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Athletes during training and competition. People in warm climates that perspire a lot. And, anyone that spends a lot of time... ... ; Why are some people black and white? ... ; What causes people to be double jointed?
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Hypermobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypermobility (also called double-jointedness , hypermobility syndrome or hyperlaxity ) describes joints that stretch farther than is normal. For example, some hypermobile people can bend their...
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InteliHealth - Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. Living a healthy life is one aspect of living a successful life. ... While it's true that some people have more flexibility in their joints than others, the expression "double-jointed" implies something that isn’t true.
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Double jointed people can place their palms flat on the table, with their forearms at a 90-degree angle to their palms, and still raise their fingers from the tabletop. ... People without Hitchhiker's Thumb have a straight last joint, even if the bone is curved.
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Are there double-jointed members of your family? ... At least two of the surviving children must have had the genetic recipe for "double jointedness". The correct term for "double-jointed" is hypermobility of ... The Double-Jointed Fletchers of Burnley; Links for Fletcher Genealogy; Message Board; Guestbook; Mail Form;
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It is a common misconception that "double jointed" means that a person has 2 joints & this is usually NOT true. What it means most often is that the person ... Very infrequently does a person have a double joint cavity. Several abnormal conditions, some that are serious genetic defects, give people this hyperlaxity condition.
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Of course, lots of people are double-jointed to varying degrees; but hypermobility syndrome (HMS) creates problems. ... Yes, this is a very common condition seen in children and causes many problems in the foot, leg, knee, hip, lower back and neck. Often there are also other developmental issues that can make the...
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The term 'double-jointed' is a little misleading. People who can do strange things with their body parts don't necessarily have extra joints, but rather joints which rotate or allow movement that is more extreme than most people can manage.
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The music of Rachmaninov and the bowling of Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar are digitally dexterous feats made possible by the fact that both were double jointed. ... "I don't say to people that I am double jointed, just that I have a chronic pain condition." ... Ballet move 'causes arthritis' ; 01 Dec 99 | Health...
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