Anyone have any idea what sort of sport a boy with hypermobility can do at school??

[BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny]

His feet are a big problem, he wears boots most of the time as there's no other support for his ankles, he tends to fall over as his ankles just flop IYKWIM. His new school teaches rugby (not tag) for the Autumn term and has agreed that this isn't a good thing for him to do but he needs to do something. Running is a problem aswell as it's painful for him and his legs become very tired.
He does tag ruby at his current school (in his boots) so he's not knocked over. He is also taking pilates lessons outside school in the hope that it will improve his muscle tone but it's a long process.

It depends on how the OPs ds is affected by his hypermobility, basildon.

Dd is at the severe end of the spectrum and has been told by doctors she is not to do contact sports or jumping. It's not a question of what the school likes or not, she just does not do it.

Doesn't mean they necessarily lay on something else, a lot of the time she spends just hanging around, but that is better than spending the next couple of months in a wheelchair as she did last time she did something she wasn't supposed to.

But keeping as active as you can is good: we are finding that dd gets most of her exercise out of school as it's easier for us to see to her needs.

The pilates classes he is taking are really helping, she knows exactly what she's looking for and how to help him correct it. I will take him swimming, I think this would really help him.

His legs are quite bad, if he lies on his stomach with his knees bent and in the air the physio could bend his legs down so they were flat on the bed (so he'd look like a T IYKWIM), they did move downwards even more but her jaw started dropping so she stopped.

It just wouldn't be safe if someone landed on top of him or knocked him over.

My dd is has hypermobility. The first thing she had to do to help was learn to fall properly! The school were great and did all sorts of set exercises with her including using a 'wobble board'. She does PE as normal with her classmates, is a fantastic dancer and as I don't drive has to do a lot of walking. She didnt want the problem to get in her way and so was extra determined to help herself. It was discovered at age 5, she's now 7. Determination and encouragement always works and not giving up on the exercises.

Again, it depends, alwaysbusy. Dd overdid the exercises and found she had to pace herself; she is actually better now she is doing less. She wasn't so bad at 7; it was when she got to her early teens that she really had to start pacing herself. When she pushes herself she gets bursitis: her knees swell up so she can't walk at all. So determination won't do it for everyone; it might not even do it for the same person throughout their lives. Lots of hypermobile dancers have to give up their careers early because their joints get worn out.

But agree that the wobbleboard is great.