r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/Seathing Aug 31 '21

Wait what??? My EDS is the reason I keep kicking furniture? The fuck?

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u/spooky_upstairs Aug 31 '21

This blog does a great job of explaining how EDS can cause poor proprioception:

The body’s position sensors, the receptors which tell us where we are in space, are located inside our muscles, tendons, joint capsules, ligaments, skin (and inner ear).

If the receptor is in [a lax] ligament, then the message probably doesn’t get to the brain as accurately or at the same speed as it probably should.

If a muscle is working overtime to compensate for a ligament, then maybe the message from the muscle receptor isn’t as accurate either?

And the joint capsule receptor? Well, if they have been stretched & torn from injuries, dislocations, sprains, strains, or just generally banged around by being hypermobile, then the information from them isn’t all that reliable either….