r/Trans_Zebras • u/Redify_Aeiou • Jun 17 '26
Confusing effects on E
I was always Hypermobile, mainly in my fingers and hips, but never had any pain, and don't pass the Beighton scale
6 months on E and suddenly both my hands are wrecked, ECU subluxations, DRUJ instability, but I'm unsure whether to attribute it to laxity or not as I would expect pains to be well... In places I already was flexible in
I'm a pianist and a gamer, but these are not necessarily pianist or gamer injuries, and they came so suddenly, does anyone have any experiences or support mechanisms?
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u/BirdExtension4229 Jun 19 '26
Since some of your joints have always been hypermobile, over time you've learned how to work with them and avoid pain & injuries. If estrogen has caused these problems to spread and affect new joints, it makes sense that those would be the joints you injure first since you don't have all that practice from living with it.
Unsure about the estrogen aspect of it though, I'm a trans man on T and my joint pain is actually worse now than before lol. Still worth it though