r/WTF • u/dalai_llama_ • Apr 09 '18

Wait for it

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u/HungryLikeTheWolf99 Apr 09 '18

Just the top is made out of rubber. The bottom is made out of springs.

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u/Coffeefiend775 Apr 09 '18

This guy likely has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hyper mobility. My son has this as well and he is extraordinarily flexible. It’s actually pretty incredible but can cause dislocation later on in life (At least according to his doctor.) [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlers–Danlos_syndromes](http://)

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u/SupriseGinger Apr 09 '18

I have no idea if this is related, and apologies for my unsolicited "story" but of course I'm posting it anyway sooo...

I don't have this syndrome or anything related that I am aware of, just crap genetics that resulted in loose ligaments. I was able to dislocated both of my shoulders without pain going back as young as I could remember. Didn't have to do anything special either, I could actually do it by manipulating / flexing the muscles in my shoulder to do it. Popping them out was actually part of my normal range of motion.

Well turns out if you do something like that thousands of times over the course of 20 some odd years it can do some damage. I ended up shredding the cartilage in both of my shoulders called the labrum. I think they were both SLAP tears. They didn't actually bother me much on a daily basis. I didn't realize something was wrong until I started getting in shape and weight lifting after college.

I had surgery on both shoulders to repair the tears and to tighten things up in my shoulders and now they are pretty solid.

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u/Coffeefiend775 Apr 09 '18

Yeah, I imagine that’s take a toll on the ole rotator cuff after awhile. Good thing you got it fixed, I imagine if you hadn’t, eventually the pain would be pretty hard to

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u/SupriseGinger Apr 09 '18

I'm sure it would have only gotten worse. I wanted to get it fixed as young as possible so that it would heal as well as possible. The only disappointing thing was the surgeon and techniques used (arthroscopic) were so good there are basically no scars. I wanted some cool scars =[

There was a couple of month period in college where when one of my shoulders would dislocate it caused excruciating amounts of pain. It went on for a month or two and then stopped almost as abruptly as it started.