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8/5/2025, 5:00:00 AM
>>76460422
>>76461780
Physiotherapy fag here again, clinic is quiet today.
I don't know mr flexxy's full backstory but honestly props to him for staying fit despite the chronic pain.
>>76462256
>Doesn't have a connective tissue disorder
Thing is, he doesn't need a full blown *disorder* like Marfan's. Most hypermobile women in my office have no actual disease, they just have more elastic collagen in their connective tissue than normal or they're pregnant or their estrogen is crazy high. Therefore he may not have a "disorder" but he may have a genetic advantage. Hypermobility is a spectrum but even people at the low end of that spectrum aren't "normal." Pic related kinda explains what I mean.
Does that make him misleading? Depends. I think it's misleading to say you're healthy just because you're flexible. Most of my elderly patients wish they were strong enough to not live in a nursing home, they don't care about doing the splits.
>stay flexxy!!!
All this is dumb anyway because that level of flexibility is not always good. People have this idea that flexible = healthy, but what if you're a runner who doesn't even need that much mobility? With great mobility comes more instability. Again, the patients I see with super flexible hips, spines and shoulders have to deal with more problems than "normal" people. I have a friend with hips that can easily do the splits, but her hip dislocates upon standing. Same with shoulder dislocations.
>ok but I just wanna be mobile
Stretching does work, just to be clear. It's trendy to hate on stretching but most studies show that it is still effective - however it is much slower than just doing strengthening through a large range of motion - we're talking years of works vs months. Also the injury-prevention properties of large-ROM strengthening (like nordic curls or deep RDLs) are unparalleled.
>>76461780
Physiotherapy fag here again, clinic is quiet today.
I don't know mr flexxy's full backstory but honestly props to him for staying fit despite the chronic pain.
>>76462256
>Doesn't have a connective tissue disorder
Thing is, he doesn't need a full blown *disorder* like Marfan's. Most hypermobile women in my office have no actual disease, they just have more elastic collagen in their connective tissue than normal or they're pregnant or their estrogen is crazy high. Therefore he may not have a "disorder" but he may have a genetic advantage. Hypermobility is a spectrum but even people at the low end of that spectrum aren't "normal." Pic related kinda explains what I mean.
Does that make him misleading? Depends. I think it's misleading to say you're healthy just because you're flexible. Most of my elderly patients wish they were strong enough to not live in a nursing home, they don't care about doing the splits.
>stay flexxy!!!
All this is dumb anyway because that level of flexibility is not always good. People have this idea that flexible = healthy, but what if you're a runner who doesn't even need that much mobility? With great mobility comes more instability. Again, the patients I see with super flexible hips, spines and shoulders have to deal with more problems than "normal" people. I have a friend with hips that can easily do the splits, but her hip dislocates upon standing. Same with shoulder dislocations.
>ok but I just wanna be mobile
Stretching does work, just to be clear. It's trendy to hate on stretching but most studies show that it is still effective - however it is much slower than just doing strengthening through a large range of motion - we're talking years of works vs months. Also the injury-prevention properties of large-ROM strengthening (like nordic curls or deep RDLs) are unparalleled.
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