Joint hypermobility disorders :

newbee to this section needs advice - - Posted by sheepful (sheepful), 28 July 2003

Hi everyone,

I've been posting mainly in the patellofemoral section because I had a plica removal from my left knee 2 month ago.

Some symptoms have gone, but the knee is still very sore.
My OS old me that was mainly due to my loose ligaments. My left knee's ACL is so loos that my OS thought prior to surgery I had torn it (which was not the case). My MCL and LCL of that knee are also very loose and consequently inflamed and painful to touch.

On top of that I suffer from tendovaginitis at my wrist and thumb. I have recurrent ligament tears on both my ankles (on the whole I reckon 5 or 4 times so far, haven't bothered counting lately) and numerous sprains (with actually almost no adequate trauma at all!).

It is not completely clear if there is any relations to psoriasis arthritis, but my OS told me that all my problems are due to my loose ligaments and tendons.

Is that a kind of joint hypermobility disorder or is that something else?

Your advice would be really appreciated,

thanx a lot in advance,
sheepful
Posted by Shazinoz (Shazinoz), 29 July 2003

Welcome to the Odd Bods Sheepful,
I have HEDS (EDS-III).
I too have VERY loose ligaments all over, and suffer torn ligaments, stretched ligaments and sprains and strains.
I do not know if there is ANY relationship between Psoriasis Arthritis (PA) and HMS or Hypermobiltiy but I wa diagnsed with JRA and Seronegative spondoloarthritis when I was 12 (I am 32 now).
AS you have a diagnosis of PA and some hypermobility also both could be causing troubles, loose ligaments can get looser through stretching and injury and tearing etc or just as part of being a hypermoile person, and the PA would have to also afect your joints in some arthritis way (ie inflammation etc). Both can cause pain and HMS etc can be VERY painful.
As you have PA I am guessing that you have a rheumatologist, so why not ask him/her about the possibility of you having Hypermobility, HMS or one of the connective tissue disorders (which are infact rare (even though there are a few here with HMS/EDS etc))
Hypermobility can also  be JSUT hypermobility without ANY other symptoms etc.
ANyway I must rush off.
Bye and NICE to meet you.
Sharon
Posted by ATsoccergirl (ATsoccergirl), 29 July 2003

Sheepful-

I need to make one little correction from your post.  
"tendovaginitis at my wrist and thumb"  there is a mistake in wording here, it should be tenosynovitis.
Posted by sheepful (sheepful), 29 July 2003

on 07/29/03 at 04:16:23, ATsoccergirl wrote:

on 07/29/03 at 13:33:23, ATsoccergirl wrote:

nope, I looked it up- the correct spelling is tenosynovitis

Strange .... now I am really confused....
Thanx, ATsoccergirl!

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