How to exercise and avoid injury when you’re hypermobile - Stylist
I’ve always thought I was double-jointed. My ‘party trick’ for as long as I can remember has been to turn my feet backwards into a ballet plié. That often shocked and disgusted people but in general, being super-flexible was seen as a kind of super-power.
After years of really chronic injuries, however, I’ve realised that the reason I’m still able to turn my joints inside out is because I’m hypermobile.
Symptomatic hypermobility, or joint hypermobility syndrome, is when your joints are loose and stretchy because the ligaments attached to them are not as strong and supportive as they should be. Perhaps you’ve heard of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which is towards the extreme end of the spectrum.
