23. Hypermobility

Is it ok to lock your joints?

Should we give corrective exercises or special cues to people who are hypermobile?

Listen in to find out!

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Find out about the Clinical Certification here
• World Health Organisation (WHO) physical activity guidelines here
• If you follow the WHO guidelines you reduce your chance of dying of any cause in the next 10 years by almost half here
• Beighton test here
• Hypermobile people have more gastrointestinal issues here
• Hypermobile people have low blood pressure here
• Hypermobile women have more pelvic organ prolapse here
• Hypermobile people have a MUCH higher risk of anxiety and depression related symptoms here
• Hypermobile rugby players have more injuries here
• But in other sports, hypermobile people have FEWER injuries here
• Hypermobility is related to pain in Afro-asian children but NOT in European children here
• Joint hypermobility is not a contributing factor to musculoskeletal pain in pre-adolescents here
• Hypermobile adolescents have more pain at the knee, shoulder and ankle, but NOT at the spine, elbow or hip here
• Hypermobile adults have a slightly higher risk of widespread pain here
• Hypermobility is associated with fibromyalgia here
• Pain in hypermobility is likely related to central nervous system sensitisation rather than biomechanics here
• Exercise helps with symptoms of hypermobility, but it is unclear whether any form of exercise is better than others here
• Joint-specific corrective exercises and general exercise give the exact same results for people with hypermobility here and here
• Exercise into the hypermobile range and exercise only to neutral give exactly the same results here
• An individually tailored multidisciplinary intervention give exactly the same benefit as a single session of advice on general exercise here

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