#hypermobile joints

[crippledpunks]

cane users don't have to use their cane for every single step in order to be valid in their need for a cane. cane users can suddenly stop using their cane while moving around and not invalidate their need for it next time they use it. some cane users may only use their canes during flare ups. some only need their cane every few steps for short bursts. everyone's needs are different.

every cane user deserves respect.

#chronic pain #cripple punk #cane user #disability culture #physically disabled #physical disability #disability activism #disability rights #disability #disability advocacy #cripple #crippled #fibroymalgia #fibro #actually hypermobile #hypermobile eds #hypermobilty syndrome #hypermobile joints #hypermobile #back pain #crip punk #cripplepunk #disabled #bad back #arthritis #our writing

[chaos-and-ink]

Nothing About Me Is Straight

I'm making stickers based on my chronic illnesses for my final project in my art class. This is the first one! If people like them I'm thinking about adding them to my shop in the summer when I have more time.

Funny enough I killed my wrist and fingers trying to draw this. ouchie i need to buy some splints soon

#lgbtq #lgbt pride #ehlers danlos syndrome #hypermobile ehlers danlos #hypermobile spectrum disorder #heds #hsd #joint hypermobility #hypermobile joints #sticker shop #sticker design #actually chronically ill #chronically ill #chronic illness #disabled #actually disabled #disability pride #cripple punk #cpunk #my work #queer

[neuroticboyfriend]

the desire to stim by moving your joints in ways they shouldn't move vs the looming threat of injury from doing so

#softspoonie #personal #hypermobility #hypermobile joints #hypermobile problems #disabled #disability #chronic illness #autistic #autism #actually autistic #actually autism #adhd #actually adhd #neurodivergent #chronic illness memes #spoonie #spoonie memes

[neilgayman69]

Casually daydreaming about the mobility aids I think would help me, ya know, like every able bodied person does.

#physically disabled #physical disability #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #hypermobile spectrum disorder #hypermobile joints #hypermobile #cane user #ambulatory mobility aid user #ambulatory cane user

[permanently-sprained-ankle]

Dear (physically) abled people: the accessible bathroom stall is NOT for you.

And no, I don’t care if you’re neurodivergent.

Acceptable reasons to use the accessible bathroom stall:

You have mobility issues (visible or invisible) and need the support of handles/grab bars

You have disability aids, such as a cane or a service dog, that require extra space

You need space to catheterize, change a stoma bag, or perform another disability-related procedure

Your disability involves incontinence or inability to hold waste and therefore you need fast access

Unacceptable reasons to use the accessible bathroom stall:

You want privacy during a panic attack and therefore think that it’s ok to use up resources that aren’t for you (idc if you’re neurodivergent)

You want privacy during a meltdown and therefore think that it’s ok to use up resources that aren’t for you (idc if you’re neurodivergent)

You want to eat your lunch in the bathroom (idc if you’re self conscious about eating)

You don’t have actual digestive/gastrointestinal disabilities, but you just want to take a nice long shit

You want to take a break from socializing (idc if you’re autistic)

You want to have sex/make a phone call/get drunk/etc

Let me emphasize: your panic attack, eating habits, social anxiety, or whatever, is not a justification for using up a limited resource that isn’t for you.

I do not care if you’re neurodivergent or mentally ill or whatever. You’re occupying a space that isn’t meant for you. You’re appropriating a finite resource that some people have no choice to need.

Physically disabled people, such as myself, are not just annoyed, but materially harmed by neurodivergent people who think they have the right to occupy the accessible stall for their panic attacks or what have you. We can get UTIs, other infections, rashes, and pain from not having access to a useable bathroom… waiting 20 minutes for you to eat your fucking salad in the accessible stall while we are in wet underwear/diapers is not ok.

Don’t use the accessible toilet if it’s not for you. End of story.

Edit because y’all are putting words into my mouth: this isn’t about invisibly disabled people. This isn’t about me standing outside every accessible toilet trying to judge whether or not each individual is disabled enough. This is about a broader trend of abled neurodivergent people speaking over physically disabled people.

#disabled #disability #hypermobility spectrum disorder #actually hypermobile #chronic illness #hypermobility #hypermobile joints #chronic pain #chronically ill #mobility aid #cane user #mobility

[oh-heck-yeah-doritos]

Moves joints: ow

Doesn’t move joints: ow

#hypermobility #actually hypermobile #hypermobile joints #hypermobile spectrum disorder #hypermobile #gecko’s silly billy hypermobility #owwie #chronic pain

[referencebaseforme]

Yes doctor, I have an unexplainable cause of the ouchies. As you can see I am in pain, no I am not a hypochondriac.

