So how many others out there are Hypermobile????

[mccreamark]

Hi ,
 I have EDS and am hypermobile just about everywhere and my skin stretches like stretch armstrong  . When I was in school I was called" Rubberman" and "Stretch " I'm still traumatised I think !
I can do the usual tricks one thing is i can shake my arms and  flop my hands up and down real fast till they are a blur  and my fingers  bang off the top and bottom of my forearm making a  funny buzzing  sound .(pretty  weird).
  My main problem is if  I reach for something that is out of reach i will twist or dislocate my wrist or elbow on purpose to reach something or twist my leg  or bend my knees back a few degrees to reach something and now these joints are starting to hurt,
regards
Mark

[gymnastchris01]

You can add me to the hypermobility list and it has not worked in my favor for the last 7 years before that it was great and I did gymnastics for 18 years, now i cant really do anything. there are a lot of us.
Chris

[lisal11]

I was diagnosed as hypermobile as a child. I have significant range on motion in fingers, wrist, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles. You name it, I can probably bend it in some weird way.

The most important thing for a hypermobile person to remember is that muscle tone is very important to prevent injury. I had a series of shoulder dislocations as a child before I figured that out.

Today I do have some issues due to hypermobility. My right shoulder and neck sometimes have issues from sleeping on them when extended. My wrists sometimes hurt. And I just recently had a knee surgery.... that was due to an inury but of course when they got in there they found my patella was subluxed.

Anyway, I've met tons of people who have hypermobility to some degree or another so they are out there.

[DarkAlleyE]

Wow! I've been on the site since shattering my patella in December 2006 but never found the hypermobility area. My 23 year old daughter has hypermobile joints, lots of knee trouble that started when she was seven and a ballet dancer - she was very good and was being pushed by her teachers, but ended up having to give up dancing forever due to knees going off track - she now has lots of strange symptoms and fibromyalgia too. Never could dance again, although she took up karate and became a black belt.
I'm going to send her here!

Emily

[garth]

I've just been told that I'm hypermobile after my normal physio got me a second oppinion. I'd suspected that my knees are like that for a while. As soon as physio #2 spotted it he found that my hips and wrists are hypermobile as well. It also ties in with my flat feet. I never knew that hypermobility and flat feet could be connected.

My knees can both extend past -10 degrees and, according to the physio I saw the other day, I could end up guillotining my cruciate ligaments if I'm not careful. I can't help wandering if I've come close in the past as my left acl was found to be frayed when I had a scope done back in december.

garth

[Silkncardcrafts]

Hi Garth,

It isn't uncommon with someone with hypermobile joints to be affected in more than one area.

My hypermobility has greatly affected one ankle, both knees and both shoulders. Fortunately I have had successful surgery on both shoulders, one knee and one ankle. I am waiting to find out the next step on my left knee. It hasn't been responding to treatment. So, we'll find out in 2 weeks time.

I find by keeping active it helps a great deal. Like you, I think I'm pretty lucky I haven't torn my ACL.

Good luck !!! 

[Amanda1975]

Does a hyperextensive knee, mean that when you sit straight legged on the floor, you can lift your foot off of the floor just by stretching your knee to its full capaciity?

Amanda