Hypermobile, double jointed?
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Hypermobile, double jointed?
| Fri, 04-11-2008 - 9:44am |
Hypermobile, double jointed?
- My Aspie / Autie is hypermobile and low tone
- My Aspie/Autie is hypermobile with normal tone
- My Aspie/Autie is low tone but not hypermobile
- My Aspie/Autie is hypertonic
- My Aspie/Autie is pretty dead-center normal for tone and mobility.
- My family has a official hypermobility syndrome like EDS, BJHS or Marfan's
- Hypermobility? What the heck are you talking about?
- other -please post
You will be able to change your vote.

LOL I just realized that I screwed myself here because there are at least three boxes that apply to us:
Peter is hypermobile with low tone. Siobhan is hypermobile with normal tome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome runs in our family (and they have it).
I really started this poll because I know quite a few kids on the board are hypermobile and I wanted to get an idea if if might be soley because of low tone, or -...I don't know... Maybe some underlying factor?
-Paula
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All three of my kids would be considered low tone and hypermobile.
- Christina mom to-
Chloe (10) Aiden(8)
I voted pretty dead-center but I was tempted to vote hypermobile? what the heck are you talking about?
Heather,
I found a couple of links with information and pictures. The first set of pictures is the Beighton scale of hypermobility, which is the most commonly used. the second set (from the same site, interestingly enough) looks at some other stuff such as hips and ankles.
beighton scale -a score of 5 or more is considered hypermobile (>3 is over 50yo)
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/medpubs/6625/images/6625_1.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/medpubs/6625/6625.asp&h=200&w=473&sz=10&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=u_XKA3xRudu1fM:&tbnh=55&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeighton%2Bscale%2Bof%2Bhypermobility%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DX
other pics (scroll down).
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/medpubs/6527/images/6527_1.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.arc.org.uk/arthinfo/medpubs/6527/6527.asp&h=760&w=235&sz=16&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=yEWgsR7DK9dc4M:&tbnh=142&tbnw=44&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeighton%2Bscale%2Bof%2Bhypermobility%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DX
I hope this helps.
-Paula
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
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This is interesting...the first article is pretty much what I've always thought about as far as hypermobility--those typical "double-jointed" type of things...but the second one that talks about lower body issues
My DS, 13yrs, who is HFA, TS, OCD & ADHD, has normal tone & joint mobility.
However, my DD, 7yrs, NT, does have hypermobile joints, but normal tone & I have just read those articles & she actually
Thanks for those links Paula. Brayden has
Hollyn,
I wasn't diagnosed with EDS until I was 38 or 39yo and had had kids. I am the first in my family to be formally diagnosed, but it is obvious to me that at least two of my sisters have it (one was DXed with ypermobility syndrome in the UK) and many other family members.
-Paula
-Paula
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com
visit my blog at www.onesickmother.com