Comments on: Mister Plastic Fingers http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/mister-plastic-fingers.html A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:27:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Spunkette http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/mister-plastic-fingers.html/comment-page-1#comment-29257 Spunkette Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:51:33 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=6758#comment-29257 I can do the same thing (along with dislocate my fingers and shoulders, amd freely move my kneecaps) but i am able to do it from a connective tissue disorder called ehler's-danlos syndrome. there are about 8 different types of this disorder but i have hypermobility (the guy that can strech his skin really far has hyperextensibility type) my type only effects about one in 8,000 people. orginally it was thought that i was just double jointed but when i blew my knee out from high school sports and had to got to an orthopedic doctor i showed him how i can dislocate my shoulder and he preceded to tell me about EDS. He happened to have students in the office at the time so i then turned into a teaching tool, telling them "come take a look at this you may never get a chance to see this ever again." I can do the same thing (along with dislocate my fingers and shoulders, amd freely move my kneecaps) but i am able to do it from a connective tissue disorder called ehler’s-danlos syndrome. there are about 8 different types of this disorder but i have hypermobility (the guy that can strech his skin really far has hyperextensibility type) my type only effects about one in 8,000 people. orginally it was thought that i was just double jointed but when i blew my knee out from high school sports and had to got to an orthopedic doctor i showed him how i can dislocate my shoulder and he preceded to tell me about EDS. He happened to have students in the office at the time so i then turned into a teaching tool, telling them “come take a look at this you may never get a chance to see this ever again.”

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