#ankle flexibility

[justalittlebluetiefling]

One coaching challenge I'm running into is that we have an 11th grader on the team who is incredibly advanced. Like, so far above everyone else's skill level it's unreal. And her goal is to dance at a D1 college, which means that I've been watching technique videos for the last two weeks (and I'm nowhere near done) to try and find anything to help her keep leveling up.

The bright side of this whole experience is that I have run into SO many helpful notes to give my intermediate dancers to make sure they keep progressing, too.

#it feels like i've only got 1 year to make her feel prepared for college auditions even though she's still got 2 more years of high school #like at the dance camp we had last month #the instructors told her they think she could make a team like boise state #which is a HUGE deal because they're incredibly competitive #but like she's so far beyond anyone in the room skill-wise (coach and dancer) that trying to keep her progressing requires so much research #also her ego about the whole thing is so nonexistent so it makes it easy to spend all this time lol #i can tell she feels like she's not progressing though #which means i'm over here frantically googling: advanced stretching techniques and advanced leap technique and back flexibility routines #and how to keep progressing oversplits and ankle strength exercises #she's the sweetest kid i just want her to feel like she's getting something out of this experience #my coaching adventures

[thelastlightningbug]

oh wait i have more circusposting. i finally got my backbend after months of stretching and i nearly have my right (worse) splits as consistently as my left :3 tumblr may not be aware of this but i am literally a gay rubber band

#my middle splits are still so nonexistent though. i rlly need to work on those. and i want to have more than hands to the floor in fwd fold #since there’s a crazy jennifer cohen lyra move you can do from ankle hang that requires that type of flexibility

[voidimp]

probably couldve been diagnosed w hEDS a lot younger than twenty-fucking-eight if the foot doctor i went to in like middle/high school or my regular doctor had considered the possibility that the weak ligaments in my feet/ankles might be due to a connective tissue disorder that affects my whole fucking body instead of just being a localized thing

#like. the signs were there. oh my god were they there & we all brushed them off #like i get it!! ur a specialized doctor this is what u focus on but surely u should know some CAUSES of these things??? #''oh u just have weak ligaments in ur feet/ankles'' YEAH AND ALSO EVERYWHERE ELSE APPARENTLY #or like u know ud think maybe going back to my dr & being like ''yeah so this is what he said'' wouldve prompted some more questions #instead of just ''oh ok well good luck with that'' #I THOUGHT I WAS JUST FLEXIBLE BC I DID GYMNASTICS. NO. I WAS GOOD AT GYMNASTICS BC IM FUCKING HYPERMOBILE #anyway. idk where im going w this its just a thing i keep coming back to ever since i got that dx lmao #today it was bc i was wondering how my top surgery scars will be affected bc i didnt realize until then that the way i scar is Not Normal #(like i think theyll just be kinda puffy its not An Issue really but they wont be as smooth and flat as some peoples) #(like idc it doesnt Bother Me i was just thinkies abt it u know)

[orcelito]

If I scrape my brain out of my body and put it in a robot maybe then I would be less tired

#speculation nation #negative/ #im being a diligent little assistant manager. like a well behaved fucking dog. #since me working hard but being relaxed in a few areas was reason enough to scare the shit out of me #and then force me to publicly humiliate myself #but im a good little assistant manager. look at me bark and jump through hoops! #no i wont sit because you want me to stand Always and no i wont be on my phone at all Ever #even as my ankle is radiating pain i will stay on my feet because im a Good little assistant manager! watch me do my tricks! #please dont take my raise away from me! #i hate my fucking self and i hate my fucking life and im so FUCKING tired of everything #id almost consider just fucking leaving but nowhere else would pay me this good & give me this kind of flexibility. #job security is a powerful drug. #i just. have lingering humiliation even just Being here #messaging anyone. Anything related to work. #my shift is over but i still have to finish the nut tarts and the inventory and my meeting notes for the meeting tonight #because im a Good little assistant manager! watch me bark! watch me break my back and my ankle for you! arf arf! #someone just put me out of my fucking misery

[crimeronan]

went back to the pool today after a couple days away due to period agony. swam a little over a mile without getting winded which was nice! as i was stretching my hips against the side of the pool, an elderly man in the lane next to me was like "that looks like a good idea. don't know how you're doing it but i bet it feels good!" thank u sir. it's my genetic abnormalities

#i had my knee and ankle up on the ledge and was hugging my thigh to my chest/collarbone #i think most semi-flexible people can do this but the extra problems do help #swim tag

[musclem3m0ry]

I can't remember exactly why I started doing daily deep squats five years ago but I am full of gratitude for the decision when I am able to pretty comfortably remain in deep squat with feet flat on the ground for the entirety of cleaning three litterboxes

#i have excellent hip mobility #my ankle flexibility increases every day #affirmations

[crowwithaccesstotheinternet]

I tried to do a workout to strengthen my knees so that they hurt less and now, in a completely unforeseeable turn of events, they are hurting😭 why is the world so cruel

#Trying to get better ankle flexibility too and at least my ankles aren’t hurting I guess #I genuinely can’t tell if my knees are good-sore from a workout or bad-sore bc I hurt them rip #I’m so young! why do I already have hurty knees! it’s not fair!😭 #crow’s thoughts

[peapod20001]

Strange question but can any of y’all like scratch your own back??? Like being able to reach everything with just you own hand???

