Hyperextended knees

Hyperextended knees

The body will use knee hyperextension as a strategy for standing when it finds the position more stable or efficient than standing with the knees in neutral. Having “loose” joints makes it easier for the knee to go into a hyperextended position, but to explain why someone is standing this way we need to look beyond the knees.

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http://www.somastruct.com/genu-recurvatum/

Hypermobility

Hypermobility

I didn't know this existed and that it was bad for you. Be aware.

In a hypermobility, your proprioception (sense of joint position) is poor. You do not realize that you are in a bad position. You hold yourself this way simply because it is easiest for you. An example is the person who stands with her knees locked. She stands this way because there is too much motion into knee hyperextension. It is easier, energetically, for her to stand this way, because her muscles close to the joint don’t have to activate. She simply “hangs” in the joints.

#health #hypermobility #knee 
http://www.yogabydaisy.com/hypermobility-causes-injury/