#chronic illness #disability #disabilties #disabled #fibromyalgia #hypermobile eds #hypermobile joints #joint problems #multiple sclerosis #cpunk #cripple problems #cripple punk #queer cripple #cripple shit

[localpissenthusiast]

ok yeah i have a debilitating medical condition that causes chronic & generalized pain, mobility issues, autonomic nervous system dysfunction and frequent subluxations BUT. i can touch my thumb to my forearm so. a win is a win

#hypermobility #hypermobilty syndrome #hypermobile spectrum disorder #ehlers danlos syndrome #heds #probably heds #hypermobile eds #hypermobile joints #hypermobile ehlers danlos #ehlers danlos awareness #ehlers danlos life #ehlers danlos problems #disabled #disability #physical disability #actually disabled #mobility issues #tw chronic pain #tw chronic illness #chronic pain #chronically ill #chronic disease #i am tired #flexibility #but not really #im actually not flexible at all #but my joints sure are #currently having a flare-up lmfao #disability pride #my rizz is insane actually

[astersghost]

Having chronic conditions is so stupid like what do you mean I currently have debilitating pain in my toes. Granted my hip, fingers, lower back, knees, shoulder, and elbow also hurt a ridiculous amount too atm but my fucking toes ??? What did they do???

#heds #hypermobile ehlers danlos #hypermobile joints #hypermobility #chronic pain #fuck this shit #i have work tomorrow #i just wanna be able to sit in bed without wanting to cry #chronic disability #everyday i wake up a immediately get reminded im disabled

[tumble-tv]

why must my hip dislocate when i stand up to get cheetos

#chronic illness #chronicpain #chronic disability #other chronic illness bs #undiagnosed chronic illness #disablity #chronic disease #chronically ill #disabled #fibromyalgia #physical disability #invisible disability #disability #physically disabled #invisible illness #undiagnosed chronic pain #joint pain #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #chronic disorder #cpunk #cripple life #cripple problems #crip punk #cripple punk #dislocated joints #hypermobile joints

[chronicallyuniconic]

Exercise & Chronic Illness

I was given some basic exercises to "fix" a problem that exercise won't fix.

They are basic, simple stretching exercises. And I mean b a s i c. The type of things you can do from your bed.

I was doing yoga years before I was diagnosed, I am hypermobile & flexible. But, I agreed, to appease the medical gatekeepers.

By doing them, my physical symptoms are simply worse.

"it's just the exercises, it's normal to feel pain"

My pain is more in line with sporting injuries, it's definitely not 'normal.'

The old, active, healthy version of me, can remember.

My skeleton aches like tooth pain, gnawing, grinding, heavy weights attached to my bones. Lifting my bottled water feels like lifting 20kg.

Leaning forward to grab my medication feels like an elephant on my back, weighing me down, like the gravity in the room just went up.

Every joint is clicking at random, as well as "pops" in other places that feel like a hot knife being shoved in.

My skin is sensitive, brushing my hand over any part of it, feels like the roughest grain of sandpaper, scratching off the top layer. It feels raw, it burns. To look at though, it's just my arm.

The clothes on my back are too much & I resort to the softest blanket I have, to protect me.

It's taken me days to write because the pain has distracted my process. Writing lines at a time is all I can manage for the moment.

Once again, I am reminded that now I am worse than my baseline, I might not come out of this.

Once again I am reminded, that no, exercise is not the answer to my healing.

Once again, I am stuck here, agonising, just waiting for this to fizzle down, so I can return to the baseline I'm used to.

A shell of the person I was before.

#chronic life #chronic pain #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic fatigue #hypermobile joints #spoonie problems #no spoons #spoonie life #i'm not okay #multiple sclerosis #fibromyalgia #Exercise will not cure me #Do you get it now doc #myalgic encephalomyelitis #me cfs #me/cfs #fibro flare #fibrowarrior #spoonie

[crippledpunks]

maybe i like the way that my ehlers danlos syndrome makes my skin abnormally soft. maybe i like the way it makes my skin fold and hang in ways that i don't see on most other people. maybe i like that my body is unique and one of a kind. maybe i like that i have been told by previous partners that i'm a luxury to hold and that i feel great to touch and am great to look at.

my disabilities suck ass, yeah, no shit. i hurt myself and sublux my joints often. but i'm also allowed to like the parts of it that aren't all bad. i have an extremely unique skin texture, and i think that's pretty fuckin cool. maybe i'm allowed to like that part of it. maybe cripples are allowed to try to feel at home in our own bodies, as they are, without needing to feel like they'd only be happy if they were 'cured'.

