Help! I'm Hypermobile

Behind the Beighton Scale

Jul 19, 2023 Β· 21 min Β· Season 1 Β· Episode 5 Β· 20.6 MB
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Today we're talking all about the famous Beighton Scale!🀩


Unfortunately like many things involving hypermobility, the Beighton Scale ends up resulting in a lot of confusion and frustration for hypermobile peopleβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή


In this episode we talk aboutπŸ‘‡

  • WHAT the Beighton Scale is (and what it isn't!)
  • the HISTORY of the Beighton Scale (including a love story!)
  • and WHY the Beighton Scale causes so many problems for hypermobile people (and what YOU can do about them!)


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Alex


P.S. here is the study I reference:


Malek, S., Reinhold, E. J., & Pearce, G. S. (2021). The Beighton Score as a measure of generalised joint hypermobility.Β Rheumatology international,Β 41(10), 1707–1716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-021-04832-4