Pointe Shoe Fitting a SUPER BENDY Dancer (hypermobile)
idk about u but i dont bend that way 😳
thanks to Shea Hancock for sharing her bendiness with us! @shea_hancock
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At the time of filming & posting this video, Shea has not been officially diagnosed with EDS. Hyper mobility exists in a spectrum, and does not look the same on every body. If you suspect that you may have a hyper mobility condition, please consult a health care professional.
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*At the time of filming & posting this video, Shea has not been officially diagnosed with EDS. Hyper mobility exists in a spectrum, and does not look the same on every body. If you suspect that you may have a hyper mobility condition, please consult a health care professional.* Our Bendy Bodies team info in description for resources!
Thank you so much for addressing EDS. As someone who is working on a confirmed diagnosis and a dancer, it is a struggle to get the information I need for both myself and my teachers. I’m so grateful to be part of the dance community and have wonderful teachers who help and support what is best for me. ❤️
@@angieahite2597 I love your post. It's not always easy to talk about health matters, but you shared, and appreciate the support you have with your teachers and of course the pointe shop. I hope you continue to be supported and wish you well in your future endeavours. 🙂👋
Thank yooooou!
Came here just to see if anyone mentioned EDS. Myself and my kids all have it. I hope she's able to network with other dancers who are hyper-flexible and/or have EDS, it's a mixed bag. It's not all about "being bendy".
Thank you for putting this info out and to Shea for being willing to demonstrate.
I have hypermobility too! It's cool to see someone who manages and uses it to their advantage. I'm currently in bed in severe pain because my spine flexed too much and now I have a lump on my t7 vertebrae. I hope this dancer has a good doctor to help her manage this condition as she ages.
I feel you... I was diagnosed at 17 with "floppy joint syndrome" which apparently is what they called EDS in the dark ages of my youth. I'm 49 now, have twisted my ankles so often that doctors have told me I grew extra tissue there to compensate, have had my left knee scoped twice, and live with so much pain that I'm basically useless now. I wish I had realized the things I could do to help my body last longer... Of course, I also have fibromyalgia and several other illnesses that really complicate things as is typical. Oh well, I had fun while I could! I still do, it's just not as fun as it was...
Zebra club member here, 💙 ♥ . Speedy healing.
I'm super hypermobile in my elbows, but the rest of my body isn't at all 😂 I'm glad though. It's also great how Josephine talks about safety so much. And Shea is a beautiful dancer!
Hiii, the same for me! My elbows are crazy, almost like Shea's! The rest ? We don't talk about it 🙂🤣
Omg miss gurl sameeeee
My whole body is lol, especially my back and I creep every one out 😂, my sister has it in her elbows only
I didn't realize just how hypermobile my legs were until I had knee surgery for the second time. After 6 weeks of no weight bearing I went through physical therapy to get my flexibility back. My pt was very excited when I got back to "normal" and very confused when I said it wasn't normal for me. Then she looked at my right knee's normal and just got very quiet.
Hahahahaha, I'm hypermobile in my whole body
As someone with EDS, I'm super happy to see you raising awareness for us and pointing people in the direction of resources if they're concerned.
I’m also in the hypermobile club. I’ve found that building and maintaining strength in the muscles around my extra-bendy joints helps a lot with keeping things in good alignment.
Glad to see Shea is so aware of what she needs to do to align safely. Speaking to you here as a hypermobile former dancer in my 50s and I am definitely suffering the effects of having studied at a time when nobody told me to correct for my hyperextensions or really followed through by making me train properly.
I’m nowhere near pointe (started as an adult beginner, now in the intermediate class), but I have very mobile knees and ankles like that. My teacher always tells me not to straighten them all the way because “straight” is not straight for me. My mum was a competitive highland dancer in her youth but had to stop in her early 20’s because of knee damage from hyper-extending.
I had that problem with my legs mostly. It's important that everything is stacked properly: like Josephine explained. My teacher told me to make a slight bend at my knees. Sorry about your Mom's injuries, that's a real bummer.
