# Can you bend just the last joint of your fingers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240 "2003-09-08T05:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dope\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@Dope\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dope_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/61 "2017-03-18T12:02:12Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I can do this with every finger - bend them at a 90-degree angle. > > I can also move the little toe of both feet without moving any other toe/part of my foot. so can I! (the foot thing) 😕 why can we do it? ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/62 "2017-03-18T15:10:17Z")
> [@cdhostage](#): > > Not your thumbs, but any of the four fingers on each hand. It’s odd - neither I nor anyone I speak to can bend the last joint of their figners without bending the second-to-last. Is there a good reason for this? I can. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/63 "2017-03-18T15:34:18Z")
All but my right pinky will do that. I have met a few other who can do it also. I cal also do weird things with my shoulder blades and stomach muscles. I think it is just muscle control. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/64 "2017-03-18T17:19:21Z")
Nope, but I have hypermobile thumbs; photo in [this Wiki article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(joints)). ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/65 "2017-03-18T20:44:31Z")
I can also clap one hand like [this guy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiCafLZYuI) never met another person who can. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/66 "2017-03-18T21:27:48Z")
No, but I can bend the proximal joint of any finger without bending the distal (last) joint. I only know one other person who can do that, and she is also Aspergers. I can also do the one-hand-clapping ^^^, but I haven’t practiced enough to do it really well. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/67 "2017-03-19T15:04:40Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > No, but I can bend the proximal joint of any finger without bending the distal (last) joint. I only know one other person who can do that, and she is also Aspergers. > > I can also do the one-hand-clapping ^^^, but I haven’t practiced enough to do it really well. Now you’ve met another. I didn’t know that it was anything unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240/68 "2017-03-19T15:53:53Z")
Not a single danged finger. Not unless I physically hold my finger straight with my other hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bend-just-the-last-joint-of-your-fingers/200240.md?page=3)