The family that can twist their body to any shape

Its not nature but sickness.

A mother who endures the pain of her joints dislocating up to 20 times a week now fears her three children suffer the same crippling condition.

Sarah Wells was diagnosed with Ehler Danlos Syndrome (EDS) two years ago.

The 38-year-old has suffered dislocated joints all her life, and has even popped her wrist out of place lifting a kettle full of water.

Mrs Wells' EDS means that the connective tissue in her body, which support the skin, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, organs and bones is weaker than usual.

This means it cannot support the body to do even the most menial of tasks - meaning her bones can dislocate dozens of times a week.

And now, she believes her children, Alfie, 11, Charlie, 8, and Rubie, 5, are all suffering with the same condition - after they regularly manage to twist their limbs into eye-watering positions.

Sarah Wells, 38, was diagnosed with Ehler Danlos Syndrome (EDS) two years ago after suffering with dislocated joints all her life. Now she believes her children Alfie, 11, Charlie, 8, and Rubie, 5, also have EDS

Mrs Wells' children are all extremely hypermobile and can bend their bodies into eye-watering positions. She believes this is an indicator of EDS. Her daughter Rubie and son Charlie are pictured

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Mrs Wells, from Hillingdon, London, said: 'I must have dislocated my knee hundreds of times in my 20s, which limits me being able to run about with the kids.

'But unless I have dislocated a joint and have it strapped up, people can't really see it so they don't believe it's real.

'There was a time when I dislocated my knee walking into a nightclub with my friends. The bouncer didn't understand and tried to stop me coming in because he thought I was too drunk.

'Eventually I strapped up my knee and then went to have a drink. I just got on with it.

'I don't tend to pick the kids up as my wrists can't take it.

'I don't have a kettle at home anymore as I can't lift it when it's full of water. It puts my wrists out of joint.

'I can't write for more than half a page because it causes my thumb to dislocate. There was an occasion recently where I couldn't sign my own name.

'My condition doesn't limit my life span but it does get worse as I get older.'

During her twenties Mrs Wells' chalked up hundreds of injuries as her knees would dislocate doing normal activities.

Mrs Wells, who worked as a nursery teacher before her condition forced her to quit her job, said: 'For years, the doctors would not believe my symptoms and in the end I was made to feel as if I was making everything up.

'The number of misdiagnoses I have had is ridiculous.

'Doctors have diagnosed me with everything ranging from glandular fever, to strokes and heart attacks.

'At one point, I was sent to hospital by my GP as they thought I was having a heart attack.

'When the doctors realised it wasn't they then thought I had had a pulmonary embolism.

'After I had children, my health went into a downward spiral. I was a teacher before my health went downhill, but I don't work anymore.

'When I was working I could come home and sleep in the afternoon, but once other people depended on me I couldn't.

She was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), an umbrella term for a group of inherited conditions that damage the peripheral nerves, when she was younger – but knew this didn't explain all of her symptoms.

Now, she sees her own children suffering the same symptoms she had and believes they are also suffering from EDS.

'The doctors made me feel like I was making it up and I want it to be different for my children,' Mrs Wells said, adding that she wants to help them as much as possible as the condition progresses