Hypermobility – the little-known ‘bendy disease’ that causes pain and fatigue

• Hypermobility: Key Clinical Takeaways
• Hypermobility is an underdiagnosed condition affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of UK patients, with significant delays in diagnosis that may impact timely symptom management
• The condition presents with pain and fatigue as primary symptoms, requiring heightened clinical awareness to identify cases that might otherwise be missed in primary care
• GPs should maintain a lower diagnostic threshold for hypermobility-related disorders, particularly when patients present with joint pain and fatigue of unclear aetiology, to reduce diagnostic delays and enable earlier intervention

The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands in the UK, but many face delays in getting a diagnosis.

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