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March 13th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
What is Post Exertional Malaise (PEM)?
Post Exertional Malaise seems to be a hot topic right now. PEM is a cardinal symptom of ME/CFS. While fatigue is very common in my hypermobile patients, the fatigue experienced with ME/CFS can be different. I know, I have ME/CFS myself as do many of The Zebra Club members. I asked Emily Rich to explain more about PEM and how it may change the approach to exercise.
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March 7th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
POTS and Exercise with Emily Rich, OT
Occupational therapist and researcher Emily Rich shares her expertise and advice when it comes to exercising with POTS.
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February 7th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Fascia and hEDS
Fascia is connected to the way we live and move in the world. It tenses up when we feel threatened, loosens when we’re happy and at ease, and it’s responsible for sensations like prickling at the back of your neck. It also has an elastic quality, contracting and expanding, and stores and releases the kinetic energy from our body’s movement.
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December 7th, 2023 | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Hypermobility Holiday Gift Guide
We have compiled this massive Hypermobility gift guide! Hopefully, you can find something for yourself or the hypermobile people in your life. These suggestions have been recommended by The Zebra Club Community members and team.
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October 16th, 2023 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
Nociplastic Pain and the Sensitive Nervous System
Dr. Leslie Russek, scientific advisor to The Zebra Club, joins us to discuss nociplastic pain and how we can regulate a sensitized nervous system.
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October 16th, 2023 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Managing Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain with Dr. Leslie Russek
Nociceptive and neuropathic pain are caused by mechanical factors, inflammation, or disease affecting the tissues
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October 15th, 2023 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
The 3 Types of Hypermobility Pain by Dr. Leslie Russek
Pain is a signal from your brain that it perceives danger. There are 3 types of pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and neoplastic.
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June 14th, 2023 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
How trauma led me to hypermobility movement therapy
“English is my second language. Movement is my first.” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. I heard this a while ago and it really resonated with me. I’m not sure where I’d be if I hadn’t found movement therapy. For me, movement is so much more than exercise. It’s so much deeper than simple mechanics.
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May 3rd, 2023 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes
Creating safety in our own hypermobile bodies is key
“When we feel safe, we can be whoever we were meant to be”. Stephen Porges, author of The Polyvagal Theory, said this at an event I attended with him. I have been curious and passionate about creating a sense of safety for myself and my clients since I created my Integral Movement Method.
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