I had to retire from dancing at just 19 because of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. I wasn't diagnosed until after, but I've done irreparable damage to my joints from years of dancing without the proper joint care for my specific body and health condition. Hypermobile joints are caused by genetically defective collagen in the connective tissues. Those tissues are more lax and less resistant to physical activity than tissues in unaffected bodies. It's genetic. If you inherited it from your mother and she damaged her knees so young, then please be cautious with your joints. I was not cautious with mine and I'm paying for it now. I don't want that to happen to you. Dance was the love of my life and I lost myself for awhile when I couldn't do it anymore.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for raising awareness of EDS! I have EDS and score a 9/9 on the hypermobility scale. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 21, and that was after fighting a ridiculous amount of health problems (not just hypermobile joints) with no answers. As a dancer since age 3, so many people thought my hypermobility was flexibility, and those are two VERY different things! My knees took the brunt of it, and I ended up needing knee surgery at 18. If you’re hypermobile and find that you seem to get injured or are in pain often, talk with your doctor. EDS doesn’t just affect the joints, it affects the whole body. Take care of yourself!
Reminds me of doing gymnastics with hyperextensive elbows. Bar work and tumbling with wonky elbows is a dangerous game
Hell, good on you for even getting into that. For me, walking up a flight of stairs is a dangerous game.
I have eds too! Unfortunately I have the type that leave you in pain and my joints are so unstable that walking is dangerous for me. Needless to say I’m not a dancer despite wanting to be; I think I wanted to be a ballet dancer when I was younger because I saw people as flexible as me, so I naturally gravitated toward it. I just wanted to say that there’s definitely a extremely large spectrum of people with eds, so If you meet someone with it please don’t assume that they’re just extra bendy. (P.s naturally I don’t expect you to know everything about it, medical professionals have a hard time understanding it after all!)
Very well put! I'm generally in bed because of it, too, (like today) and I'm sorry you have to deal with it! I started ballet at 26 and it is helping me learn how to move and hold my body correctly because we work more on strengthening than flexibility. I wish you the best of luck with your health!
I suspect I have it but I also have a skeletal dysplasia that was inherited which has caused limited mobility in certain joints because of how they were formed. (Like, my arms don’t even extend as much as Josephine’s) You seem quite knowledgeable… any resources on how to speak to your doctor about it? Mine seemed to give me the brush off (something she’s never done before) when I brought it up. But I’m quickly learning tons of stuff has been attributed to my skeletal issues that are something entirely different. Even my ADHD was attributed to my skeletal dysplasia until I fought like hell to get referred to a diagnostician for ADHD.
@@Chaotic_Pixie My advice would be to gather all the research you can and/or ask for a referral to a rheumatologist. If she still gives you the brush off and you're able to, I would start trying out other doctors, just to see what's out there but I understand how limiting insurance can be. Good luck and I hope you find the answers you're seeking!!
@@Chaotic_Pixie Hi! That’s super interesting as although I have been lucky my spine so far, I actually know a bit about how eds affects the spine due to my mother who also has eds and has severe scoliosis and slipped discs etc. Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t have skeletal dysplasia but it was just eds instead, there are a few types of eds that target the skeletal system and hypermobile eds Is only one of them. Also unless you specifically have the hypermobile type you don’t need to be flexible to have it. Unfortunately I was diagnosed as a child so I can’t give you too much help with that except don’t be afraid to research yourself and remember that you have the right to ask for a second opinion for any reason you feel like. What you’ll be aiming for is a appointment with a rheumatologist that specialises in eds and a good place to ask for help is a forumsite called inspire (www.inspire.com/groups/eds-and-hsd/) where there is a lot of us (my user is Iamsleepy)and there’s communities there for adhd too. Adhd is more likely in a person with eds as well if you didn’t know. I hope I haven’t overwhelmed you. I can’t help but try my best when someone needs help because I’ve been through it too, you know! I’ll ask my mum when I have time if she has any tips as well. Feel free to ask anything!
@@wrentherainfalls2925 a very sweet post. But I am confused slightly as I became ill but I have a background in health and I always thought that the spectrum was connective tissue disorders and eds is one condition on that spectrum. Has this been reclassified and now there's a spectrum of eds types too, or is it just that sometimes ppl use the terms interchangeably even though they can present similarly, there are more connective tissue disorders than one might think
i’d love to see a video talking/reviewing the “outlier” shoes like siberian swan, sansha, FR duval, virtesse, wear moi, ect..
