Do your friends ever comment on your weirdly bendy thumbs or the fact that you can touch the floor with your palms without bending your legs? As well as being a fun party trick, this may also a be a ...

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You may have heard of it before but do you know what hypermobility really is? Joint hypermobility syndrome is a condition which allows people who have it to extend, move or bend their joints beyond ...

Billie Eilish has opened up about her diagnosis with hypermobility. The 21-year-old said she felt like her body was “gaslighting” her, while discussing the injuries she sustained as a teenager in a ...

My doctor recently commented that I have loose joints. What does this mean? Loose joints is a term that's sometimes used to describe hypermobile joints. Joint hypermobility—the ability of a joint to ...

Billie Eilish has opened up about her diagnosis of hypermobility. The 21-year-old said she felt like her body was "gaslighting" her, while discussing the injuries she sustained as a teenager in a new ...