A prospective study by U.K. researchers found that adolescents who are double-jointed-- medically termed joint hypermobility -- are at greater risk for developing musculoskeletal pain as they get ...

Double jointedness can cause a wide range of problems because the muscles around the joints have to work much harder to provide stability - Getty When Jan Kiley was a child, even the slightest of ...

Can you bend your arms behind your back, click your wrist or touch your thumb to your forearm? Most people describe someone with these talents as being "double-jointed," but that's not an accurate ...

THAT'S THE WHY:Do you know anyone who can bend their thumb right back to touch the wrist behind it? Or perhaps you are one of those lucky souls who can scratch behind their ear with their toes as a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Double-jointed teens are more likely than their less flexible peers to develop shoulder, knee or ankle pain, suggests a large, new study from the UK. Apart from the ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. When people say that they are double jointed it means that they are hypermobile. (A quick ...

A prospective study by U.K. researchers found that adolescents who are double-jointed—medically termed joint hypermobility—are at greater risk for developing musculoskeletal pain as they get older, ...