Being more flexible than the average person can have its advantages, from being great at games such as Limbo to feeling smug in yoga class.
But researchers are coming to understand that being hypermobile can also be linked to pain in later life, anxiety, and even long Covid.
Madeleine Finlay hears from the science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience of hypermobility, and finds out what might be behind its link to mental and physical health
Read Linda Geddes’ article on hypermobility here
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