I am hyper-flexible

[janradder]

Which means that I can touch my thumb to my wrist among other feats of inhuman stretchiness even if I haven't stretched that muscle or body part in months or years. Being flexible is one of those things that is supposed to help you avoid injuries which is why athletes not only lift weights and train aerobically but also stretch. Unfortunately, being hyper-flexible, for me, means that I'm constantly injuring myself though I never know when it's going to happen and it's usually because I was doing something that no one in the world would ever think would cause injury.

When I was younger I used to sprain my ankles all the time just walking or running. Later, for the first few years I played guitar, I used to sprain my left wrist as I held the neck of the the guitar. I can also sprain my toes and the arch of my feet simply by standing up. And, a few years ago, I had to go to physical therapy because the ligaments and tendons in my legs and hips were so loose that they weren't holding everything together right.

My latest injury comes from making the kids' beds. I have no idea when it happened or what exactly I did to cause the injury, but I first sprained my left wrist making their beds and, when it had healed a week later, I did something to my right hand. At this point, I can't squeeze with it or even make a loosely held fist without it hurting like an absolute motherfucker. I've got an ace bandage on it now, hoping that a few days of immobility may cure it but it's been a tough due to the fact that I am so right-handed that I can barely do anything with my left hand (like eat popcorn -- it feels like I'm using someone else's hand to direct the food to my mouth and I have to seriously concentrate to get that food there without dropping it or missing my mouth almost entirely. I know, it's pathetic). haddayr  tells me that every time she complains about an injury I tell her to go see the doctor but that I never do when I've got something wrong.  It's only been hurting since Saturday night so I feel like it's too early to go se someone.  If it keeps hurting like this, though, I think I'm going to have to go in.

Comments

[snurri.livejournal.com]

It's only been hurting since Saturday night so I feel like it's too early to go see someone.

Yeah, I think you oughta read that sentence out loud to yourself a couple of times, TOUGH GUY.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's just a couple days. I'll go when it becomes bloated like a balloon and completely useless, just dangling at my side. The doctor will probably tell me it's nothing though and that I'm just being a big baby.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

That's the spirit!

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Seriously.

[pierogi-queen.livejournal.com]

he takes after his mother.