Where many non-HMS runners will need to spend time on range of motion exercises (various forms of stretching) – HMS athletes will instead need to spend time learning to control the often huge amounts of motion they already have. Eric Lynch (born 1975), better known as Eric the Midget and preferably Eric the Actor, is a member of The Howard Stern Show’s Wack Pack. ( Log Out / What famous people have Ehlers Danlos? Celebrities with advanced degrees Celebrity Degree Field Institution Known for Milo Aukerman: PhD: Gary ‘Stretch’ Turner can stretch the skin of his stomach to a distended length of 15.8cm or 6.25in due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. For those of you who are not hypermobile it may explain why certain things are harder to excel in but it’s ok.
I think David Bowie and Marilyn Manson. You will, of course, find that some forms of exercise are more or less stressful on the hypermobile body than others. Sad thing, of cause, that there is 10-12% (estimated) who scientists think have hypermobility. Ouch! It is believed although not proven that historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Anne Frank suffered from connective tissue disorder,Marfan Syndrome. Google it! In the short-term, until their body learns to control the new range, they struggle with proprioception and control at the joint while working through ‘new’ ranges of motion. However, there is a significant population of athletes where the problem isn’t too little motion being available, but too much motion. Hypermobility may also be a symptom of an underlying medical condition such as rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Down Syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I found out last year that I have osteoarthritis in one knee, so I’ve spent the last six months doing as much strengthening as possible and started running again three weeks ago.
Professor Rodney Grahame, one of world’s leading expert explains why he believes Jackson had Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. That said, instinctively I’d lean towards playing lots of balance games with them. When any athlete suddenly finds an increase in the available range of motion at a joint, for example as an acute effect of PNF stretching around the hip, sometimes they find that they lack the neuromuscular ability to maintain dynamic control throughout this newly increased range of motion. I also found that elliptigo helps a lot to get thogh the low impact miles and also align the body in a correct way. Some runners are more flexible than others, for sure. There have been many terms to describe this ability: double-jointed, joint laxity, and the more recent “hypermobility syndrome”. Stephen Hawking or Albert Einstein. Cheers for the correction! Again, specific strength training will help. A lot is asked of these people and drugs help them numb the pain and try and keep going. I have Ehlers Danlos Type 3, which is HMS with some bonus pain and autonomic nervous system problems. Corrie’s Cheryl Houston is probably one of the most famous people who suffers from Hypermobility Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Gary turner 95% of circus contortionists. Not sure about the others.
Not in a Lance Armstrong kind of way, of course – but the ‘using all the wrong muscles for a given exercise’ kinda way!
Have been referred to NHS musculo-skeletal team. – google EDS hypermobility type) then it is likely to become worse in future when muscles will start weakening. On the upside, it can mean fewer wrinkles. The grim announcements first started with celebrity …