Flexibility in "older" folks

walkingforward

Yelling out to the flexible people here. Particularly the ones that thought they were normal !

I found out in my teens that I could push my body fairly easily into unusual positions.

I thought that it was not hard, most can do this if they wanted to.

Most couldn't, neither could I, but with a little training I found I could achieve many static poses.

Just a few years ago I was diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome - the first sign of this was flat feet.

My photo here on my profile shows you what I can do now, only 7 months from my 50th Birthday.

Any stories to share of how you discovered your "gift" ? And have you had any diagnosis or pain, or are you not afflicted as some are.

PS my main pain was tendon, ligament rupture in my ankle from walking with bad feet and PTTD.

Cheers !!!

Gary

walkingforward

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scaryann1

My family figured there was something wrong with me when I was an infant. When they would hold my arm up to teach me how to walk my shoulders would "pop" out and then I would cry myself to sleep.

I am now 43 and my right hip is very painful. I tore the rotator cup in my right shoulder by shutting the car door six weeks ago. My sternum dislocates randomly (mostly when hiking in the woods). I am a mess of painful joints now.

As a teenager I enjoyed putting my hands into positions that would make my friends cringe. For example putting my thumb behind the bottom knuckle of my index finger, or touching it to the back of my arm. Even now with all the pain I can still do both of these.

I was finally diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) in January of this year.

Kaylee_F93

I don't know if you meant older like 30 plus or if you meant diagn. later than usual(I have read most people get diagn. when they are under 10 years of age.) I didn't get diagn. till i was 16. My older brother has Hemophilia(Severe Hemophilia A) a bleeding disorder, so, when I was younger my mom just thought it was normal for me to be this way since my brother was so severe in his hemophilia. We thought I had something up with me because I "broke" my wrist but x-rays showed no break and doctors couldn't figure out why I was in so much pain. My mother took me to the Hemotology department at Childrens Hospital and they tested me for many things and they found out I had Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Type III. I am also a carrier of Hemophilia. Also, My brother's story with Ehlers-Danlos is that after he moved out of state he seemed to be getting worse with his bleeds and injuries. after many years he was diagn. with Ehlers-Danlos when he was 25. They are still trying to classify his Ehlers-Danlos. I am now 20 and I have had many problems with my back, knees, and ankles(I actually have my ankle brace on right now).

Kaylee_F93

I also think that my mother has Ehlers-Danlos too. Since me and my brother were diagn. she has a lot of the same problems when her and she was diagn. with Fibromyalgia. She is 45 I am trying to convince her to go get tested.