Joint Hypermobility is generally something you are born with and never goes away. You must learn to manage your condition by managing yourself. Here are some tips:
- Ensure you have a generally healthy lifestyle – including having a healthy diet and maintaining a healthy weight; this will help improve the strength of your joints and reduce the stress on them.
- Adopt sleep hygiene measures if you have trouble sleeping – such as establishing fixed times for going to bed and waking up, trying to relax before going to bed, and maintaining a comfortable sleeping environment.
- Stay as active as you can, but sticking to “low-impact” exercises, such as swimming or cycling to reduce strain on your joints.
- Wear comfortable and supportive footwear to support your ankles.
- Apply heat – such as a hot water bottle or heat-rub cream – to soothe sore joints.
- If you have an injury from over-stretching, it helps to rest the joint and elevate it (for example, by propping it up on some pillows); you can also apply ice wrapped in a damp towel to the injured area.
- Work as hard as possible to improve your posture, this will train your joints to feel comfortable in a safe position.
- Have adequate salt intake. Salt allows you to have a sufficient blood pressure and avoid dizzy spells and fainting episodes.
- Never fight your dizziness. If you feel dizzy or faint, lay on the ground until you recover.
- Learn to understand and respect any pain. Understand the difference between general discomfort and the pain from over using a joint. By noting the activity that stressed a joint you can learn to avoid repeating that movement.
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