hi just wondering what you mean by "outlier" pointe shoes. Are they some different kind of shoe that offers better support? My daughter is very hypermobile and she burns through pointe shoes very quickly. The place we have her fitted has a hard time getting shoes that work with her feet. The last pair only lasted two weeks and she is 14.. she does dance in a ballet college so she is training more than the just regular after school dancers but 2 weeks is ridiculous since the other girls in her level are getting about 10 weeks out of their shoes. I would love suggestions of brands. We are in Western Australia and the shoes that are available here are mostly imported from Russia but if I request specific brands and styles, the point shoe shop owner said she could order some stock
So happy this week video actually DISCUSSES hypermobile resources ❣
I'm not as hypermobile as this but I do have it and I've worked hard for years on strengthening and corrections to avoid overflexing. This was a really good video.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING AN EDS/HSD VIDEO! This retired dancer "zebra" is very grateful for the awareness. I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome after I could no longer dance. I had to retire at just 19 😭. I'm forever bitter that I would've been able to dance longer if I'd had proper joint care and a proper diagnosis earlier in my life. I destroyed my sacroiliac joints so badly that they can never be repaired. I spent so much time in physical therapy as a kid because pointe decimated my ankles. EDS/HSD can have a significant impact on the other parts of the body, too, so it is important to be evaluated by a geneticist and take care of yourself. For example, I currently have 2 prolapsed organs and my spine just gave up and curved into scoliosis out of the blue when I was 22. I dislocate my hips at least twice a day, each, and my shoulders dislocate even more frequently. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is the best place to learn more about the disorder and hypermobility. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY! Don't make my mistakes! Preserve your dance careers! Make them last!
⚠ Please Be Aware: Connective tissues create not only our joints but organs and vascular system to name a few. Laxity in one usually means it's throughout the body. We are at greater risk for not only injury, but IBS, Dysautonomia (POTs often), and aneurysm*. Please see a rheumatologist and geneticist rule out vascular ehlers-danlos syndrome... please y'all 💜💜 *my family doesn't have the vascular type, only "hypermobile, type 3" and I have aneurysm diagnosis w/my father and aneurysm deaths on both sides of my family for generations, prior to this knowledge.
I have hEDS (Dysautonomia, and other chronic illnesses) too and came here to spread this info as well. Thank you for spreading awareness, especially in a sport that values flexibility it's important people are aware of the severe health problems that can be associated with it.
@@rachelschuller6647 Yas! 100% truth on the sport EXPECTING flexibility but not being able to accommodate hypermobility ❣
my family has hEDS and generations of us have perished from hemorrhaging and aortic aneurysms. I've got 2 organ prolapses at the moment and acquired scoliosis. It's everywhere! Definitely agree with you that anyone hypermobile should be evaluated by a doctor who knows what to look for.
hEDS here with disautonomy, vitamin D malabsorption, cervical instability, etc. I had a blood clot and they believe it's to do with the endothilium of my veins. This syndrome is so much more than being bendy, it's actually quite complex and I don't wish it upon anyone. Writing this while I'm bed due to nausea and body pain.
Type 6 and not only do I have all the above, but full skeletal abnormalities such as rib, clavicle and shoulder subluxations and dislocations which I though were normal until my physio therapist looked at me in horror one day when I walked in for our appointment with the head of my collar bone missing (it had rotated and was hiding in my neck).
I'm a pediatrician and former figure skater, not a dancer (except the ballet classes we took as a part of cross training for figure skating). It is so interesting to hear about hyper mobility from a dance perspective. I have a friend from high school whose daughter was a gymnast but had to quit following a series of injuries resulting from her hypermobility. I wish we had known about your hypermobility team ten years ago! Do they work with athletes from other disciplines, because I actually have patients who would benefit from a multidisciplinary team!
Am I the only one who loves the smell of new pointe shoes? I know off topic: just wondering if I'm weird?! Every time I see these beautiful dancers getting fitted it brings back memories...
Well it’s better than the smell of used pointe shoes for sure! Sorry. Yes, I take your pointe. They smell of possibilities. Much the same as a book store. Or a second hand shop.
