Re: Joint Dislocations

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny,

I have heard of joint dislocations occuring easily in a few people with FMS but

I don't know

how widespread it is.

My frequently dislocating knee (before surgery) turned out to be caused by an

excess of

tissue inside the knee joint- not repeated childhood injury as the ortho-doc had

thought.

Since fibro is thought to be, in part, due to probems with with connective

tissue I would

not be surprised to hear that many of us have had dislocating joints.

Cassandra

>

> Hi All,

> Had something really weird happen to me last night. I

> reached out for something and the middle finger on my hand dislocated!!

> It was very painful and I started yelling. My husband came down and saw

> it. Grabbed my finger and pulled. It went back in and did not hurt so

> bad but was still abit painful. I have felt like that some of my joints

> could dislocate if I put too much presser on them like my elbow, hips

> or knees but never had them do it. I do have double-jointed shoulders.

> Have had that all my life. Very Odd. Am I the only 1 this happened to?

> Thanks for your input.

> Penny In Central Illinois

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Penny - Hypermobility is a common symptom of FM. My 14 yr. old daughter has

it in her knees and elbows. And yes, she's been diagnoed with FM since the age

of 10. She's got this habit now of feeling the need to pop her elbow joints

because they bug her. She flings her arm out straight to get the joint to pop

and release the pressure she feels. So far, no dislocations, but she gets knee

pain from time to time. Hope this finger thing doesn't happen to you again.

Take care.

Jeanne in WI

Hi All,

Had something really weird happen to me last night. I reached out

for something and the middle finger on my hand dislocated!! It was very painful

and I started yelling. My husband came down and saw

it. Grabbed my finger and pulled. It went back in and did not hurt so bad but

was still abit painful. I have felt like that some of my joints could dislocate

if I put too much presser on them like my elbow, hips or knees but never had

them do it. I do have double-jointed shoulders. Have had that all my life. Very

Odd. Am I the only 1 this happened to?

Thanks for your input.

Penny In Central Illinois