I found out I’m hypermobile - here’s everything I’ve learnt so far

[@deesparklebazinga9374]

I was advised to do pilates instead of yoga but have discovered that pilate classes are expensive and I'm not great at motivating myself to do it on my own and I dont have the space. I'm also hypermobile with ASD and ADHD diagnosis.

[@jgthree]

I'm so happy to see a video on this topic -- Thank you for sharing your story! I made it to middle age without getting a diagnosis, but ever since I started viewing my lifelong unexplainable difficulties through the lens of highly masked autism, everything makes infinitely more sense. And I have also always shared this tendency towards joint injuries. In my early 20s, my doctor encouraged me to take up high-intensity muscle-building workouts because I've always had trouble putting on bulk, but I resisted that advice since I had consistently experienced pain with that kind of forced exertion. I followed my intuition and took up yoga instead. Much later, I became a trained yoga teacher to learn the mechanics of it more thoroughly. It has been the single most helpful physical tool for me. As you said, when you're hypermobile, it requires intense mindfulness the closer you get to the edges of your range of motion. Consistently applying that mindfulness in yoga practice helped me to build the neural pathways to actually feel and intentionally engage the necessary and proper muscular support throughout my body at a somatic level rather than relying on my connective tissue alone to mark the boundaries. It has been radically life-changing and there is just no other mind-body modality that has come anywhere close to making me feel stronger and more physically stable in this skinny, bendy meatsuit. I say all this to encourage you not to give up on yoga! It can be amazing if approached wisely.

[@hesterlonergan]

Thank you for sharing - it's so refreshing and encouraging to hear that yoga can actually be a powerful positive tool for hypermobility!

[@JessieThorne886]

Great video. It made me realize that I might be hypermobile. I've always found it easy to sit cross-legged, yoga style, etc, my fingers are extremely dextrous but soft-joined (so I can't snap my fingers, for example), and I often slightly sprain my ankles just by walking or going down a staircase. I think I should maybe talk to a fysiotherapist, though I'm not sure there is much to be done about it, except that being aware of it is helpful.

[@lakritzeslena]

So interesting. I stumbled across that connection between neurodivergence and hypermobility before. And, it seems also been somewhat interlinked with fatigue like simptoms. (Recently binge watched the webinar videos of the me/CFS conference, where one of the topics was cervical instability, that seems to also be caused by connective tissue instability and can lead to real scary simptoms. Side note). I'm not particularly hypermobile, I think, maybe a bit, and had the same preferences with sports, liked yoga a lot. My mother is hypermobile, has ADHD, and is underweight her whole life now, so, her muscles do not support her in a way that her hypermobile body would need. Last year she tried yoga and it was really painful for her and she had to stop. It's totally fascinating, I'm so curious what science will show us in the next years. (At least that's cool, hyperfixation on science topics).

[@Quotazon]

I'm not hypermobile, but it was interesting to listen to. Thanks for sharing it. As a neurodivergent I understand the daily struggle, but the upside is that we get very strong in some areas because of it. Thus becoming like warriors 💪

[@Truerealism747]

Yes dislocation of my ankle 6 months ago still hurts but upper body is worst got adhd and autism.adhd father autism.mother who i lost to ms xommon in heds to

[@Truerealism747]

But not all the pain is the hypomobility its our autism brain see dr schubiner and dr lenz says adhd meds can help pain and also connecting sleep apnea ine hypermobile all over any syretchy skin?

[@Truerealism747]

Heds autism adhd fybromyalgia cfs or its all autism burnout