@@dees3179 Pointe shoes definitely don't smell like a basket of roses after wearing them until they are dead.😬
First thing I thought of was Ehlers Danlos when I saw the hypermobility. Darn it-i read your post and I was wrong! Although I think it's the most common of the connective tissue disorder-which as you pointed out, are indeed on a spectrum. Those shoes looked absolutely beautiful on her. Thanks for the little comparison bit at the end to both of you. And this is why, I love your channel. Apart from the fact that I wish I could have pointe shoes! You always appear to be smiley, optimistic, funny especially your reaction vids, you clearly love what you do and are amazing at it too. And super educational. And the fact that so many different people don't mind talking about issues on camera, and come away satisfied is a testament to how beautiful you are-inside and out. X
I have hEDS, and my knees bend back about 15 degrees, and when kinda pointing my feet (I’m not a dancer) I can only imagine that my normal would be something many people would work hard for to achieve visually. Depending on how my elbows are judged and if looking at today or earlier in life, I’m a 9/9 or 7/9 or 6/9 on the Beighton scale. Due to spine issues and possible tethered cord, I can no longer bend down to put my hands on the floor with straight legs (it pulls in my lower back and back of my legs when I try, I have the ROM in my hips though and can literally fold myself in half if I’m sitting with bent legs) If I was doing ballet and being on pointe, I have a feeling I’d need something like Gaynor Minden shoes just to make the shoes last longer. Not just do I have very hypermobile feet and ankles, I also have pretty high arches... Something tells me my feet would eat regular pointe shoe shanks for breakfast lol While I did want to try ballet when I was about 10 or so, now in hindsight maybe it was good that I never had the chance to try... I wouldn’t say no to trying ballet now as an adult though and then only as a form of exercise really
I have always wanted to be a dancer, especially a pointe dancer but I have always felt terrible about my body so I never pursued it. I love watching people get fitted and dance though!
I think I have hypermobility! I can especially see it in my knees... I recently got fitted for pointe shoes, I hope they are stable enough! Love your videos! I hope that one day I can be fitted by you!
Thank you for bringing awareness to EDS and Hypermobility ❤️ it’s still classed as rare and it was the main reason I stopped ballet classes before my teens because it was so misunderstood in the late 90’s
Boy, I wish I'd seen a resource like this 40 years ago, my whole life would have made more sense. I was diagnosed with EDS about 10 years ago, and it's no joke. This is excellent, ESPECIALLY the comparison at the end. The funny thing is I used to hit 9/9 but rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis have made many of my joints stiffer. Like I used to be able to put my hands flat on the floor without bending my knees but now it's hard to touch the floor (I'm 52.)
I love how Shea isn't stick thin like all the other ballerinas ♡
Thank you so much for bringing light to EDS!! I have it and right now I'm trying to get the straight knee thing down. It's so hard!!
Thank you, THANK YOU, for addressing hypermobility in dancers (and the dangers), and for knowing what EDS is! :D
I have some hypermobility as well but not as much as her thoug, and have to learn not to completetly stretch my knees which is not that easy to be honest. Thank you for sharing this (:
I didn't know until this video my knees have a name! I was lucky to have a ballet teacher who taught me not to lock my knees. Much success to Shea and her beautiful developee
I was a dancer in my teens and later diagnosed with EDS. Dancing was the worst thing I could have done for my joints in the long term. Using the full spectrum of your hyper-extension in dance speeds up joint degeneration, and I wish I'd known this at the time. I miss dancing terribly, but it isn't worth the long term damage. EDS also isn't just about being bendy, there are a lot of organ complications that accompany it and that can severely impact quality of life.
I have ehlers-danlos hypermobility type. Unfortunately for me, it comes with several co-morbidities including end stage arthritis (bone in bone) in my 40’s. Over extending is dangerous long-term for the joints.
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shes so nice she assisted at a convention i went to before!
So interesting, thank you.
She has more hypermobility than I do in my knees but wow!! That’s incredible! I recently discovered my hypermobility through physical therapy because everyone who worked with me was like 😳😳 you’re REALLY bendy/flexible/hypermobile. Before that I was just kinda like “oh wow you’re so flexible” whenever I’d do yoga or something from family members who saw me but they attributed it to the yoga, not my body lol
Something important: if you are hypermobile but do not exercise or strengthen your joints, there's a higher risk of dislocation. As she's a ballet dancer her natural flexibility is enhanced but she is strong on these joints which means she won't dislocate them very easily. I on the other side get a lot of instability and subluxations lol my doctor said I need to build strength so it decreases the risk but chronic pain keeps me away from that! (Not diagnosed with EDS, but I'm trying to get my rheumatologist to investigate because it is really important!)
I have really bad hyper mobility in all of my joints so i have physio for it. Great video!
