#but it's a stretch. it's a stretch
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Hey kid, look at me.
I want you to T-pose. Turn your right thumb up and your left thumb doen and look at your right thumb. Move your arms up and down a bit until you feel a nerve running from your armpit to your palm. Now turn your right thumb down and your left thumb up, and look at your left thumb. Keep your chest facing forward and your shoulders back. Move your arms again until you feel that nerve again. Keep alternating between these two for a minute, or look at each thumb thirty times each.
Now sit down. Put your left hand firmly under your left buttock, palm down. Keep your shoulders back and put your right hand over the crown of your head, very gently pulling it to the right. Do this for thirty seconds, then do it again but with your right hand under your right buttock.
These are stretches for the nerves in your arms, and are very good for people who sit behind a computer a lot, or fibre artists, or you name it. Do them daily. They will hurt in the beginning, but keep doing them, even after the pain has gone, or it will return and you'll have to start all over.
#i had some nerve pain in my hands#and it turned out the nerves in my arms were too short#so i went to a physical therapist#she prescribed me these#i did them twice a day at first#because i wanted them to work as much as possible as fast as possible#and they do work#i still do the stretches#but that pain in my hands is mostly gone#crochet#knitting#stretches#im not sure if its for carpal tunnel though#but u can still try them#fiber arts#physical therapy#good luck!
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hey did you know??? that if you stop stretching and maintaining mobility in your body then it goes away?? things get tight and you can't move the way that you used to??? and when you decide to try getting a stretch routine going that the first week fucking sucks because you keep going 'damn i used to be able to do this no problem' and then you have to switch gears and be kind to yourself and just focus on getting better from here instead of berating yourself for dropping the good habits in the first place??? and your body never stops aging so you gotta keep taking care of it and sometimes you gotta take care of it extra in certain areas because of things that happened when you were younger and it's boring and sometimes hurts but it's so necessary???
i am yelling this at myself right now i am going through An Experience (trying to get into a routine of body maintenance again for my physical and mental health)
#rambling#and idk but like if this incentivises you to do some stretches too then that's great! remember to be kind to yourself#but im mostly directing this at myself because i was thinkng about these things while doing a 15 min stretch routine and i feel silly#but silly is okay as long as i keep going#edit: haha wow this post blew up. im gonna tag it with a few things to maybe help me find it later if necessary#sisyphus#body maintenance#popular post
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something that drives me insane on a relatively regular basis as a body jewelry understander is talking to people who have sensitive skin who are like "oh well I just can't wear any earrings without my ears getting inflamed" and I say "well what have you tried" and they say "well I've tried sterling silver and I've tried gold..." and it's like. ok. I don't know how gold and sterling somehow got spun by the jewelry industry as being especially good for sensitive skin but whenever I'm like "well have you tried implant grade titanium" they're always like "no....... but I've tried sterling silver... and it didn't work ..." like. I don't know how this narrative about sterling silver somehow got so strong but when they put pins in your fucking legs when you snap your leg in half are those pins made of sterling silver or are they made of implant grade titanium or surgical steel????????? HELLO. HI. YOU MIGHT BENEFIT FROM TRYING IMPLANT GRADE TITANIUM I AM JUST SAYING
#if I have had this conversation with you. I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at whoever lied to you about various metals.#look I completely understand if your body happens to think that your piercing is an open wound for two decades#I have been there.#and I promise you the answer. is implant grade titanium.#there are many solutions to this problem one of them is implant grade titanium the other is surgical steel sometimes.#the other is sometimes if you can stretch the piercing to like... 10g#you can put a surgical grade silicone sleeve in there and then you can use cheaper metals for earrings#because they will not be touching your flesh they will be touching the silicone sleeve.#anyway the point is#someone should pay me to be some sort of piercing advisor.#there has been a lot of progress made in the area of body safe metals in the last 50 years is the thing#and we are fortunate enough to live now and not 50 years ago.#the mainstream jewelry industry has not exactly caught up with this.
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I like to think in traditional 80’s mlp fashion Maria is just a human girl in this au
bc i’ve gotten so many comments:
No I will not make Shadow an alicorn.
No I will not make Amy an earth pony.
I have explained why multiple times in depth and if you are interested it should be under the sth tag on my blog or in the comments of this post.
I shouldn’t have to say this but it’s poor etiquette to explain design choices back to creators. I encourage those who disagree to create their own versions.
To everyone else who has been nothing but kind thank you. I appreciate it.
