The Breakthrough Science That Proves Link Between ADHD and Hypermobility | Dr. Jessica Eccles PhD

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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80% of ADHD women are hyper-mobile and here’s how it’s damaging their health. Dr Jessica Eccles PhD trained in medicine at University of Cambridge and University of Oxford and undertook combined clinical academic training in Psychiatry. Her latest findings shed light on the intricate links between neurodivergence, inflammation, hypermobility, and Long COVID Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:13 Dedication 01:34 What will the audience learn in this episode 03:06 What exactly is hyper-mobility and how does it compare to just plain mobility? 04:30 Positives and negatives of being hyper mobile 09:27 How can a person test to see if they are hyper-mobile? 12:49 How hormones and the menstrual cycle affects hyper-mobility 14:03 Does everyone with ADHD have Hypermobility? 17:56 The scientific link between Neurodiversity and hyper-mobility 27:59 Who’s the most "hypermobile" person you've ever met? 29:25 Does hyper-mobility change with age? 30:51 Tiimo advert 32:58 What did we know about the hyper-mobility/neurodiversity link 10 years ago? 39:52 75% of women with ADHD suffer from chronic pain, is this connected to hypermobility? 45:08 How can someone with ADHD and hypermobility help themselves to relieve the negative symptoms? 47:27 The ADHD item segment 52:50 The ADHD agony aunt segment 01:02:21 A letter from the previous guest Find Dr. Jessica Eccles on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/drbendybrain/?hl=en Click here to see Dr. Jessica’s LinkTree 👉 https://linktr.ee/bendybrain?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=d051ee00-661d-4128-a6de-3f101d5b5694 Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/adhdchatter Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer Editor: Ryan Faber DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's episode, we looked at people with autism, ADHD and hypermobility,
0:05.2	and we found that you were four times more likely to be hypermobile if you were in the neurodivergent
0:11.2	group than if you were in the comparison group. Dr. Jessica Eccles is a hypermobility expert
0:17.5	specializing in its hidden link to ADHD. Oxford and Cambridge graduate in medicine.
0:22.3	She's now on the forefront of cutting edge research.
0:24.6	Proving the connection between ADHD and hypermobility.
0:27.8	Hypermobility is a term used to describe having joints that have an unusual range of motion.
0:35.0	What's a way a test they could do that might indicate that they have hypermobility?
0:39.9	Can you now or have you ever been able to put your hands flat on the floor without bending your knees?
0:44.7	Could you ever bend your thumb back to touch your wrist? Did you ever amuse your friends by contorting
0:52.0	your body into strange shape? Did your shoulder or kneecap dislocate
0:56.0	on more than one occasion? And then finally, do you consider yourself double jointed? If you score two or
1:01.3	more, there is a very strong possibility that you are hypermobile. Does everyone with ADHD have
1:07.9	hypermobility? Well, that is really interesting. Really?
1:13.0	This episode is dedicated to anyone who can bend their thumb back, so it's touching their
1:18.0	arm and really wants to understand why.
1:23.3	Dr Jessica Eccles, what a pleasure to have you in the studio.
1:26.5	Thank you, Alex.
1:28.9	It's a real pleasure to be here.
1:38.0	I suppose quite a direct question to start, and that is, why should someone stick around for the next hour?
1:41.6	In other words, what do you think you can teach them?
1:49.0	Ah, well, hopefully a few things. I think there is a myth and a stereotype that ADHD is a brain condition, that it is a neurotype. Some people even talk about
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