Thank you so much to The Pointe Shop for the shout out and sharing our podcast! Are you a bendy body? Check out this link for more information: www.hypermobilitymd.com/podcast
Oh god this is my life! My legs are exactly the same, I have learnt how to slightly bend my knees to get them to look straight, and pull up the thigh. It's a lot of work just to get to everyone else's base line.
I have hyper-mobility in my knees and elbows. Thanks for this video because you helped me figure out why I keep twisting my ankles on pointe. I have done lots of knee-strengthening and ankle-strengthening, but nothing seems tp stop my ankles from twisting and nothing seems to stop my knees from being hyper-mobile. So at this point, I have chosen to go with a stronger shoe. Thank you!!!
please get evaluated by a geneticist for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. and take proper care of your joints. hypermobile joints are musu easier to damage.
I love you so much for this. Maybe I can go en pointe just once. This makes me feel closer to that.
I actually almost started crying when you called hypermobility beautiful. I've been called horrible names and had people disgusted by my hypermobility and eds my whole life so its wonderful to know that in balet it's seen as pretty
I'm definitely hypermobile, not EDS though. I wasn't a dancer growing up, but I was a martial artist. Its the same thing for us, I was lucky I was hypermobile because I never actually broke any bones. On the downside, I twisted my ankles and wrists more times than I can count.
Oh wow! I have the same thing with my knees! Though i'm not a dancer
My joints used to be like this! But there's a history of osteoarthritis in our family and it didn't skip my generation. 😥 My Mum was also hypermobile and my brother is too, to some extent.
I find myself at an interesting crossroad here - I'm a dancer, dance teacher, pointe shoe fitter, hypermobile, AND I'm in PTA school. I've been very aware of my hypermobility for a long time, and I've self-corrected over the years because I got hurt frequently and no one seemed to know why. As I've made these changes - things like not extending my knees as far as they can go - I've noticed less pain and fewer injuries. It's something I've carried over into my teaching, as well as when I fit pointe shoes. When I finish school, I hope to work with dancers to help with rehab and injury prevention. * My pointe shoe of choice for myself is Russian Sapphires with the U-throat/drawstring. Once I learned to properly pull up in my shoes, I stopped going through them so fast, which was great because I learned this while wearing Gaynor Mindens, which did NOT work for me at all, and I was getting hurt constantly, including overstretching a nerve in my foot (that took TWO YEARS to heal, ugh).
In marching band, we keep our legs slightly bent like that too. If you throw your knees all the way back at attention, you’re gonna pass right the heck out after a couple minutes. Someone kisses the ground every season because of it
I know hypermobility isnt good but the lines look soooooo damn aesthetic
Omg i clicked this video and Right away noticed Shae from Hollywood connection. She is a great dancer. I’ve looked up to her ever since I was little
She is so pretty and bendy I love her!!!
I am hyper mobile in my hands ("double-jointed") and did hyperextend my knees in ballet when I was young. Luckily my ballet teacher noticed and physically showed me how to correct it. I've never done the splits in my life, so I don't know how it would look on my body.
I fit people for barefoot shoes and this was really helpful for me!
Thank you, thank you. As a physiotherapist seeing you explain and guide hyper mobility persons (for me they are patients) is so gratifying. Only I don't find it´s pretty, when I watch ballet (mostly Royal Danish Ballet) - I have to get the PT in me, knock him on his head (hard), put him in a box and lock it tight. He ruins sooo much of the experience - its not funny.
My sister has joint hypermobility syndrome. All of my family has some hypermobility, though not severe enough for any diagnoses. Mine is primarily in my elbows. I started club gymnastics as an undergrad and they told me to lock my arms for things like blocking, and I never could because I was too afraid it would pop my elbow the wrong way. I also roll my ankles probably weekly and it rarely hurts but it is frustrating because I can just be walking and suddenly tumble because my right ankle gave out and sickled for no reason
omg i had to start pt a few months ago for this. i also was 9/9 on the scale 😭
I have hyper mobility and a skeletal dysplasia. So, I’m hyper mobile in my knees, ankles, and toes… but limited mobility in my elbows, wrists, and fingers. My arms have never fully extended in my life. I’m also quite mobile in the hips, but only in one direction (turning right) with limited mobility in the other direction (turning left) and mobile flexing backwards and limited flexing forwards. I have never been able to even attempt splits because of this, even as an even more bendy 3-7yo in dance. I often wonder if I’d been in better or worse shape now as a 30something if I hadn’t been told at age 6 to stop dance, sports, etc because they already knew I’d develop arthritis young. Osteoarthritis by age 12 in my knees. Oh. Another sign you may have a form of EDS is if you are prone to keloid scars.
