Being more flexible than the average person can have its benefits, from big games like Limbo to feeling smug in yoga class.
But researchers are beginning to understand that hypermobility can also be linked to pain in later life, anxiety and even prolonged Covid.
Madeleine Finlay hears from science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience of hypermobility, and finds out what may be behind its link with mental and physical health
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