#cripple punk #cripplepunk #hypermobile ehlers danlos #ehlers danlos #actually disabled #physical disability #disability rights #disability #disabled #crip punk #disability culture #chronic pain #physically disabled #hypermobile #hypermobile eds #hypermobile spectrum disorder #hypermobile joints #heds #actually hypermobile #ehlers danlos syndrome #our writing

[chaos-and-ink]

EDS/POTS/Scoliosis Stickers

All of these will become available on my shop in June. You can follow my page on Ko-Fi to get an email update when they're for sale so you don't miss it :)

Tomorrow is the last day of my class and this is my final project. Chronically ill stickers. I definitely plan to make more but this is what I have so far. I can't wait to sell these in the Summer and if anyone has suggestions for what kind of stickers I should make next, absolutely let me know! I love getting sticker ideas from others.

Reblog to share them around :) I'd really appreciate it.

Here is the link to my shop : Chaos And Ink

Image Descriptions are from left to right

[ID: A skeletal leg with the knee hyperextended and a rainbow behind it. The text reads 'Nothing about me is straight' / A crooked vertebrae column with a rainbow behind it. The text reads 'Nothing about me is straight' / A zebra pattern awareness ribbon with the initials 'EDS' on the right side / A skeletal arm with a hyperextended elbow and a rainbow behind it. The text reads 'Nothing about me is straight' / A blue awareness ribbon with the initials 'POTS' on the right side / A black leg with a hyperextended knee and a decorative vine tattoo on the thigh. The text reads 'Clinically too bendy' / A white wrist and hand with the thumb pressing against the forearm. The hand wears a ring and bracelet and has a tattoo that reads 'Enough'. The text reads 'clinically too bendy' / A latino arm with a hyperextended elbow and a bracelet and watch. The text reads 'clinically too bendy' End ID]

#my work #scoliosis #ehlers danlos syndrome #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #pots #pots syndrome #spoonie #disabled #physically disabled #cripple punk #c punk #hypermobile eds #hypermobile joints #joint pain #chronic pain #ehlers danlos zebra #potsie #dysautonomia #actually disabled #disability pride #lgbtq #lgbtq pride #lgbt #lgbtqia #stickers #sticker shop #described #image described #hypermobile spectrum disorder #hsd

[neuroticboyfriend]

to my fellow hypermobile ppl, if you are turning while standing... do not simply rotate at the hips. it can fuck up your knees and hips.

instead... lift up the foot on the side you are turning towards. rotate that leg AND your torso towards the direction you want to go in. put foot down. bring your other foot in line with the first foot. make sure your feet point straight when you do this.

tada. you have turned more safely. if anyone knows a better way to turn please add on. may your joints not crumble.

#softspoonie #hypermobile #hypermobility #heds #hypermobile joints #hypermobile eds #hypermobile ehlers danlos #hypermobile problems #hypermobile spectrum disorder #disabled #disability #chronic pain #chronic pain tips #spoonie #spoonie tips #physical disability #chronic disability #disabilities

[neilgayman69]

Sometimes I almost want myself to get worse because at least then I won't be constantly wondering if I'm overreacting or overplaying the problems/pain my physical issues cause me.

#hypermobile #hypermobile joints #hypermobility #hypermobile spectrum disorder #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain #physically disabled #physical disability #cane user #ambulatory mobility aid user #mobility aid user #ambulatory cane user

[permanently-sprained-ankle]

“I don’t think I’m disabled enough to use this mobility aid”

Ok so what if that’s true?

If you have a health condition that impacts your ability to function in one or more life areas, you’re disabled. If you’re disabled, you need help to live your best life.

Let’s say you choose a cane as a mobility aid, because you need help. If the cane doesn’t end up helping, then you don’t need to use it!

And so what if the cane only helps a little bit? It still helps and you deserve that little bit of help.

And so what if it only helps on some days? Dynamic disabilities are real and you don’t have to use the cane on the days you don’t feel like you need it.

And so what if the cane isn’t really helping you right now, but it’s helping you prevent injury or degeneration or fatigue? Bestie, that’s still HELP. I’d much rather you be less disabled and not rely on your mobility aid, than you damage yourself until you feel like you’ve earned it.

And so what if you don’t feel like the cane is really helping your disability directly, but it’s still useful in signaling to others that you’re disabled? That’s helpful and you deserve that.

If you’re disabled, you don’t need to be “disabled enough” for a mobility aid. If you’re disabled, you don’t need to rely and depend on your mobility aid in order to use it. If it helps mitigate you disability, fucking use the mobility aid.

#disabled #disability #hypermobility spectrum disorder #actually hypermobile #chronic illness #hypermobility #hypermobile joints #hypermobile eds #hypermobilty syndrome #chronic pain #chronically ill #mobility aid #cane user