#I know shadow and sonic are supposed to be “identical”#but that was always a stretch to begin with#anyway in totally unrelated news I saw Sonic 3#sonic the hedgehog#sth#sonic#shadow the hedgehog#shadow#amy the hedgehog#amy rose#knuckles the echidna#knuckles#tails the fox#miles tails prower#rouge the bat#rouge sonic#mlp au#mlp crossover#mlp#my little pony#my art
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#ra speaks#it’s a silly joke/pun dw#we stay silly :3#edit:#woahg. that’s a lot of notes. hi everybody o/#10k. stop clenching your jaw and drink some water.#15k. eat some fresh fruit this week! I’m having kiwis tonight :]#20k. quit sitting like a shrimp it’s bad for your neck! sit up straight and do a little stretch every now and then#25k. I’m up at 2 AM but I’ll get to see the sunrise today :] if you can’t see that I hope you admire the sunset later today#30k. do something fun you haven’t done in a while. I haven’t drawn in months - I think I’ll paint a cat tomorrow :3#40k. I just slept 9 hours straight for the first time in weeks :] remember to ask for help when you need it! no glory in senseless suffering#50k. it’s been over a year since I made this post. I’ve grown and changed so much and I’m so happy I have. but. I stay silly :3#okay random edit bc PSA: don’t tell ppl to kill themselves! even as a joke in response to a silly pun!!! some of us are mentally ill!!!
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i love posting post-heavy cream pics bc dear god. look how fucking huge i am.. and i want more
#the way the stretch marks have gotten worseeee since the last time i posted a side pic like this#and it’s been. what. a month?#i’m so far gone#i need y’all to tease me about this#how insane it is that at 22 years old i want nothing more than to reach 500lbs before im 25#feedism.#hucow.#feedee.#housecow#female feedee.
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wahoo finished this in time for superbat week day 5: tired dads!!
#superbat#superman#batman#batfam#superfam#bruce wayne#clark kent#dcu#dc comics#kara zor el#conner kent#jon kent#damian wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#tim drake#barbara gordon#cassandra cain#stephanie brown#duke thomas#my art#mine#oh my god i am tired just like they are these two have too many children!!!!!!!!!!!!!#yes i am stretching the definition of children but consider this:#i wanted to draw kara and barbara and steph and whoever else is technically-not-actually-their-child
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Playing with some colors and got carried away. The Knight in some situations.
#hollow knight#hk#hk ghost#grimmchild hk#hollow knight fanart#fanart#hk fanart#i havent drawn anything for hk in so long#feels good to stretch out a bit
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“My son, do not be over bold or rash; be cautious, keep within the bounds of propriety, and protect our home and family.”
— "The Odyssey" by Homer
#insane how i had to stretch#before doing this...#house of the dragon#rhaenyra targaryen#harwin strong#jacaerys velaryon#jacaerys targaryen#rhaewin#rhaenyra x harwin#hotd season 2#hotd spoilers#hotd#hotdedit#asoiaf#asoifedit#parallels#my gifs
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Sketches of contortionist kitties! I love this pen, it's the energel!
#joyousjoyfuljoyness#my art#cat pictures#cat drawing#sketchbook illustration#sketching#sketches#sketchbook#sketch#cat stretch#artists on tumblr#cute art#cute cats#cats of tumblr#catblr#caturday#cat art#pen drawing#ink drawing#doodle#cat doodle#doodlings#my doods#cats are liquid
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伸び by sukabu
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hip stretches
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i hate to say it because i'm neurodivergent and a chronic-pain-haver but like... sometimes stuff is going to be hard and that's okay.
it's okay if you don't understand something the first few times it's explained to you. it's okay if you have to google every word in a sentence. it's okay if you need to spend a few hours learning the context behind a complicated situation. it's okay if you need to read something, think about it, and then come back to re-read it.
i get it. giving up is easier, and we are all broken down and also broke as hell. nobody has the time, nobody has the fucking energy. that is how they win, though. that is why you feel this way. it is so much easier, and that is why you must resist the impetus to shut down. fight through the desire you've been taught to "tl;dr".
embrace when a book is confusing for you. accept not all media will be transparent and glittery and in the genre you love. question why you need everything to be lily-white and soft. i get it. i also sometimes choose the escapism, the fantasy-romance. there's no shame in that. but every day i still try to make myself think about something, to actually process and challenge myself. it is hard, often, because of my neurodivergence. but i fight that urge, because i think it's fucking important.
especially right now. the more they convince you not to think, the easier it will be to feed you misinformation. the more we accept a message without criticism, the more power they will have over that message. the more you choose convenience, the more they will make propaganda convenient to you.
#personal#this also applies to ai art and stuff. like#artists and crafters and non-ai users took the time space and energy to learn things#bc we are actually LEARNING them. and it takes actual SKILL.#i know the skill is long to learn and often annoying. i still get frustrated about my art bc it's not good#but i do it myself. bc i respect that it IS a skill.#ai writing a book for you is not YOU learning how to write a book. and it took me a lifetime to write a book. i get it.#ai drones running a marathon don't run the marathon for u#there are things i cannot due to my disability. lol marathons being 1. there are things u can't do either#this is about stretching yourself in the ways that are healthy and good for you.#ai learning for u in ur classes is NOT healthy. u are not learning.#''but otherwise i won't pass''#first of all that's a self-defeating prophecy. and many of us who thought we wouldn't pass DID pass#and secondly. CHALLENGE urself. ur paying for college anyway. don't pay just to let AI learn for u.
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