Omg that computer sound brings back memories 😭 🥰
Fourth! I'm starting ballet next year and I can't wait to go on point!
You don’t go on point at the start
@@jessfidler2356 I mean after training obviously
My back and shoulders are effected the most in dance, i can manage my knees quite well because i can feel them going to far back when dancing, but because my back has so much range of movement i can feel it as easily.
I only have hyperextended legs, and not quite to the degree that she does. It's definitely noticeable, though. When I'm balancing on one leg I usually don't fully extend my supporting leg so it stays straight and aligned. I also need to be careful on jumps because the hypermobility in my hips make me tend to roll forward/backward from the hip when I land. I'm a complete amateur and I just dance for fun. It wasn't until I took a few ballet classes in college as electives that it was pointed out by my instructor. I was 30 at the time. Completely blind luck that I hadn't injured myself before that.
I wish we had you in England
Omg my legs are hyper extended like that too!
Oh wow, so bending your knees a little when they bend too far back otherwise is actually ok? Revolutionary!
I have only a little hyper extension in my knees, but when I do a needle in particular, there's a lot of strain in my supporting leg knee. It's not really a problem for me in ballet though.
Hey! My joints do all that too! I’ve gone through physical therapy for ankle injuries (sprains and loss of my range of motion) only to be told “you’re more flexible than the average person so what’s the issue?” Um, it’s not my normal?
This got me thinkin'... I was in physical therapy a few weeks ago for my TMJ, and mentioned a case of whiplash I got years ago. The therapist said my neck flexibility was great. Leads me to wonder if I was hypermobile in my neck until that whiplash incident...
My knees are exactly like hers BUT my ankles aren't flexible enough, it's a nightmare to go en pointe because everything in my body keeps pushing me back
You can train to be "hypermobile" the leg for example. Im a normie too, but I stretched my legs so much, that theyre starting to get hyperextended too so thats pretty cool
I had to quit everything because of severe back pain so I'm furiously jealous
My knees are hypermobile they hyperextend really far, and I didn't learn that it was a bad thing until halfway through my 11th year of ballet, and my hips got super messed up. My knees also naturally rotate inward, which again was not realized until I had danced for 11 1/2 years. I have hypermobility in other areas of my body, but the knees definitely affected my dance the most
my knees turn inward as well, and I have slightly hyperextended knees. It doesn't help that my teachers didn't teach me how to align and use my turnout muscles until recently, so I have to correct 10 years of ballet. I'm so young, and plies would hurt my knees because I was doing them wrong lol. So i feel this
@@madelineb5184 same!! It's so hard! I have stopped dancing after 16 years (mostly because my buddy can't really keep up anymore) and I still have hip and knee pain fairly often. I did physical therapy earlier this year, and that helped a lot, but it's still there sometimes
Second🥰 im going en pointe soon!
my knees bend backwards at a 36.6 degree angle, I was forced to quite gymnastics, ballet and dance when I was 13 years old, it was my dream to do all kinds of dance and ballet with a gymnastic area in my skill, but I was forced out of all my classes and to give up on my dreams and thrown into Physical Therapy and I have to wear knee braces that have clasps on each side of both my knee braces to keep my knees from falling back. it has been 33 years now and I really miss ballet and gymnastics and dance so much that I some times want to cry my heart out and I have to admit when I see a gymnastics meet on tv or ballet and or dance on tv as well.... I feel envious, jealous and think of what if's and such, I am heart broken and just wish I could go back in time and fought to keep going with achieving my dream. Now I will never get the chance again and I know I will never even be able to do any of the things I have so longed to do
my knees look like that too! Only mainly in my knees and elbows tho not anywhere else xD
Hi! I’m a new let dancer and I have those hyper mobile knees (and apparently thumb and skin 😂). Not en pointe yet (hopefully soon). But any Australian resources? Really don’t want to mess my knees up!
