How Bendy am I?

Can you still do stretches like you used to, or have you stiffened up some with age? I'm definitely not winning any hamstring flexibility tests today.

I’m 62. Just recently diagnosed with HEDS. I can still bend at the waist and touch the floor with no stretching. I can still do all of the things you demonstrated without stretching. In fact I never stretch. I find my stability is better if I aim for stiff, old people joints. 🤣

Thanks for sharing the interesting video with which I can identify myself. I’ve always known I am hyper mobile with lose ligaments. At 62, I still score full Brighton score although my elbows are not as scary looking as before. My knees are hyper extended but among all attributes, the knees are the most normal ones. I don’t have any of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome but just the hyper mobility. It is good and bad for me. In ballet, the hyper extension looks pretty but at the same time, i am also naturally weaker due to the instability. At late 30’s I started ballet (zero exercise as a child) and could do a full split without practice. I wowed a lot of people. But I wish I were stronger than being hyper mobile. By the way, being flexible and hyper mobile are not the same in the physical therapy world. My PT advises me to stretch the muscles but not the ligaments.

Thank you for your videos and HELLO from Germany! 💜 I‘m 44 now and my body is the same like yours: all of these moves, I can do also. My first diagnosis for hEDS was 2018 (with 39 years!) and this year I went to a further diagnosis in Cologne where my hEDS-specialist is. 2018 it was just a clinical diagnosis, but now it is a safe diagosis (thanks to all the new studies!). Sad, but true: my 8years old child got the hEDS diagnosis this year too… That‘s also why I found your channel. Hope to give her a better life WITH the knowing of being an hEDS-human and to safe her from all of the pains (and bullying) I had had by NOT knowing! 🙏🏼

I’m still pretty bendy for 52 I can still butterfly stretch flat to the floor , do prayer hands behind my back etc but I have to be more careful as things pop out of place more easily and although my elbows still both overextend they are pretty painful and stiff now

I enjoy your videos. I'm 48 and can still do all of these PE stretches. I have so many joint issues now. I appreciate your video on the explanation that EDS is not progressive, but I truly feel like it is as I am becoming so much worse as time goes by. Thanks for all of your content!

I always thought that doing these stretches in school and later in yoga class were silly and a waste of time. I didn’t understand what they were for because I didn’t feel anything.😂😂😂😂

I used to be able to do most of these and felt no stretch. Now nearly 50 and have started losing some of my flexibility in the last few years. Hamstring stretches and arms behind my back are still relatively easy most days but I have noticed my knees, hips, and fingers stiffening up, especially in the last year. Those three areas were my most hypermobile and most apt to dislocate when I was young. I do feel that, while I may feel stiffer, I am more prone to injury and dislocation. My comorbidity symptoms have also increased significantly in the last few years. It is also odd how something can be so stiff that I can barely move one minute and super bendy 5 minutes later.

Absolutely no way I can do any of these back and leg stretches! My joints are loose, but my muscles sure aren't. I am 22

I can't stretch as well due to multiple injuries at this point in my thirties.

Hi , I have had MVP back in early 2015 but by the end of 2015 and since then it is not detected on 2D echo, can I still mark for "MVP" in feature A of criterion 2 ? And also how do we evaluate for mild skin hyperextensibility and for usually soft skin?? It's very subjective . I've been told by many that my skin is soft but i don't know if it meets the criterion! Kindly guide. Your videos are wonderful!! Thank you.

Am I the only one with heds that has freaking short ass arms lol