Being more flexible than the average person can have its benefits, from being great at games like Limbo to feeling smug in yoga class.
But researchers are starting to understand that being hypermobile could also be linked to pain later in life, anxiety and even long-lasting Covid-19.
Madeleine Finlay hears from science correspondent Linda Geddes about her experience with hypermobility and discovers what might be behind its link to mental and physical health
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