EDS Files  - Episode 5 - Costovertebral joint dislocation
Channel: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Date: 16/01/2016

I made this video to show people - medics and family members and friends of people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - what often happens behind closed doors. This level of pain is not the stuff my workmates and friends see every day, this is the type of pain I usually am able to hide. I decided I didn't want to hide it so that I could improve the understanding of Ehlers-Danlos particularly by medics who are often dismissive, sadly, about dislocation pain because they are seldom with us when dislocations happen.

Last night whilst playing with my pets, I managed to dislocate 2, possibly 3 of my costovertebral joins. Rib dislocations are really common in Ehlers Danlos syndrome and mine are usually ribs coming away from the sternum or from the cartilage that joins them to the sternum but today i managed to pop them off of the spine. 24h and a lot of hot water bottles, lignocaine patches, methocarbamol and oxycodone and they're still out of place but the muscle spasms are starting to relax now so they should slip into place some time soon.

My friend Percy had a difficult dislocation this week too and video'd it. i mention it a few times in this video so I am linking it here;
https://youtu.be/Ql2PsQMKRgg