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	User Info Welcome, Anonymous Nickname Password (Register) Membership: Latest: jack456 New Today: 0 New Yesterday: 0 Overall: 878 People Online: Visitors: 68 Members: 0 Total: 68 Main Menu · Home · Forums · Private Messages · Recommend Us · Search · Surveys · Your Account Survey Would you like this site to relaunch based on Web 2.0 technology? Yes, please! An overhaul is badly needed! No, please keep this site like it is I don't care either way Why bother? This site is pointless anyway Results Polls Votes 295  Forum FAQ  •  Search  •  Memberlist  •  Usergroups   •  Register  •  Profile  •  Log in to check your private messages  •  Log in Jointcrackers Forum Index » Introductions » new to site  new to site « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Author Message yogakat Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:44 am    Post subject: new to site Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jan 29, 2009 Posts: 2 This is my first post to the site. I'm glad to see that there are others in the same boat (but not if it causes you problems!). I am hypermobile in most areas (knees don't hyperextend...I'm a 7)...freakishly so in my shoulders, hips and neck (nearly a 180 degree drop back). I've already had minor surgery on both wrists and my left shoulder is in bad shape (I'll be avoinding surgery for that...my doctor said that with my laxity the ligament would probably be stretched back out within a year). I'm looking at drastically limiting my movement. I am a yoga teacher. I know that there are some who recommend against yoga for this problem, but I think that it's what has kept me from being worse. LOTS of work strengthening the muscles around my 'problem' joints and LOTS of awareness of what my limitations are. I very rarely lift my arms above parallel. Do the best you can with what you've got! (FYI, I noticed posts about posture...I'm absolutely RABID about posture and its effects on the entire body) I do want to ask...does anyone else here crack their collarbones? I do all day...and it seems to ick people out. Back to top dj100 Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:36 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 welcome, can u elaborate on posture? thanks there's so much i want to ask you as a yoga teacher! Back to top yogakat Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:11 pm    Post subject: Junior Jointcracker Joined: Jan 29, 2009 Posts: 2 good posture rocks! it is everything! here's my take on posture in 2 minutes or less... we have 4 natural curves in our spine...neck, upper back, lower back, tailbone area...these curves function as a springboard for our body helping it to absorb the stresses of daily life once we begin to deviate from the natural curves (such as by having bad posture) we begin to have an imbalance in the way stresses are placed on the body and we shift stress to areas that aren't meant to handle it..this creates problems throughout the skeleton from the toes all the way up to the top of the neck we also allow ouselves to surrender to gravity...you've heard people say that they are shrinking as they get older? well, actually it's mostly the result of the constant downward pressure of gravity on our bodies...we're getting squished smaller...coupled with bad posture, we do 'shrink as we get older...so, stand tall and push back against gravity!!! (fyi, standing tall with good posture is the easiest way to lose 10lbs instantly!) i have degenerative disk disease, but it rarely causes me problems as long as i'm paying attention to my posture and taking good care of my spine...ditto for the severe arthritis in my neck...i can tell when i'm getting 'sloppy' because i'll get a 'neck headache'...i was on anti-inflamatories for it but i've been off many years now, thanks to yoga that said...I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL; I AM MERELY RELAYING MY OWN EXPERIENCES...SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PURSUE YOGA, DO SO WITH THE PERMISSION OF YOUR DOCTOR AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A WELL TRAINED INSTRUCTOR Back to top dj100 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:58 pm    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 yogakat wrote: good posture rocks! it is everything! here's my take on posture in 2 minutes or less... we have 4 natural curves in our spine...neck, upper back, lower back, tailbone area...these curves function as a springboard for our body helping it to absorb the stresses of daily life once we begin to deviate from the natural curves (such as by having bad posture) we begin to have an imbalance in the way stresses are placed on the body and we shift stress to areas that aren't meant to handle it..this creates problems throughout the skeleton from the toes all the way up to the top of the neck we also allow ouselves to surrender to gravity...you've heard people say that they are shrinking as they get older? well, actually it's mostly the result of the constant downward pressure of gravity on our bodies...we're getting squished smaller...coupled with bad posture, we do 'shrink as we get older...so, stand tall and push back against gravity!!! (fyi, standing tall with good posture is the easiest way to lose 10lbs instantly!) i have degenerative disk disease, but it rarely causes me problems as long as i'm paying attention to my posture and taking good care of my spine...ditto for the severe arthritis in my neck...i can tell when i'm getting 'sloppy' because i'll get a 'neck headache'...i was on anti-inflamatories for it but i've been off many years now, thanks to yoga that said...I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL; I AM MERELY RELAYING MY OWN EXPERIENCES...SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO PURSUE YOGA, DO SO WITH THE PERMISSION OF YOUR DOCTOR AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A WELL TRAINED INSTRUCTOR lol kk. that was great thanks, im gonna try some of this out now. do you have any links to websites for neck strengthening/back strengthening exercises? thanks Back to top dj100 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:29 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 one problem though, i'm a teenage boy lol. when i think of yoga, i think of middle aged women doing it haha. i really want to do it, but wont i look out of place? thanks yogakat mate Back to top BigFire Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:03 am    Post subject: Elite Jointcracker Joined: Jul 01, 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Long Beach dj100 - your thoughts on who does yoga are immature - in my classes the women are smoking hot...catch a clue wally. _________________ The difficult I do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.<br /> Back to top dj100 Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:29 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 BigFire wrote: dj100 - your thoughts on who does yoga are immature - in my classes the women are smoking hot...catch a clue wally. yum, how old are they? Back to top BigFire Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:29 am    Post subject: Elite Jointcracker Joined: Jul 01, 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Long Beach They would eat you up and spit you out. _________________ The difficult I do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.<br /> Back to top dj100 Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:30 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 BigFire wrote: They would eat you up and spit you out. lol are they my sort of age? (19) Back to top BigFire Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:45 am    Post subject: Elite Jointcracker Joined: Jul 01, 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Long Beach 30 - 50 - yummy. _________________ The difficult I do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.<br /> Back to top dj100 Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:12 am    Post subject: Supreme Jointcracker Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 613 hmm too old for me Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First     Page 1 of 1 Jointcrackers Forum Index » Introductions » new to site Jump to: Select a forum General----------------Feedback & suggestionsOff-TopicHelp Joint Cracking----------------IntroductionsJoints in generalJoint cracking Medical----------------SymptomsDiagnosisCausesTreatment  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum DAJ Glass (1.0.5) template by Dustin Baccetti EQ graphic based off of a design from www.freeclipart.nu Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Forums © All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. 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