Double-jointed as contortionist

kiwipilot · 27-12-2002 7:54pm #1

Is anyone naturally "double-jointed" who can do body positions like a contortionist?

azezil · 27-12-2002 7:58pm

i can bend back my thumb!?

/me takes a bow

oeNeo · 27-12-2002 9:16pm

I can also bend my thumb back! We should join the circus Az.

Gordon · 27-12-2002 9:25pm

I can wiggle my thumb in wasy that others cannot, can i join your circus of thumbs?

oeNeo · 27-12-2002 9:42pm

Perhaps... I'd have to see this thumb wiggling in action though.

Gordon · 27-12-2002 9:55pm

well it goes a little like this..

oeNeo · 27-12-2002 10:00pm

Ah I think a friend of mine can do that aswell..

Yeah sure you can join if you want.

azezil · 27-12-2002 10:24pm

Chowmein · 27-12-2002 10:31pm

My thumb is double jointed and bends in strange ways, can i join as well?

Kolodny · 27-12-2002 11:03pm

I too am a bendy thumb person. I can also bend my elbows and knees backwards... looks hideous but comes in handy for freaking people out at parties

oeNeo · 27-12-2002 11:12pm

I just tried to bend my thumb back like I used to be able to.. I couldn't do it and it hurt like hell... I hereby leave the circus

_sheep · 27-12-2002 11:19pm

I can bend my thumb like gordan, room for 2 of the same ?

Calibos · 28-12-2002 12:54am

I was going to say "but I thought everyone can bend their thumb back", then I read the rest of the posts and .......well.......it looks like everyone can. So original thumb bendy poster. You're not so special after all!:D

Karl Hungus · 28-12-2002 2:10am

I can fold my fingers over each other.
And I can move my right index finger up and down against the joint.
This freaked out a lot of people...

I can also do a brilliant impersonation of the 'Chatterer' from Hellraiser.

Silverfish · 28-12-2002 2:36am

The tips of my little fingers bend right back, so when I bend them forward and bend the tips right back, people cry. This pleases me.

My little brother can put his head on his feet from a standing position. This is freakier when you see it done.

My sister could bend all her toes right back. This was disgusting and she got thumped a lot for doing it.

The chatterer?? Coooool. If anyone out there can impersonate Pinhead, though....... mmmm, Pinhead.......

DiscoStu · 28-12-2002 2:52am

i can program a video recorder...........

oeNeo · 28-12-2002 3:14am

Originally posted by DiscoStu
i can program a video recorder...........

Holy shit! How? Can you tell me?

:eek:

Asuka · 28-12-2002 3:41am

I can fix the first joint in most of my fingers so that my finger stays rigidly straight up until the second joint, which then goes down almost perpendicular to the rest of the finger.

Sound easy? Try it.

A

GoneShootin · 28-12-2002 4:27am

tho not double jointed, my doctor tells me that the reason i have'nt broken more bones that i should have is because I have lax joints. not double jointed, but looser than your average bear

my sister however is a freak of nature and spent many of our childhood years terrorizing me to the brink of insanity

Victor · 28-12-2002 6:08pm

Originally posted by Silverfish
The tips of my little fingers bend right back, so when I bend them forward and bend the tips right back, people cry. This pleases me.

I think most people can put them back about 45 degrees, its to stop you breaking them.

Originally posted by Silverfish
My sister could bend all her toes right back. This was disgusting and she got thumped a lot for doing it.

Yeah, I can twist some of my toes more than 90 degrees back.

Victor · 28-12-2002 6:14pm

Originally posted by Kolodny
I too am a bendy thumb person. I can also bend my elbows and knees backwards... looks hideous but comes in handy for freaking people out at parties

Amp is soooo lucky

kiwipilot · 28-12-2002 6:22pm

This is photo of a very supple contortionist! But there will be a few readers who can also do this or know someone who can do other contortions that require extreme flexibility (double-jointed)!

richindub2 · 28-12-2002 10:45pm

you know when you sit cross legged in on the floor? i can keep my feet in that position and put them behind my head

i can also do the backwards cross legged thing where you walk on your knees
my hips are double jointed or something i guess :P

Sangre · 30-12-2002 6:56pm

Originally posted by Neo-
Holy shit! How? Can you tell me?

:eek:

Nah its like being double jointed, you cant learn it you have to be born with the ability

Gordon · 30-12-2002 7:20pm

Originally posted by kiwipilot
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I guess that brings a new meaning to having your head up your arse! heh, weh weh weh... oh.. hang on - that is literally correct.. darn

Mr. Fancypants · 30-12-2002 7:26pm

I have a bit of a freaky wrist. I can dislocate it which looks prity hideous, but the nasty sound that goes with it multiplies the hideotisity (yes, i created a new word..deal with it) tenfold.

GoneShootin · 30-12-2002 9:13pm

ah ha you see !

Mr.Applepie · 31-12-2002 12:36am

I think i just broke my thumb

hedgetrimmer · 31-12-2002 12:18pm

I have a double jointed jaw apparently...it look like it dislocates itself.

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Why *do* you want to know, kiwi? You recruiting?:D

kiwipilot · 31-12-2002 8:12pm

I have studied hyper mobility of the body for some 40 years and have seen some extrordinary examples of what some people call "double-jointed" (which there is no such thing!). This is to do with a genes item where the ligaments are very stretchy allowing gross angular joint motion and is far more prevalent in females than in males.

Of course, if someone is born like this and becomes interested in stretching to "freak out" friends then the joints become more and more flexible. You doubtless have seen contortionists perform amazing postures with their very flexible joints and I am interested in getting more information from such for case history reasons.

Ian

Double-jointed as contortionist

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