I think I might have this-
I am really hyper mobile mostly in my legs and I do ballet and pointe and it always hurts me when I am on my supporting leg for a long time
EDS is what I immediately thought of when I saw her. Not that I think she has it. I just immediately think of EDS when hypermobility comes up.
My dream has always been to be a dancer
I can do the thumb thing, my hips have a bad habit of slipping just out of socket if I sit on something soft for too long or if I stand with one foot elevated for too long. I've twisted both ankles so many times, they're permanently swollen.
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THANK YOU....I hate ballet teachers that tell a hypermobile student to work from their hyperextension. 20% of people have EDS
I’m hyper mobile to but mostly in my elbows and a little in my knees
that mans legs when she was showing pictures of hyperextended legs lol
i also score a nine and as a figure skater it’s INTENSE lmao the blades on my skates have to be realigned so often and i have to wear ankle sleeves so i don’t like. break my ankles coming out of a jump
I have a question for The Pointe Shop, every time I get a pair of pointe shoes I am never able to go on full pointe without bending my knees. I’m always told that when I break them in more I’ll be able to, but that never seems to work. It’s always agony trying to force my feet to get fully on my box. Any tips to help with this?
I've always known i am hypermobile and I'm going to be ready for pointe in april and I am 13 is there anything I can do to train a bit more?? I love all the feedback you give❤🧡💛💚💙💜❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I have this too and i have very many problems with my knies shoud i tape then or some?
See a physical therapist. Generally, taping is only useful for injury recovery or to train your muscle memory. Relying on tape or a brace too much can actually weaken the muscles involved further. A PT can help you strengthen your legs to support your knees correctly so you can recover and avoid future injuries.
my shoulders are extremely hypermobile and i didn't know until i was in my teens because i thought everyone could just...pop their shoulders out and rotate them 90 degrees lmao
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I have hyper mobile joints, though it isn’t as pronounced as when I was young, I think due to not maintaining muscle flexibility. Hyper mobility wasn’t something the general public was aware of back in the 80s and 90s when I danced, did cheerleading, etc. I was just the girl with a weird bendy body.I quit ballet when I was 12 because they said I could never go en pointe because my ankles were weak/so hyper mobile. But I still did damage to my poor aching joints with cheerleading and other sports. I am paying for it now - mid 40s and things just hurt!
Your body might have "splinted" some of your joints with muscle/fascia/internal scarring over the years. My PT told me that it's common for hypermobile people to be both very stiff and very bendy because of this (case in point: my double jointed thumbs vs my neck that can barely bend to the side because it's trying to hold my spine in place). I highly recommend finding a PT/OT with experience in hypermobile patients!
We think I have hEDS but there is nowhere to assess in my city in the UK. I have dysautonomia too which often comes with EDS. I'm hyper mobile on both sides but my whole left side is more mobile and causes more issues in every joint even my left ear had issues and my left eye is worse. I was doing adult ballet on point, grisko were the only does I felt safe in, I struggle too much with fatigue to dance at evening classes so just go to the gym now.
My rheumy is out of Oxford if your nearby.
@@charlotteblack7593 I have found a physio who will assess in my city will see them next week!
My friend doesn't have EDS but she is hyper mobile because she has leopard syndrome, she used to do ballet when she was young but because shes hyper mobile even just on flats she was screwing up her ankles too often so she had to quit
I am sooo hyper mobile in my legs and it is such a problem because when I straighten all the way it feels like I am going backwards
I'm a bit hypermobile with my arms and the stretch skin then super hypermobile with the thumb thingy and not at all in my lefs
I also have hypermobility , but I crack my shoes really slow
And then there is me, who can have locked knee straight legs, and they still look like they are bent. 😅😅
I try the test and i complette every single one with hyper mobility
omg my name is Shae!
4:00 the guy in the photo is so extreme it looks photoshopped. OMG!!
I don't konw that i have hyper mobility until i watch this video i have arms ,legs and even finger. i know my arm can do that but i don't know that my legs can do that to until i try. And yeah i twist my ankle prety much every day
I have it
So are contortionists hyper mobile?
Love your videos and personality! The only thing that really gets to me is your audio quatlity. It seems to be when the volume of your voice gets "too" loud. I'm guessing that the gain is too high so that it cuts off the top. I've notived it in many of your videos, and it is very challenging to listen to. In this specific video you can hear it in the "Whoo" at 2:36. Hope you take this as constructive criticism :)