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joint hypermobility sydrome and poling?
Yesterday at my physio for my shoulder injury i got a diagnose of JHS. Today i have been reading stuff on internet and many of my health problems and conditions make now sense and seem to be related to that syndrome. But the more I read the more I started to be concerned, because most of the advice is against streching and injury prone activities, like poling. I’ve in one year of poling had tendinatis in shoulder and elbow, healing takes a lot of time, and i’m not the youngest either – 40, but I dont want to quit poling.
So I’m wondering whether there are here anyone with this syndrome and how you avoid joint injuries? Do you stretch to increase your flexibility, although it is already quite good?
Thanks a lot in advance
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It’s not within my scope of practice to know if this come be “fixed” I would say it’s something to work around.
I would think that if you are diligent with form and focus on not allowing joints to hyperextend, you’ll be able to continue, unless this condition doesn’t allow for that kind of control? The body is amazing so I think if you’re aware anything is possible! Stretching should be done throughout the muscle and not just the joints anyway. That being said you will need to be very aware of form and not settling into the joints but staying active while stretching. I would say stay away from overspilts, I don’t like those anyway because of how harsh they can be on joints! So stretch to keep things equal and comfortable for you, not to contortion level.
I would avoid tricks like twisted grip and you might want to just a partial split grip or elbow grip instead. Spins may also be trouble some if you are not able to control how far the joint extends. There are still tons of things you can do even if you avoid theses moves.
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