Are you double-jointed???

Question

If you are, what parts of your body?
I'm double jointed in my thumbs, my ring finger on my left hand, and my big toes

Answer 1

Sorry, I'm not but I know ppl that are and they're really cool

Answer 2

The term 'double-jointed' is a little misleading. People who can do strange things with their body parts don't necessarily have extra joints, but rather joints which rotate or allow movement that is more extreme than most people can manage.

Answer 3

No, but here's an article I found that describes the potential benefits of being double-jointed.
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You don’t have to be a circus contortionist to have some degree of double-jointedness – a condition doctors call hypermobility.

Many believe that being double-jointed makes a person prone to osteoarthritis. A new study of over 1,000 patients casts doubt on that belief, at least as far as the joints in the hand are concerned, and instead suggests that being double jointed may actually help protect the joints from the wear-and-tear of arthritis.

Hypermobility is caused by a combination of factors, including the shape of the ends of the bones where joints are formed; weak or stretched ligaments; the tone of your muscles; and other factors.

People who are double-jointed do not have extra joints, as the term implies, but their joints have an increased range of motion and flexibility. Their joints can bend in ways “normal” joints can’t.

“It is a commonly-held belief that all double-jointedness is bad because it is associated with joint instability,” said Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, in a March 2005 interview. Until now it has been widely believed that joint hypermobility causes premature osteoarthritis, according to Dr. Kraus and her colleagues in a report published by Arthritis & Rheumatism.1

Dr. Kraus led a team of researchers to investigate the double-jointed theory. It is important to understand that Dr. Kraus and her researchers studied joint hypermobility and osteoarthritis of the hands. They did not research other joints, and their findings are limited to the hands and fingers.

“We evaluated 1,043 people. All of these people were from families in which at least two siblings had hand osteoarthritis. Many even had parents with osteoarthritis,” said Dr. Kraus.

These participants were sought out because they were people prone to hand osteoarthritis. All of them had a strong family history of osteoarthritis of the hands and had a genetic risk factor for developing osteoarthritis of the hands. Eighty percent of the people studied were female, 20 percent male. All subjects were evaluated for levels of joint flexibility, through standardized physical tests and interviews.

“First we found that hypermobility did not increase the severity or amount of hand osteoarthritis. Second, we found that hypermobility was associated with less osteoarthritis of the joints in the middle of the fingers. This suggests that hypermobility is a protective factor of the hand,” said Dr. Kraus. In other words, the double-jointed people showed a lower rate for getting arthritis. Patients with the most flexibility in their finger joints were found to have the lowest risks of osteoarthritis of hand joints. The findings suggest that being double-jointed could actually help protect finger joints in people -- such as computer keyboardists and string instrument players -- who routinely perform repetitive movements that stress the finger joints.

The research has cast doubt on the belief that double-jointedness causes premature arthritis, and suggests instead that double-jointedness actually protects the joints of the hands from osteoarthritis. “We think certain genes contribute to osteoarthritis and others contribute to hypermobility,” said Dr. Kraus.

Answer 4

my arms. No lie, I can jump rope with my arms by holding my hands together, lifting them over my head (fingers still locked), completely rotating my joints in the socket, then climbing over my legs. I can also touch my elbows together behind my back and twist my arms over eachother behind my back. People are disguisted by it, so I tell new people I can do it before I freak them out.

Answer 5

No such thing as "double jointed." Only great flexability. Probably won't believe me. Ask any doctor.

Answer 6

both my arms and all my fingers and some of my toes

Answer 7

my right arm

Answer 8

No

Answer 9

my fingers can bend outward but i dunno if thats double jointed or just flexible

Answer 10

no