... Right. This is why I stopped exercising

[breezeshadow]

So I already had to postpone exercising today. Because last night when I went to bed, almost every last joint I own hurt. And my lower back. And my inner thighs even though that doesn't even make SENSE.

I wake up this morning and ended up laying in bed because I was a) exhausted and b) my shoulders have decided that this? This shit isn't okay. This shit is going to end in a pile of knotted pain that is not solved by trying to stretch them but instead makes them hurt MORE.

Also my elbows are making their presence known (What the fuck did I do to make YOU guys sore?), my left knee is just unhappy probably just to join the fun, my neck is stiff, and all in all I'm wondering if I walked away from bed at night to sleep on a rock.

Hopefully work activities will convince most of these to unknot and sort themselves out, so I can try something low-weight-bearing tonight. But this?

This is why I don't exercise.

First off I don't get endorphins from it, ever, no matter how long I exercise for. I always just end up panting, sweating, and pretty much never with that supposed ":D" feeling you're supposed to get. I think my mother is the same way, we're just genetic flukes like that.

And second my joints can't handle it. Not even stuff that BARELY INVOLVES THEM.

FML.

Time to finish my breakfast and start working.

Tschuess.

Comments

[smw]

If you can imagine this said gently, that's how it's meant: exercise makes things hurt, particularly when you're starting out with a new routine. Now, the joint pain is not good, but the muscles? I suspect that it's normal. With that said, it's definitely your choice whether or not the value of exercise outweighs the pain.

Also, one of the reasons I was excited to see you pick up an exercise routine is that the muscle built from it will help support your joints and lower the chance of injury. Er, if the exercise doesn't damage them before you get to that point, anyhow. Definitely those of us with difficult bodies need to take great care in what we choose to engage in.

This is reminding me that my back pain was alleviated somewhat by side-bends. Note to self: do those.

[breezeshadow]

The issue isn't my muscles -- they actually have very minimal soreness except for my inner thighs, which are recovering pretty well today. My stomach is sore too but it has a right to be, and is only sore if I touch it or try to use the muscles.

My shoulders though? They're hurting when I just happen to stretch them a bit, or lift something, or do any sort of basic activity. There's "Ow why did you do that yesterday?" soreness and then "OW why are you doing that RIGHT NOW" pain, you know?

That being said, the rest of my joints are back to baseline, or make sense in their pain (having overuse pain in my right wrist right now, very mild). But my shoulders? I don't know what their problem is.

RE the lower chance of injury: I know right? This is EXACTLY what you're supposed to do for hypermobility, but I'm going to injure all of my joints FROM hypermobility before I get strong enough to protect them xP

[smw]

About the pain: I do indeed recognize the difference between yesterday's-ow and right-now-ow. Apologies for not understanding. Glad to hear that things (mostly) leveled out so quick.

Ugh, the inherent danger of damage in hypermobility kind of frightens me. Since my issues are all to do with inflammation and tension, there's less chance of my joints being injured because of themselves. That being said, my right shoulder is still borked from certain inn-related work, and remembering to be gentle on it is one of those "I don't wanna" things.

[breezeshadow]

Oops, sorry, that "don't you know" wasn't supposed to be malicious -- It was supposed to be a friendly "you know what I mean" thing. Dear internet: transmit tone better, kthx.

You know, it's funny, because I've actually AVOIDED some injuries due to hypermobility. I have a tendency to have my foot just... Fall over when I'm walking in a way that would probably cause ankle injuries in most people, but because my joints are so flexible, I can just keep walking without even pain. Granted, that "foot fall" could be the hypermobility in action. Hell knows my wrists haven't exactly avoided injury by being themselves. xP

I imagine the wacky shoulders are also hypermobility, considering the freaky-ass "turn my arm around 180 degrees" party trick I have. And I agree: being gentle is so a "I don't want to and shouldn't have to" deal.

(I'm currently horribly amused by how many more swears end up in my vocabulary outside of a professional setting ex. work. I don't think I say a single swear while at work but the second I'm on Dreamwidth? It's like my brain has a daily quota to make.)