hyperflexibility
Joints bend too far
Hyperflexibility is an unusual degree of flexibility in the joints, allowing a range of motion beyond what's typical.
The term appears in medical contexts describing conditions like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, where connective tissue abnormalities cause joints to bend further than normal: Her hyperflexibility made her prone to dislocations.
Outside clinical use, it can describe extreme physical suppleness in dancers or gymnasts.
Mind-body exercise discipline
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- pilatesControlled movement exercise method
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
ballet · extension · overextension · warm-up · cooldown · kinesthesia · biomechanics · limberness
One who bends extremely
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- backbendArching spine rearward
- splitsDivides into parts
handstand · sideshow · showmanship · audience · spectacle · trained · act
Excessive joint flexibility
- dislocationForced out of position
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- musculoskeletalPertaining to muscles and bones
- hereditaryPassed through generations
bracing · fatigue · comorbidity · diagnosis · rheumatology
yoga
Mind-body exercise discipline
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- pilatesControlled movement exercise method
stretching · ballet · extension · overextension · warm-up · cooldown · kinesthesia · biomechanics · limberness · suppleness
contortionist
One who bends extremely
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- backbendArching spine rearward
splits · handstand · sideshow · showmanship · audience · spectacle · trained · act
hypermobility
Excessive joint flexibility
- dislocationForced out of position
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- musculoskeletalPertaining to muscles and bones
hereditary · bracing · fatigue · comorbidity · diagnosis · rheumatology
elastic
Able to stretch, rebounds
resilience · recoil · tensile · springiness · pliable · latex · silicone · polymer · give · deformation
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hyperflexibilitystiffness
Resistance to deformation
rigidity · joint stiffness · inflexibility · limited mobility · ankylosis
hyperflexibilityrigidity
State of being unbending
stiffness · inflexibility · brittleness · inelasticity · firmness
hyperflexibilityrigidity
State of being unbending
inflexibility · strictness · fixedness · unyieldingness · unbendingness
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