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I noticed last night that I am physically incapable of fully straightening my right arm at the elbow. My left arm can get fully flat (not all reverse-bowed-out like some people do, but flat) but my right arm retains a small angle. Like if I laid my arm on a table inner-arm up, my left arm would fully lay on the table from armpit to wrist, but if I make my right upper arm flat on the table, inside up and elbow down, I am physically incapable of making the back of my wrist touch the tabletop. If you feel my elbows while both arms are "fully" extended (as far as I cam make them), my right elbow noticeably protrudes compared to the left one, which essentially falls flush with the rest of my arm.
In my whole life, I have never noticed this.
After mentioning it to mom, we realized that this is probably a result of my childhood gymnastics (like my sore knee), from a failed handstand or handspring extending a tendon that then healed stiffly or something, likely aggravated by our familial refusal to go to the hospital unless you're visibly wounded or deathly ill and know antibiotics would actually help.
I know this obviously isn't something life-altering (hell, I've obviously lived with it this long without trouble!) but it's freaky that I never paid enough attention to notice that my dominant arm is damaged.
In my whole life, I have never noticed this.
After mentioning it to mom, we realized that this is probably a result of my childhood gymnastics (like my sore knee), from a failed handstand or handspring extending a tendon that then healed stiffly or something, likely aggravated by our familial refusal to go to the hospital unless you're visibly wounded or deathly ill and know antibiotics would actually help.
I know this obviously isn't something life-altering (hell, I've obviously lived with it this long without trouble!) but it's freaky that I never paid enough attention to notice that my dominant arm is damaged.