#random post #I honestly don’t know how I came to this thought but I’m posting it onto the tumblr for all my friends to see ig #ok ok for me. I can get every part of my own back no problem #my shoulder is just very. flexible ig lmao I don’t stretch it or anything it has just always been like that #I actually took the time and looked at my shoulders in the mirror recently and noticed that my right shoulder (the flexible one) #looks fucking WEIIRRDDDDD. I can make it dip down (?) real low and it lets me take my arm #and wrap it behind my head and under my chin. so I can then touch my right ear with that same arm #I’m just fucked up in some places idk. lol yesterday I’m p sure I fucked up in the ankle #cus I was tryna be silly for my sister and like skip away while whistling. but my right ankle went NOPE and I fell onto the floor 😭 #yea. sometimes my ankles just give out but it’s like whatever. I’m sure for most people it’s some like. crippling pain #rolling their ankle and falling and tears and wah. but I’m just like :D woopsie daisy had a stumble there. oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever rolled my ankle. May I have maybe I haven’t #but nonetheless I’ve definitely had moments of ‘oh my ankle should definitely not feel that way’ but then I keep walking but. softer lmao #I got really off topic there but that just what y’all have to deal with I’m sorry UVDYVJJEC

[bubmyg]

okay back to being unhinged. where is my post abt jk taking contemporary dance

#I change my mind he needs like. jazz 101. #HEAR ME OUT!!!!!! #he has pretty good flexibility natural turn out he’s strong as FUCK #he already points his ankles naturally #give me one day w him in the studio. ONE DAY.

[actualaster]

Walkable cities are a health hazard to me, personally, who is so easily distracted a squirrel crossing my path nearly kills me :p

#[insert joke about aster and rata here] #i probably cant hold a controller until tomorrow so my planned D2 tonight wont happen lol #also gonna be limping for a few days #...it is gonna hurt like hell when i get home and clean my leg up #(i stepped half-on half-off thr edge of the sidewalk and my ankle folded in on itself and i went down p hard on very rough concrete) #(my ankle is fine they just Do That sometimes due to the flexibility and all its the scrape im worried about) #injury mention

[coockie8]

are you a ballerina?

No. I wish I could do ballet, but unfortunately I have hereditary bone and cartilage issues that 'cause me to have mobility problems in my legs.

#believe me I still try lol #I try to practice most days #and the improved flexibility it causes does help my mobility a bit #but the pain it also causes in unimaginable #I love the art form though so I tolerate it #I'll certainly never be a professional haha #I've had what I call ''sticky joints'' my whole life #it's the worst in my hips and ankles #my joints just lock up sometimes #I've seen my doctor about it #his ''sage'' advice is to just not move in the ways that cause my joints to lock #this btw includes pretty well any movement depending on the day :/

[solfinite]

oh girl help the night pains and stiffness oughhhh

and i can't find my ankle brace truly battling the demons right now

#sero talks #i always get night pains in my ankles.... #despite doing the physical therapy stretches #like. istopped for a year but then started again. amd exercise #and x-rays are normal so it's just aaagh #please im in pain i wanna know why #also like cloudy weather aches #i sound like an old man.. im 5 months till 18. #<<<my ankles are like loose or smth. the ligaments aren't tight so they're really flexible maybe that's why.. but doctors don't say anythin #other than that #physical therapy instructions only do so much

[animalcuckllective]

Yesterday in PT my physical therapist told me to make sure I'm not leaning and I said my mom jokes it's a good thing she didn't name me Eileen

#I wobble and lean when I walk a lot and in general #I was leaning to the sides for a lot of exercises #She said I was doing well though. Did the nustep really fast and lifted a bunch of weights with my arms and legs #She did point out again that my knees go backwards when I try to straighten my legs though. She said my ankles do it too #That's why she said maybe I should ask about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or other similar disorders because there's definitely something going on #My lower joints are extremely flexible. Upper body joints suck at moving though #my posts

[im-the-son-of-rage-and-lov3]

I stood on my tiptoes to put the rice vinegar away and pulled something in the back of my knee. Wtf I’m too young for this.

#my ankles are like my least flexible joints and that’s saying something #i literally can’t point or flex them all the way #i speak into the void at a normal volume

[sgterso]

@prkh : so let me get this straight. you have… never wooed? not once? you are woo-less, as it were?

unpredictability is the key to survival. as long as no one can predict her next move, she can remain steps ahead of them, to figure out what they're thinking before they even know it so she can act on that possibility. because of it, jyn is very rarely knocked off her feet ( literally and metaphorically ) –– but this is one of those instances. the words that come out of parekh's mouth are so far out of the current galaxy that it leaves her stunned for a few seconds, lips parting slightly and eyebrows pulling together in confusion.

what –– wooing ? the fuck does wooing –– and bloody romance ? both of them have greater priorities than this, surely.

" wooed ? " jyn scoffs incredulously. that's a word she hasn't heard in –– ever. despite being born in a prison, galen and lyra had been relatively well-off for the first few years of her life on coruscant ; that all went to shit, of course, when they'd decided to stop working with krennic. her life so far has been the opposite of high society –– and asking whenever or not she's ever wooed someone has never come up before. her lip curls back into the hint of a mocking sneer, arms crossing over her chest. " i'm sorry –– i didn't know i was in the presence of someone from the bloody upper-core. "

#prkh #this DELIGHTED me thank you #i threw this in a vague sw verse #/probably/ original trilogy if i had to be specific but im flexible #and can throw her anywhere!! #(grabs jyn by the ankle and whips her into the timeline)