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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 167297" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, this is interesting. We've been told the opposite - that muscle strengthening can only be of limited help. Thanks, guys, I'll go check this out. It might help difficult child 3 at least. </p><p></p><p>But I can endorse trinity's recommendation of using braces & strapping when things are hurting - the kids have found anecdotally that it reduces the pain. And if they strap wrists before a writing task (such as an exam) then they found it bought them a little more time before the pain got too bad.</p><p></p><p>husband is also hypermobile - he wore a wrist brace in NZ whenever he had to move luggage, and found it so useful he still wears it every time he has to do heavy lifting or moving (such as shovelling).</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, we also think husband is Aspie - so yet another who is both.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of muscle strength-tendon strength, I'm thinking about the possible corollary of muscle weakness-tendon weakness. My torn muscle - it's the gatrocnemius, but I am very unfit as I am unable to exercise (my muscles simply top working fairly quickly). I have been wondering if this unfitness was a contributor to my muscle tearing.</p><p>This would be the opposite to you, Witz - I suspect your muscles, the ones you do have, are as fit as they could be purely because they have to do so much work - your muscles have the entire workload of what would normally be shared by a lot of other muscle mass. I do know that our young friend with FSH muscular dystrophy has done really well by constantly exercising, working out, doing as much as she can physically. She's still tiny and very self-conscious about her arms (I don't think she needs to be) but is amazingly capable.</p><p></p><p>I feel another email to easy child coming on - she might be able to find out the current Occupational Therapist (OT) thinking on the topic of muscles-tendon strength in Australia.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 167297, member: 1991"] OK, this is interesting. We've been told the opposite - that muscle strengthening can only be of limited help. Thanks, guys, I'll go check this out. It might help difficult child 3 at least. But I can endorse trinity's recommendation of using braces & strapping when things are hurting - the kids have found anecdotally that it reduces the pain. And if they strap wrists before a writing task (such as an exam) then they found it bought them a little more time before the pain got too bad. husband is also hypermobile - he wore a wrist brace in NZ whenever he had to move luggage, and found it so useful he still wears it every time he has to do heavy lifting or moving (such as shovelling). Interestingly, we also think husband is Aspie - so yet another who is both. On the subject of muscle strength-tendon strength, I'm thinking about the possible corollary of muscle weakness-tendon weakness. My torn muscle - it's the gatrocnemius, but I am very unfit as I am unable to exercise (my muscles simply top working fairly quickly). I have been wondering if this unfitness was a contributor to my muscle tearing. This would be the opposite to you, Witz - I suspect your muscles, the ones you do have, are as fit as they could be purely because they have to do so much work - your muscles have the entire workload of what would normally be shared by a lot of other muscle mass. I do know that our young friend with FSH muscular dystrophy has done really well by constantly exercising, working out, doing as much as she can physically. She's still tiny and very self-conscious about her arms (I don't think she needs to be) but is amazingly capable. I feel another email to easy child coming on - she might be able to find out the current Occupational Therapist (OT) thinking on the topic of muscles-tendon strength in Australia. Marg [/QUOTE]
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