Proprioception / stretchy skin

October 12, 2001

Hi everyone,

It's been quite a while since I posted (I'll fill you all in later if I

can).

Anyway, being that I'm now going to physio (for a few weeks anyway), I've

been trying to educate my PT (a student) a bit. I found an article on a

Sports Medicine journal about proprioceptive training (wobble board) for

ankle sprain instability.

See article in full if you're interested:

Anyway, it talks about putting a strip of tape on either side of the ankle

while training to increase the skin stretch receptors feedback, thereby

increasing proprioception. It got me thinking...

1) could this be used on other joints?

2) if we have extra stretchy skin does this help account for the decreased

proprioception we seem to have?

On a more personal note, my PT has agreed with me that I have hypermobility

in some of my joints, and that I need to see a rheumatologist. Like I've

been telling them all this for months...duh!

No one has mentioned EDS, but I was wondering about this stretchy skin

thing...how stretchy is stretchy? None of my friends will let me pull their

skin about to compare. My skin is most stretchy over joints - for example I

can pull about half an inch over my elbows when my elbow is fully bent...

Anyway, I've typed more than I was going to already,

cheers

Rory

(England, UK)

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