Symptoms and Diagnosis

Common symptoms of Hypermobility syndrome include:

Extreme flexibility of the joints
A dull but intense pain in regions of the knee and ankle joints
Pain in the soles of the feet. This can be managed by footwear specially designed with insoles.
Pain in the back, knees, fingers, elbows and hips.
Clicking noise in the joints
Frequent sprain, dislocations, bursitis, tendonitis
Early onset of osteoarthritis
Frequent prolapsed disc
Hypermobilty is also observed in some pregnant women. The related pain in the pelvic girdle, in these women can be excruciating.
Scoliosis or curved spine can occur

Hypermobility may be a symptom of other conditions such as:

Ehler –Danlos syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Lupus
Osteogenesis imperfeta
Marfan syndrome
Down syndrome
Polio
Myotonia congenital
Fibromyalgia
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Nerve compression disorders like carpel tunnel syndrome
Panic disorder

Diagnosis

Joint hypermobility syndrome shares symptoms with other disorders such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and osteogenesis imperfecta and, therefore, there is a need to distinguish between them.

The Modified Beighton score is used to assess and the 1998 Brighton criteria is used to diagnose Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.