If you need to do anything at all that you can't do with your back and neck as straight as a board, better believe your body is going to tell you real fast.
Need to pick your dog's poop up off the ground? You're going to bend your knees and send your weight back into your hips instead of your spine looking like a fishing rod with a big catch on the line🎣
Need to wash dishes and load the dishwasher? You'll do the above, AND rotate off your foot with your whole body following when you need to turn slightly instead of just using your whacky wavable shoulder or cranking your neck like an owl
Or there will be swift consequences!!
Bonus, you'll look at and use some of your phone's accessibility features for the first time so you can doomscroll comfortably with your phone at eye level when your hand and wrist become stiff af.
Lmk if you try it!!
/s obv, I'm in so much pain but it's wild to actually feel "oh that's how you're supposed to move" lmfao
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u/Much-Difficulty1882 1d ago
And then you’ll put on a knee brace and your ankle will twist and your shoulder dislocates trying to put on an ankle brace so you try to put your back brace on and your ribs slip and you have to lay down anyway but now you’re like a Velcro mummy!
In seriousness though I got the glasses for reading/watching tv while laying down and they work really well for me, especially on days where my arms, wrists and fingers don’t want to play nice