Woman with hyper mobility syndrome shows off her super-bendy arms

Gemma Colclough, a 23-year-old in a video clip can be seen bending her arm in a bizarre manner, looking as if it was dislocated. In funny video shot two years back the Bedfordshire resident with her friends and her brother Scotty in Club Cookies in Dunstable show off her bendy arms to get a laugh out of her mates. One of her friends doesn't seem to understand what he's looking at before he walks out of shot but later he reportedly comes back over and asks if he could get a snap of her bendy arms. 

According to an international media outlet, Colclough's brother claims that Gemma does this trick all the time and has been able to do it since birth. Gemma has a condition called hypermobility which allows her joints to be a lot more flexible than the average Joe. Gemma says that she realized that she could move her joints in a bizarre manner when she was in school as none of her other classmates could bend in such ways. She further added that the doctor tells her that it's bad for her joints although it isn't painful. Gemma calls herself a superhero and says that her power is bendy elbows. 

Gemma reportedly also practices flexing her joints twice daily for about 15 minutes to make sure they stay bendy. She added that her hips and legs are also hypermobile but they are not as bendy as her elbows. She often uses the trick to scare some people or te gets interesting photos. 

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Hypermobility syndrome

Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal where people can bend their thumbs backwards their wrists or bend their knee joints backwards or perform other “tricks”. Hypermobile joints are common and occur in about 25% of the population. A minority of the people develop other conditions caused by their unstable joints and in such cases, it is known as hypermobility syndrome. No genetic test can identify the condition. People with joint hypermobility syndrome can develop other conditions caused by their unstable joints. Reportedly, such conditions might include joint instability causing frequent sprains, tendinitis or bursitis when doing activities that would normally not affect others. They might also experience joint pain or fatigue even after a short period of exercise.

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