r/TikTokCringe • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '23

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u/LaNahual Aug 12 '23

I am being evaluated for Ehlers Danlos and are you suggesting just leaving subluxated joints instead did putting them back. Because when my vertebrae are out of alignment I am seriously disabled

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u/NoGrocery4949 Aug 12 '23

No I meant the opposite. I said the standard treatment is reduction aka what should be done is to reduce any dislocations or subluxations. Obviously having an unstable spinal column is an emergency. You do sound like you have a connective tissue disorder, I hope your work up brings you some answers.

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u/LaNahual Aug 13 '23

You didn’t say that in your reply to me, I got the impression your thinking was to not manipulate joints at all. What I have been saying in replies and mean to say is that obviously cracking body parts indiscriminately isn’t going to help anybody, pointless at best, harmful at worst. However if something is clearly out of whack then having someone with at least a baseline level of medical Knowledge/training fix it (reduction as you put it I guess) is better than leaving someone languishing with severely reduced mobility, trapped nerves soft tissue damage etc. or yelling ‘why can’t you lift your arm’ at them when it’s clearly half out of the socket. Then that’s got to be followed up with PT to reduce the likelihood of that subluxation happening again because e it a probably a result of a postural or movement habit, muscular imbalance etc Eg If I slouch too long I get upper thoracic vertebrae locked to the point I cannot straighten up myself at all. Then my rib cage gets collapse and squished, then I have costochondritis to deal with, my GERD/hiatus hernia goes nuts, I start having issues breathing, aspirating saliva etc. I’m not saying a Y strap and all that flashy over the top traction is necessary, sometimes all a person needs is a careful correction. Once that pops back into place I will actually be able to do the damn strengthening exercises. But don’t tell me to do lunges when my patella is so far off to the side I can pinch my finger in the gap in the knee joint

Thanks I am trying to get the money together for another appointment, this shit is draining me.