Are you double-jointed?

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Likely, but not flexible enough to be one.


I kinda wish I do.

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I used to be when I was younger. I had elbows that "bent backward" and hypermobile hip joints that I used to "dislocate" almost as a party trick.

I wound up with horrendous hip problems and hip pain by the age of 16 that I still have to this day -- lesson: don't play around with your joints when you're young and think it's funny, you could be setting off a lifetime of joint or soft-tissue/ligament consequences that cause a lot of pain.

I also used to be able to put my feet behind my head, bite my own toenails, etc.

I am hyperflexible in the lower body, legs and feet, but rather stiff around the upper body and shoulders (super tight rotator cuffs). Normal for aspies, my psychologist said.

My ankles/legs/knees are hyper-mobile or double jointed.

The people on my mother's side of the family (me too) all have backward bending knees. Been called knock-kneed all my life and if we sit with the edge of our butts on a seat and put our feet on a table our legs will all sag. Used to have strange elbows but age and a broken elbow have kinda limited that one. Wish I could do the cool bendy backward thumb thing though.

Yep. Hypermobile.

Yes. I have hypermobility and it causes me dislocations. I seem to have a lot of symptoms of Elhers Danlos Syndrome although I have not been tested for that.