Overactive autonomic neuron muscle spindles may restrict joint mobility. Clinics has grown up in response to these problems. Having hypermobile joints does not mean you have arthritis. Nevertheless, you may still experience pain around the joints. Children get 'growing pains', particularly after exercise, and fluid may collect in the joints.
Individuals often have flat feet.
The knee cap, shoulder or even the hip may dislocate, although they can usually be returned to the correct position with relative ease. The symptoms may mimic other more serious arthritic conditions or may be dismissed as neurotic. When symptoms are bad individuals will feel a pronounced stiffness and there may even be a flu-like feeling. The thickness of the cartilage of a joint depends on the stress to which it is normally subjected. The cartilage is able to absorb certain substances from the synovial fluid and swell temporarily.