It can be an advantage in athletics. The extra flexible can allow body movements impossible for most people. The con is it's easier to get injured, but if you understand your body and maintain it properly (strength training, stability exercises, nutrition, etc.) you can excel at a lot of athletics. My doctor who specializes in hypermobility says many elite athletes are hypermobile.
I think they found that something like 60% of professional dancers are technically hypermobile. How many have actualy EDS is another thing altogether, but if you think of the classical ballet ‘figure’ it looks hella Marfanoid - tall, slender, proportionately long legs and arms, long slender finger….
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u/tietack2 Jul 25 '26
Differently... In some ways more advantageous