How to tell if i have hypermobility syndrome?

Brighton criteria: Joint hypermobility syndrome is an associated marker for #fibromyalgia (fm), but all fm's do not have jhs. Jhs has inherited aspects ; is a disorder with varying intensities of expression in different people. Most have benign form, which does not progress. A few have devastating form as in Marfan's and ehlers-danlos syndrome. Look up brighton criteria to see pictures and a scoring system for jhs.

Brighton Criteria: Most physicians will utilize the Brighton Criteria for diagnosis of JHS. Various criteria are needed for a diagnosis and the major criteria include: - A Beighton score of 4/9 or greater (either currently or historically) - Arthralgia for longer than 3 months in 4 or more joints Here is a website for the full criteria: http://hypermobility.org/help-advice/hypermobility-syndromes/the-brighton-scor