Poll Are You Flexible / Hypermobile?

[Abstract]

it;s unfortunate we are naturally good at that stuff. Compounds the damage. I watch my little niece who excels at it all and wish she wouldn't do it. But also don't want her to feel restricted. Do any others here have POTS or the other autonomic symptoms?

 

[Ronin]

I'm not able to answer because I feel as a darned slug & injuries mess my self concept even more.

Is there something like 'reduced mobility compared to younger me, IDGAF where the norm is'? ;) Ah. That's called aging. Moving on.

Ticked 'flexible'.

 

[Deleted member 19804]

I voted average, because I'm not very flexible in general; it's just my joints that are. Especially my knees, ankles and elbows are quite hypermobile. They can go ways they really shouldn't, lol. It's not been helpful to me at all, because the rest of me is not especially flexible.

 

[NoWhereKnowWhere]

Yes I'm flexible not as much as I once was. But I too did gymnastics and dance as a child and spent a lot of time (and pain) making myself flexible. I'm no where neer as flexible as I once was but still more so than the average person as I later took up yoga.

I have also had a couple of dislocations but that's more to do with drunken idiocy than flexibility I think. :oops:

 

[Iwantout]

I have JHMS, there is a difference between that and having hyper mobile joints.. Many of my family have joint hypermobility, but only my 10 year old nephew and I have the painful Joint Hyper Mobility Syndrome. It just so happens that he has had a tough time, broken home, alcoholic mother.. So, having a traumatic childhood, not necessarily PTSD, can have a worsening effect on already present conditions..
As a child, I was a fast runner but avoided gymnastics as I was in a lot of pain. Frequent ankle and knee sprains kept me out of cross country championships...

 

[Nilrath]

I have hyper-mobile joints in all of my fingers, my elbows, and my knees.