We aren’t just spiritual and emotional beings, we’re physical ones too. Please take care of your body. It’s so important to recognize that your brain is a part of it too and is also affected by not getting enough food or sleep or doing something repetitive for too long.
Christians often forget that the cure for feeling bad isn’t always just being more spiritual. When Elijah was fleeing from Jezebel and was so disheartened he wanted God to take his life, God didn’t tell him to pray more, He sent an angel to feed him.
God made us physical beings who need to take care of ourselves. He made us reliant on food, water, sleep, exercise, and socializing just as He made us need Him.
We often would love to pretend that we’re only intellectual and physical things are beneath us but God likes how He created us and He made us to live in a physical body in a physical world as well as to have a mind and a spirit.
Isn’t that last paragraph a summation of Theology of the Body? I am no expert on JPII’s work but the whole thing is basically written about how the body is holy and good, and how to use and care for it according to God’s intentions for it.
There is a grave heresy among Christian circles today that say that the body is “just a container” for the soul, and often misquote C.S. Lewis for saying we are souls with a body (not true, and Lewis never said this). However, such thinking has lead Christians to embrace sins and unhealthy mindsets about our health, and it meddles with our understanding of God and His Will for us.
We are both soul AND body, both are holy and good, and both made in the Image of God. That has profound ramifications for us as human beings that many people take for granted or do not fully understand.
Having Ehlers Danlos Syndrome sometimes feels about the equivalent of being composed of jello and wet spaghetti. Nothing stays where its supposed to. Literally every single cell in the body is floppy, so fingers are definitely an issue for many of us. I can almost guarantee that for the majority of us, writing is not only slow and painful but nearly impossible at times. FIne motor skills? What even are those? An EDSer surely doesn’t have any of those. Even typing which is far easier than writing, is painful and daunting at times. But last year I joined the population of shiny zebras by getting fitted for a set of Silver Rings Splints and they are beyond magical.
For those of you who have not heard of The Silver Ring Splint Company, they are a company that custom makes finger splints that look like elegant pieces of jewelry. Don’t believe me? Well I can’t even tell you how many compliments I’ve received for them. Nobody even suspects that they might possibly be medical. But more importantly, they work amazing! I still have hand pain and finger dislocations when performing fine motor skills and writing is definitely not something I look forward to but I have saved myself thousands of painful dislocations, I can open doors easier, type faster, write longer and hold objects in my hands without looking like an alien from a sic-fi movie. With the rings on my fingers actually look like fingers rather than tentacles!
The company is also family owned and the people are so sweet and helpful!
If you are having trouble with hand pain, clumsiness and dislocations please check out this amazing company!
I’m literally crying right now. I will be able to use my hands!!! As it stands I can’t do dishes, hold things, write, hold books, type, without pain or dislocation. Oh my gosh. This is a miracle.
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those are gorgeous and that is amazing how well they’re working! signal boost!
I love these things. I use one for my thumb because due to arthritis I have very little strength/support in the joint and therefore often can’t do anything. My splint makes it possible for me to do my job, do the shit i need to do and not have as bad of pain.
these are so cool
omg the first ehlers danlos post I’ve seen, this makes me happy!
We love Siris Ring Splints (silverringsplints.com)! But we know not everyone has the same price points or style so we have a whole page of splints (and braces too) oer on PrettySick Supply so you can shop your own style and cost! And a lot of the folks we’ve found are others with EDS and hypermobility issues who support themselves by selling the splints they make!
A girl named Raffaella went missing yesterday near Mark Twain Lake State Park in Missouri. Her car was found abandoned with her phone inside. She is a member of the St. Louis Catholic young adult group and the St. Louis Ballet. Please pray for her safe return, and for her friends and family as well!
So there’s an active shooter in Medina hospital which is close to the one I work at. No shots have been fired yet. A patient was concerned so I told them we have a security guard at the entrance, all doors but the main entrance are locked, and that the entire staff has been trained.
What I didn’t tell her was that Medina hospital also had all these things but it apparently wasn’t enough. This is why we need gun control
Wide Spread Interests 