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You or your child may have joint hypermobility syndrome if you: often get tired, even after rest. keep getting pain and stiffness in your joints or muscles. keep getting sprains and strains. keep dislocating your joints (they "pop out") have poor balance or co-ordination. have thin, stretchy skin.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
an increased range of joint movement (joint hypermobility)...
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Self Care
- Physiotherapy and Exercise
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Painkillers
- Pain Management
- Treating Specific Problems
There are some things you can do yourself that can help if you have JHS. These include: 1. ensuring you have a generally healthy lifestyle – including having a healthy dietand maintaining a healthy weight; this will help improve the strength of your joints and reduce the strain on them 2. adopting sleep hygiene measuresif you have trouble sleeping ...
Physiotherapy may help people with hypermobile joints in a number of ways. For example, it may help to: 1. reduce pain 2. improve muscle strength and fitness 3. improve posture 4. improve your sense of your body’s position and movement (proprioception) 5. correct the movement of individual joints It's helpful to have a physiotherapist with knowledg...
Occupational therapyaims to help you overcome difficulties in your everyday life caused by having JHS. This may involve teaching you alternative ways of carrying out a certain task. For example, an occupational therapist can give you advice about reducing the strain on your joints while using a computer or getting dressed. Equipment may also be pro...
For some people with JHS, flat feet can be a problem. If someone has flat feet, that person has no arch in the inner part of their feet, which can put a strain on nearby muscles and ligaments (tissue that connects bones together at a joint). If you have problems with your feet, a podiatrist (a foot specialist) can recommend treatments such as speci...
Medication can be used to manage the pain associated with JHS. Painkillers available over the counter from pharmacies, such as paracetamol, can sometimes help. Your GP can also prescribe a medicine that contains both paracetamol and codeine, which is a stronger type of painkiller. Liquid paracetamol (such as Calpol) may be helpful for children with...
If painkillers are not effective in reducing your pain, you may benefit from being referred to a pain specialist at a pain clinic. Staff at the clinic will be able to provide further advice and treatment. For example, some people with JHS benefit from a pain management programme that incorporates a type of psychological therapy called cognitive beh...
If you have any related conditions, these will often be treated in the same way as people without JHS. For more information about the specific treatments for some of the problems associated with JHS, see: 1. treating constipation 2. treating gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 3. treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) 4. treating pelvic organ...
Jan 11, 2013 · This review presents the treatment of common elbow disorders, specifically, lateral epicondylitis, ligament reconstruction, arthroscopic debridement for athletes, and TEA. Go to: Functional anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow joint. Knowledge of elbow biomechanics and functional anatomy of the elbow is very important.
- Katsunori Inagaki
- 10.1007/s00776-012-0333-6
- 2013
- J Orthop Sci. 2013 Jan; 18(1): 1-7.
Jan 15, 2024 · In joint hypermobility, the joints are more than usually flexible (sometimes called being 'double-jointed') and this is linked to joint and muscle pain which typically relates to exercise. It is most often seen in children and young people, although it can sometimes persist into adulthood.
The Hypermobility Syndrome(HMS) was first described in 1967 by Kirk et al as the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in hypermobile healthy persons.[1] Meanwhile, other names are given to HMS, such as joint hypermobility syndrome and benign hypermobility joint syndrome. HMS is a dominant inherited connective tissue disorder described as “generalized articular hypermobility, with ...
poor co-ordination. some people find it difficult to sense the position of a joint without being able to see it, also known as proprioception. joint dislocations or partial dislocations. regular soft tissue injuries – such as sprains and sports injuries. easy bruising. stomach pain. bladder and bowel problems. dizziness.
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However, for some people, hypermobility causes joint pain, joint and ligament injuries, tiredness (fatigue), bowel issues and other symptoms. Joint hypermobility syndrome is most common in children and young people. It affects people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and people of Asian and Afro-Caribbean descent more often.
