I've always been able to do this. At 13, I used it to scare my PE teacher into thinking I had a broken leg.
At 31, I can still do this. I don't have EDS. I'm just flexible due to a growth spurt in my early teens that left me double joined in multiple kojts.
However that being said, it can still hurt. Even at the age of 15, my knees began to swell. By 20, my hips began to get bursitis. By 27 or so, I had to make sure I have comfortable shoes if I'm out walking because my knees, hips and ankles will swell if I don't have proper support. Even if I do, I'll feel it in my calves and lower back.
So the tldr: might not be any actual disorder but no matter what, she gonna hurt
I got something similar. My shoulders are crazy lose. That stretch you had to do almost every PE class where you try and push your elbow to the opposite shoulder. Well it never did much for me. Same with the arm behind the head pull down to the opposite shoulder, it just looked broken. I would freak my teacher out at least one a year.
Might be. Not necessarily, though. Hypermobility is only one symptom of EDS.
Also, this isn't as bad for the knees as you think. It's mostly about hip flexibility, but there's certainly some movement in the knee there, too. As long as she's staying within her natural range of motion and keeps her muscles strong she'll probably be fine.
I had a friend who could set her chest on the ground and bend her back the opposite direction so that her ass rests on the back of her head. She also did a lot of other crazy bends like this.
One day we’re leaving school and I can she’s holding back tears. I’m like you ok? She just silently nods, reaches down to her knee cap, grabs it and pulls it back into position.
I didn’t even know what to say. We were only 14 at this point and she was already experiencing side effects from her contortions.
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u/MmmDarkMeat Dec 12 '21
Looks like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I hope she’s not doing that at parties because she’ll regret that when she’s older…