I'm a 31 year old male - About 1 1/2 years ago I started golfing after ~13 years without playing. Shortly after resuming golf, I started feeling pain in my ribs which I assumed was a pulled muscle. I continued to play until the pain became acute. By chance during a chest x-ray two broken ribs were uncovered. Several weeks later the final tally came to 4 broken ribs on my right side, 5 on my left side and cracks in the spinous process of T1-T5. A bone scan showed irregularities in my bladder, my kidneys, my skull, my knees, and parts of my femur. A bone marrow biopsy was done to rule out any cancer and it came back negative but showed an absence of iron stores in my marrow. I had developed crippling chronic fatigue and many different irregularities with my blood results. However, as time passed, nothing stuck out as a definitive answer. The case was put to the side as I hadn't developed any new breaks until about one month ago. As of August '08 I had intensified my golf by practicing and/or playing every single day without any new breaks. Flash forward now, a year after intensifying my golf, I had suddenly broken 2 more ribs on my right side - ribs that weren't previously broken. The case has been reopened and I am working with a Rheumatologist and awaiting current blood results. In doing some reading, it dawned on me that my hyperflexibility might be related to all of this. I have minor scoliosis but I do not know when that emerged - I didn't have it as a kid. I am able to intentionally "dislocate" both hips and both shoulders. I am unsure whether I am truly dislocating them but that is the closest description to what occurs. It doesn't cause me pain to do-so but there is usually a considerable amount of grinding when I do this in my shoulders. My wrists pop/grind/make all sorts of noises when twisted or turned as well. I feel stupid for never having mentioned this to my doctors recently but I never thought that any of my flexibility could be related to other issues. The two issues (fractures in the absence of trauma and hyperflexibility) may not be related at all but I am curious if anyone could provide any insight? Thanks!