Joint hypermobility disorders :
Is She Hypermobile? - - Posted by nmcbride (nmcbride), 11 May 2004
Hi everyone,
Just after some general info. My daughter who is 12 can do some extraordinary things with her toes and fingers, she can bend her toes right back to touch the top of her foot 
and also bend them completely forward to touch the soles. Fingers can bend really far back and she can do the thumb touching the wrist thing. Does this mean she's hypermobile? Does this also mean that she could be in for some problems later in life? None of the rest of the family are hypermobile (although I do have genetic problems with knees - trochlear dysplasia) but not hypermobility, she hasn't had any problems or pain so far, I was just wondering if everyone that is hypermobile gets problems or can you go through life without it affecting you at all. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Natalie.
Posted by tiggy (tiggy), 28 August 2004
We just are more prone to injury's is what I have found. All is good until you fall hard, or move the wrong way and hyper-extend (even for us). It was explained to me that the joints have more room to move around, and as a result the can have more momentum when they hit full flexation. I never had problems with my HMS until about 5 yrs ago (aside from a wrist injury 7 yrs ago). Also each person is different, my son also has the same signs of HMS that I do. Even I bit more flexable in some joints and it doesn't seem to bother him (he thinks it is cool 
). Another thing I have found (atleast to all the Docs I've talked too) is that most of them just look at me like I'm an idiot when I tell them I have HMS, nurses too. The knowledge surrounding this problem seems to be not be common in my experiences.
http://www.hypermobility.org might be of help to you in getting more information
Updated Mon Oct 6 2008