If you are double jointed is it more likely to get arthritis?

Say if you are double jointed in your shoulders and arms and you twist and stretch them alot. Is it more likely to get arthritis or no?

Stephen A says:

October 31, 2011 at 10:03 pm

I would say so if they stretched them too far frequently yes,otherwise no
gillianprowe says:

October 31, 2011 at 10:56 pm

Under the age of 20 we are all nice and supple. We are built with lots of collagen and that is what makes us supple. After 20 we start to loose that collagen, part of the aging process, which is why you never see a Olympic Gymnastic over the age of 40!
So double jointed is just the ability of the collagen to make us more bendy for want of a different word, but as we age we become less bendy. That is why Cosmetic Treatment is a injection of collagen, plumps out the wrinkles.

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