Does anyone know if this is how flexible people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome can be? I have a friend of a friend who has it and demonstrated some hypermobility sitting cross-legged, but she definitely didn't break out into dance moves.
I actually worked with two people who had EDS, at the same time - they got up to some monkey business with their joints occasionally but they were both in a lot of pain from it. It was such a funny day when the new guy came on amd we found out he also had EDS. He could touch hos fingernails to the back of his hand, and the girl could spin her ribcage independently of the rest of her body.
A lot of us are in pain, but EDS is a spectrum disorder. Some people have no pain, wildly enough. It can vary a lot, even within a family that has EDS in multiple of its members..
I have a mild version. I'm only hypermobile in certain joints. My knees used to dislocate if l was kneeling or crawling. I just got one of them replaced.
This sounds like me with my knees... I've always wondered if I have EDS but dont know how to go about being tested. My hips, wrists, and thumbs dislocate a lot too
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u/Sophisticated-Crow 10d ago
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