Joint Hypermobility

[Lady4]

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The above is the live Re-Active feed

The below is the link to the research article Julie discusses above on Instagram. Interesting to hear of the screening tools used too.

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[Granimmy1]

Would this be to do with interoception? I have heard Jon Stone talking about the need for further research into interoception for fnd as impaired physical and emotional signalling.

[Lady4 in reply to Granimmy1]

Hi, this document says a lot about sensory processing, sensory seeking/avoidance etc and a good starting point.

Some people are in tune with their bodies and emotions: interoception, whilst others may need a bit more input:

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Likewise, people struggling with proprioception (where there bodies are in space), may need for example, a weighted sensory input to tell your brain where your body is in space.

[210272]

Interesting although the low number of healthy controls is odd and on the basis of their survey I would qualify as having had joint hypermobility as a child, but I don't have it as an adult. There's nothing about genetics which is weird and I don't know anyone with JHS who thinks it is a neuropsychiatric condition. Always worth keeping in mind that some FND advocates consider Kanaan to be a Freudian.

Also it's notable that JHS mostly impacts women and it does seem to be the case that conditions which mostly present in women (eg migraine and MdDS) are being categorised as FNDs without any sound scientific rationale to back that up. It's 2024 and if they still need to slap psychiatric labels on women (possibly as part of the 'territorial expansion' malarkey mentioned by Kanaan in the commentary that accompanied the FND Subtypes paper) then a) they need to be in DSM, not us and b) hashtag Not In My Name.