diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dde81171ea..a6166c6653 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@
   "reanimated": {
     "staticFeatureFlags": {
       "DISABLE_COMMIT_PAUSING_MECHANISM": true,
-      "ANDROID_SYNCHRONOUSLY_UPDATE_UI_PROPS": true,
-      "IOS_SYNCHRONOUSLY_UPDATE_UI_PROPS": true,
+      "ANDROID_SYNCHRONOUSLY_UPDATE_UI_PROPS": false,
+      "IOS_SYNCHRONOUSLY_UPDATE_UI_PROPS": false,
       "USE_SYNCHRONIZABLE_FOR_MUTABLES": true,
       "USE_COMMIT_HOOK_ONLY_FOR_REACT_COMMITS": true,
       "FORCE_REACT_RENDER_FOR_SETTLED_ANIMATIONS": true
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableAvatar.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableAvatar.tsx
index ac66046d63..a69399e4c6 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableAvatar.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableAvatar.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {type StyleProp, View, type ViewStyle} from 'react-native'
 import Animated, {
-  Extrapolation,
   interpolate,
   type SharedValue,
   useAnimatedStyle,
@@ -24,30 +23,28 @@ export function GrowableAvatar({
     return <View style={style}>{children}</View>
   }
 
-  const {scrollY} = pagerContext
+  const {clampedScrollY} = pagerContext
 
   return (
-    <GrowableAvatarInner scrollY={scrollY} style={style}>
+    <GrowableAvatarInner clampedScrollY={clampedScrollY} style={style}>
       {children}
     </GrowableAvatarInner>
   )
 }
 
 function GrowableAvatarInner({
-  scrollY,
+  clampedScrollY,
   children,
   style,
 }: {
-  scrollY: SharedValue<number>
+  clampedScrollY: SharedValue<number>
   children: React.ReactNode
   style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>
 }) {
   const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
     transform: [
       {
-        scale: interpolate(scrollY.get(), [-150, 0], [1.2, 1], {
-          extrapolateRight: Extrapolation.CLAMP,
-        }),
+        scale: interpolate(clampedScrollY.get(), [-150, 0], [1.2, 1]),
       },
     ],
   }))
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
index 3cd7b97fc8..da134857b4 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/GrowableBanner.tsx
@@ -44,34 +44,37 @@ export function GrowableBanner({
     )
   }
 
-  const {scrollY} = pagerContext
+  const {clampedScrollY} = pagerContext
 
   return (
-    <GrowableBannerInner scrollY={scrollY} backButton={backButton}>
+    <GrowableBannerInner
+      clampedScrollY={clampedScrollY}
+      backButton={backButton}>
       {children}
     </GrowableBannerInner>
   )
 }
 
 function GrowableBannerInner({
-  scrollY,
+  clampedScrollY,
   backButton,
   children,
 }: {
-  scrollY: SharedValue<number>
+  clampedScrollY: SharedValue<number>
   backButton?: React.ReactNode
   children: React.ReactNode
 }) {
   const {top: topInset} = useSafeAreaInsets()
   const isFetching = useIsProfileFetching()
-  const animateSpinner = useShouldAnimateSpinner({isFetching, scrollY})
+  const animateSpinner = useShouldAnimateSpinner({
+    isFetching,
+    clampedScrollY,
+  })
 
   const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
     transform: [
       {
-        scale: interpolate(scrollY.get(), [-150, 0], [2, 1], {
-          extrapolateRight: Extrapolation.CLAMP,
-        }),
+        scale: interpolate(clampedScrollY.get(), [-150, 0], [2, 1]),
       },
     ],
   }))
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ function GrowableBannerInner({
   const animatedBlurViewProps = useAnimatedProps(() => {
     return {
       intensity: interpolate(
-        scrollY.get(),
+        clampedScrollY.get(),
         [-300, -65, -15],
         [50, 40, 0],
         Extrapolation.CLAMP,
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ function GrowableBannerInner({
   })
 
