HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME

WHAT IS HYPERMOBILITY SYNDROME?                                     

Hypermobility syndrome is a term used to describe overly mobile joints which occurs as a result of the protein collagen benig more flexible than usual due to a genetic abnormality. It is an inherited condition which varies on a spectrum of diffrent severities, some with serious complications (e.g -marfan syndrome) which can affect internal organs. The other end of the spectrum has milder consequences which are not life threatening such as benign hypermobility syndrome.