Double-jointed teens may be prone to joint pain

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Double-jointed teens may be prone to joint pain

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 findings for those particular joints, researchers found no link between double-jointedness - also known as joint hypermobility - and any other types of pain, including back and neck aches. "There is the assumption that these patients who've got joint pain who are found to have joint hypermobility, that the two are related," said the study's lead author, Jon Tobias, from the University of Bristol. ...

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