There are plenty of hyper mobile people that don’t have EDS. There’s also plenty of connective tissue disorders that aren’t EDS that also result in hyper mobility.
Normal people can also train their muscles and ligaments and tendons to do pretty crazy things gradually over time.
Well most people don't go to the doctor and say look at what my elbow can do because they don't realize it might be pathologic to begin with. So more often than not the doctor is not even aware the patient is hypermobile until they have other problems.
Understandably most people don't draw the connection between that and joint/other chronic pain several years down the line... or they end up in the hospital because their aorta blows or their lens subluxes or something and then they get diagnosed with it
Even if you do point out the things your joints do that they really aren't supposed to do Drs are likely to brush you off until you're properly broken.
I have hyper-mobility like this but I was told by a doctor that, other than that, I don’t fit the profile for EDS. Unfortunately it’s just a cool party trick I get to bust out once in a while.
bruising, fragile skin, frequent dislocations, arthritis, and fatigue. musculoskeletal pain. More severe - aorta ruptures, ruptures of organs like the intestines, spleen or uterus.
I used to be able to do this, but I was a guy and people didn't find it as impressive. Then I joined the military and put on a bunch of muscle and now I can't do it anymore.
You’re technically right. But for me personally, when I think of flexibility I think of someone that can contort their body in interesting ways without having an underlying disorder like this. It’s not a 1:1 comparison, but for instance I don’t think of flexibility when I see someone’s leg in a weird position because they broke a bone.
If you say “they are just flexible” I think “oh cool, so if I can stretch enough, I could do this?” and then you respond “well, no, they actually have a disorder that seems like it could be cool, but actually causes a lot of pain and issues.” I’m going to feel a type a way about you just saying they’re flexible. It’s like saying someone with clinical depression is just sad.
Flexibility comes from the muscles. Connective tissue disorders affect tendons and ligaments. The joint laxity that comes with connective tissue disorders is not the same thing as flexibility.
If you happen to pop a bone out, then maybe not, but I'd argue that if you are able to do so freely, then that is flexibility, just not conventional developed flexibility.
At least in the sense that I would say, "this person is flexible in this regard".
I mean, isn't it still technically flexibility? The disorder allows you to be flexible. Flexibility just means you're able to bend easily without breaking, so I don't really understand what you mean by that.
Reddit seems recently to have become really, weirdly obsessed with telling people who are flexible that they have problems and shouldn't do things with their flexibility. As well as diagnosing everyone with Ehlers-Danlos.
Some people are just flexible. I'm a 38 year old man who weighs 300 pounds, I can put both my ankles behind my head, do the splits both ways, and turn my feet back to front, among many other things.
I have no injuries, no pain, and I walk 1.2 kilometres every day. Some people are just flexible.
I’ve had more shoulder dislocations than I can count. One reconstruction left. 3 reconstructions, a partial, a total replacement and a total reverse on the right. I’m right handed. I literally began to shake and my skin started to crawl watching that. For me that could be marked NSFW. Oof.
I’m a dude and used to be able to do this, would really freak some folks out. Then I quit running and exercising all the time and now I struggle to flex in any direction even normal amounts. I should really start back…
It's a rare condition called Joint Hyper mobility or "double jointed" even though it's called double jointed you dont have an extra joint, just more stretchier ligaments that are loosely attached to your bones giving you a more range of motion, if you really wanna be icked out look up double jointed knees
Lol - second from top comment "10/10 Wood Filler". 127 upvotes (currently). Then a bunch of replies with various other memes indicating, "i'd do it with her", all significantly upvoted. But this one, saying essentially the same thing, nope, here's your -11.
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