Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and Pelvic Pain
Abdominal and pelvic pain can have a variety of causes. Joint hypermobility syndrome can often be an undetected and underdiagnosed comorbidity in chronic pelvic pain conditions (I.e. like endometriosis). Joint hypermobility syndrome, or benign hypermobility syndrome, is a connective tissue disorder and considered a milder variant of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by chronic musculoskeletal pain as a consequence of joint hyperextensibility. Patients with this syndrome are commonly afflicted by pain in their pelvis, fingers, hips, knees, and elbows. A physician and/or...
Read More