   const animatedSpinnerStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
-    const scrollYValue = scrollY.get()
+    const scrollYValue = clampedScrollY.get()
     return {
       display: scrollYValue < 0 ? 'flex' : 'none',
       opacity: interpolate(
@@ -98,11 +101,7 @@ function GrowableBannerInner({
         Extrapolation.CLAMP,
       ),
       transform: [
-        {
-          translateY: interpolate(scrollYValue, [-150, 0], [-75, 0], {
-            extrapolateRight: Extrapolation.CLAMP,
-          }),
-        },
+        {translateY: interpolate(scrollYValue, [-150, 0], [-75, 0])},
         {rotate: '90deg'},
       ],
     }
@@ -111,9 +110,7 @@ function GrowableBannerInner({
   const animatedBackButtonStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
     transform: [
       {
-        translateY: interpolate(scrollY.get(), [-150, 10], [-150, 10], {
-          extrapolateRight: Extrapolation.CLAMP,
-        }),
+        translateY: Math.max(-150, Math.min(10, clampedScrollY.get())),
       },
     ],
   }))
@@ -172,10 +169,10 @@ function useIsProfileFetching() {
 
 function useShouldAnimateSpinner({
   isFetching,
-  scrollY,
+  clampedScrollY,
 }: {
   isFetching: boolean
-  scrollY: SharedValue<number>
+  clampedScrollY: SharedValue<number>
 }) {
   const [isOverscrolled, setIsOverscrolled] = useState(false)
   // HACK: it reports a scroll pos of 0 for a tick when fetching finishes
@@ -183,13 +180,13 @@ function useShouldAnimateSpinner({
   const stickyIsOverscrolled = useStickyToggle(isOverscrolled, 10)
 
   useAnimatedReaction(
-    () => scrollY.get() < -5,
+    () => clampedScrollY.get() < -5,
     (value, prevValue) => {
       if (value !== prevValue) {
         runOnJS(setIsOverscrolled)(value)
       }
     },
-    [scrollY],
+    [clampedScrollY],
   )
 
   const [isAnimating, setIsAnimating] = useState(isFetching)
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/StatusBarShadow.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/StatusBarShadow.tsx
index 9fefc378fb..336e6e5216 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/StatusBarShadow.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/StatusBarShadow.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export function StatusBarShadow() {
   const pagerContext = usePagerHeaderContext()
 
   if (isIOS && pagerContext) {
-    const {scrollY} = pagerContext
-    return <StatusBarShadowInnner scrollY={scrollY} />
+    const {clampedScrollY} = pagerContext
+    return <StatusBarShadowInnner clampedScrollY={clampedScrollY} />
   }
 
   return (
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ export function StatusBarShadow() {
   )
 }
 
-function StatusBarShadowInnner({scrollY}: {scrollY: SharedValue<number>}) {
+function StatusBarShadowInnner({
+  clampedScrollY,
+}: {
+  clampedScrollY: SharedValue<number>
+}) {
   const {top: topInset} = useSafeAreaInsets()
 
   const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
     return {
       transform: [
         {
-          translateY: Math.min(0, scrollY.get()),
+          translateY: Math.min(0, clampedScrollY.get()),
         },
       ],
     }
diff --git a/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx b/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
index b4ebcdcf94..0cf6a37df8 100644
--- a/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/pager/PagerHeaderContext.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import React, {useContext} from 'react'
-import {type SharedValue} from 'react-native-reanimated'
+import {createContext, useContext, useMemo} from 'react'
+import {type SharedValue, useDerivedValue} from 'react-native-reanimated'
 
 import {isNative} from '#/platform/detection'
 
-export const PagerHeaderContext = React.createContext<{
+export const PagerHeaderContext = createContext<{
   scrollY: SharedValue<number>
+  clampedScrollY: SharedValue<number>
   headerHeight: number
 } | null>(null)
 PagerHeaderContext.displayName = 'PagerHeaderContext'
@@ -24,9 +25,16 @@ export function PagerHeaderProvider({
   headerHeight: number
   children: React.ReactNode
 }) {
-  const value = React.useMemo(
-    () => ({scrollY, headerHeight}),
-    [scrollY, headerHeight],
+  // bit of a hackfix - most of the usage of scrollY here is for the pull-to-refresh
+  // behaviour in the header, and after scrolling it's not needed anymore.
+  // to improve performance, we create a derived value that clamps up-front,
+  // therefore removing the need for the downstream animated styles to run on every frame
+  // when they won't actually be used -sfn
+  const clampedScrollY = useDerivedValue(() => Math.min(100, scrollY.get()))
+
+  const value = useMemo(
+    () => ({scrollY, clampedScrollY, headerHeight}),
+    [scrollY, headerHeight, clampedScrollY],
   )
   return (
     <PagerHeaderContext.Provider value={value}>