Does Losing Weight Cause More Subluxations if You’re Hypermobile?
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. It’s not uncommon for people with hypermobility and EDS to be told, almost reflexively, that losing weight will help their joints. And for a large portion of the population without connective tissue disorders, that advice is broadly correct. Less load on the […]
Hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Your Pelvic Floor: A Comprehensive Guide
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. If you’ve ever been described as or told you are “double jointed” unusually bendy or hypermobile this article is written with you in mind. For a long time, hypermobility has been treated as a party trick or at best a joint […]
Internal Tibial Rotation Exercises for Hypermobility: Improve Knee & Ankle Stability
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. If your knees feel like they’re always one step behind the rest of your body, or your ankles like to give way even when you’re standing still, then you’re in the right place. It’s something we see all the time. Wobbly […]
Double Jointed Elbows: Understanding Hypermobility
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. Is it common for people to comment on your unusually bent elbows, calling you “double jointed”? It’s a common expression, typically delivered with a blend of interest and laughter. However, “double jointed” isn’t a term used in medicine. In the context […]
Wrist pain and hypermobility
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. Wrist pain is a pretty common struggle for many with hypermobility, particularly those with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Talk to anyone with hypermobility, or do a quick search on Reddit, and you will find some very common themes. Many describe a persistent struggle […]
Shoulder Blade Exercises For Fibromyalgia
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. Pain in the shoulder blade and neck area is a common complaint that we hear a lot from our Fibromyalgia clients. It’s not uncommon for pain and fatigue to change how we move, how we sit, and how we use our […]
Hypermobility Knee Pain/Instability Exercises
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. I’ve worked with knee instability and pain for a very long time, and I find that people, generally, have so many complaints with the specific knee exercises that are targeted to those with hypermobility and Ehlers Danlos syndrome that other practitioners […]
TMJD Exercises
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. Please click below if you would prefer to listen to this article on Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction. We have worked with clients for a long time, and many present with Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJD). These clients all seem to have tried the […]
Hypermobility Rib Subluxation: A Practical Guide
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. For those living with hypermobility/Ehlers Danlos syndrome, there a multitude of factors that can interplay to cause pain, increase Ehlers Danlos Syndrome symptoms, and an often-overlooked cause is rib subluxations. Prior to working with those with hypermobility, I didn’t even think […]
Hypermobile Flat Feet: A Hypermobility Exercise
This article is part of our comprehensive guide to exercise and rehabilitation for hypermobility. Those with hypermobility may have what is coined “flat feet” (which can also be referred to as “collapsed arches” or “fallen arches). This is where the muscles of the foot aren’t able to fully support our structures above. There seems to be […]