Double Jointedness?

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17 Nov 2007, 10:04 am

I read somewhere that there seems to be a lot of people on the spectrum who are also double-jointed.

So, are you?

I am. Every single joint. And as a result, I'm 23 and have bursitis in my knees. Of course, the 7 years of marching band probably didn't help . . .

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17 Nov 2007, 10:44 am

I am.

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17 Nov 2007, 10:45 am

Just my toes...but that is from years of toe walking....oh yeah...my fingertips too..so i have been told...

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17 Nov 2007, 10:49 am

If you can make right angles with your joints in your fingers, you're double jointed.

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17 Nov 2007, 10:56 am

Angles. Anagram of Angels.

I wonder if people on the autism spectrum like angles more than straight lines on a subconscious level.

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17 Nov 2007, 11:30 am

I like both. But then again, that's how I draw--by looking at the lines and angles in everything.

Mostly though, my favorite shape is the circle.

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17 Nov 2007, 11:31 am

lastcrazyhorn wrote:

If you can make right angles with your joints in your fingers, you're double jointed.

Yes, but just with my fingertips...and I guess my bottom knuckles...(not the middle...

my toes are crazy flexible...

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17 Nov 2007, 11:44 am

i can touch my arm with my thumb which apparently isnt normal. also my ankles are very flexible & i often walk on the sides of my feet. however none of the rest of me is flexible in anyway, just wrists & ankles.

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17 Nov 2007, 12:05 pm

YEP, my fingers all are 'doubejointed'

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17 Nov 2007, 12:22 pm

my fingers and wrists.

i can lay the tips of my fingers on the innter portion of my arm, my wrists are so flexible... people say it's gross lol

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17 Nov 2007, 1:09 pm

Sally wrote:

Yeah, I can touch my thumb to both the inside and backside of my arm.

One's easy and one's hard, but they're both very possible.

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17 Nov 2007, 1:33 pm

I can put my right leg behind my head and can also put both legs behind my head.

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17 Nov 2007, 5:15 pm

my fingers are double-jointed... and i was diagnosed with "hypermobility" in all my joints... but i wa also diagnosed with "lack of elasticity" in my muscles which i guess kinda counteracts that...