A query was offered about my comment that ligament laxity was common to #TMJ & #IBS: “So, you would say the two are not connected other than the fact that the person has joint laxity.” My response to this comment is as follows: t.co/tNubAPSukU
In patients with only complaint of TMD (Temporal Mandibular Joint, TMJ, Disorder) there seems to be near universal generalized joint hypermobility (#HSD). TMD seems to occur mostly in women.
In persons who complain only of symptoms that prove to be #IBS, the near universal finding is sacroiliac joint (SIJ) hypermobility.
In women with #IBS, there is near universal #HSD. They seem to incur sacroiliac joint (SIJ) hypermobility via mechanical injuries, including childbirth, motor vehicle accidents, and injuries from mundane lifting accidents & falls. #HSD potentiates injury.
#IBS in men is unusual; usually related to severe mechanical injuries of pelvis; that loosened their sacroiliac joints. I published study of 20 young men with #IBS. They all pursued extreme sports (mostly skateboarders), had significant buttock falls & unstable SIJ’s.
I predict an epidemic of #IBS in young males related to modern extreme sports of skateboarding, motocross, dirt biking, mountain biking, snowboarding, etc.
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