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hypermobility
« on: February 05, 2009, 07:34:58 PM »
This is one of the tentative Dx they want to check out more.  I have read about it and the hyper mobility  is something I have always had and assumed everyone did. Now in my 40's it's still there to a point but I am getting more joint pain.  anybody else any thoughts
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2009, 09:11:24 PM »
Is this like being double jointed?

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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2009, 09:18:06 PM »
i have this in my low back - makes my hips pop out of alignment and it hurts like hell.

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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2009, 04:06:35 AM »
Is this like being double jointed?

Yes I have been described as having no bones when I was younger I could fit into the tightest places.  In collage I'd beat people I could touch my fingers to the back of my hand or put my hand flat on the ground without bending my knees.  Now still more flexible than most my knees click when I walk and I think I am getting much more sore
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2009, 08:23:03 AM »
I don't have this, unless it could be a characteristic of certain joints and not others. It seems that all my "rotating joints" (thumb, hip, shoulder) and my "compound joints" (wrists, ankles) have always been quite a bit more limber and flexible than normal.
Not true of my non-rotating joints. Those seem to be less flexible than normal - not only in stiffness, but in range of movement.

I've seen people hold up their hands and just with the muscles of the one hand, flex their finger joints completely tight and into a little tightly curled finger balls. I can not do this. Some people can touch their wrist to their shoulder - no way I could ever do that. My first finger joint, next to my palm, I can flex it forward by itself slightly past the ninety degree point, but the end joints on my fingers, I can not. If I really press my fingers into a little ball with my other hand, I still can not get the end joint to flex to a ninety degree angle. Opening my hand and stretching my fingers backward, I can achieve just a slight backward arch, but even pushing my fingers really hard they will not bend backwards, not even when I push hard enough that I am in fear of dislocating them. They simply do not flex that much.

As far as the my other muscles go, I have been practicing an almost daily stretching routine since I was in my early twenties, just to remain limber. It causes me to have quite a bit of stiffness if I lay off for too long. It's just another thing I have to do for my own well being. I also feel a lot better after doing it, even those times when I have to force it on myself.

I won't be doing much of that for a while. I plan to keep the dust off my bag with my feet though.

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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2009, 02:52:02 PM »
Is this like being double jointed?

Yes I have been described as having no bones when I was younger I could fit into the tightest places.  In collage I'd beat people I could touch my fingers to the back of my hand or put my hand flat on the ground without bending my knees.  Now still more flexible than most my knees click when I walk and I think I am getting much more sore

I used to freak people in ROTC out while saluting because my fingers bent backward in a curve when I tried to straighten them, but they don't bend that far back anymore.

I could never bend my fingers as far back as you could, but I can still put my hands flat on the ground without bending my knees.

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I've seen people hold up their hands and just with the muscles of the one hand, flex their finger joints completely tight and into a little tightly curled finger balls. I can not do this. Some people can touch their wrist to their shoulder - no way I could ever do that.

I can do both of those things.

I can't bend the distal joints of my fingers without bending the middle ones, though.


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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2009, 03:26:42 PM »
I only brought it up as my daughter's doc said she might have it.  It was fun when young but now I seem to be paying the price :-\
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2009, 11:45:19 PM »
My knees do hurt if I do too much walking down steps or hills.


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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2009, 12:21:01 AM »
I can't bend the distal joints of my fingers without bending the middle ones, though.
That one is about all I can do. I am the most inflexible person I know.
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 03:53:11 AM »
I can bend my arms backwards and make them look lie there broken. I'm double jointed at the elbows.
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2009, 10:04:24 AM »
I am very flexible.   I am double jointed in my fingers and I can cross my elbows behind my back.    I can put my foot in my mouth too.  :P
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2009, 01:01:50 PM »
I am very flexible.   I am double jointed in my fingers and I can cross my elbows behind my back.    I can put my foot in my mouth too.  :P

Your whole foot?


That's so cool!


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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2009, 02:30:05 PM »

No, it's not really cool - more like sort of gross, but the real question is ...

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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2009, 11:24:15 PM »
i used to be flexible. now i am creaky. :-\
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Re: hypermobility
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2009, 01:29:24 PM »
I am very flexible.   I am double jointed in my fingers and I can cross my elbows behind my back.    I can put my foot in my mouth too.  :P

Your whole foot?


That's so cool!


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My mouth isn't big enough for my entire foot lol.   I was kinda joking.
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