We spend a lot of time thinking about our bodies. For those who are lucky to live free from pain or conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), this often focuses our bodies look or the bits we’d like to tone or change. For those of...
One piece of advice every person with a chronic illness must be tired of hearing is that they ‘just need a healthier diet’. We all know that eating more fruit and veg is not going to suddenly cure hypermobility and EDS, however much kale we...
Whilst much of the discussion around hypermobility and EDS focuses on movement, a common source of anxiety, frustration and stress for those living with such conditions comes from the other half of our lives - sleep. Many people living with EDS have huge difficulties when it...
The way we tend to think about Christmas food is pretty static: we stick to the same traditions; we use it as an excuse to over-indulge, and we push any thoughts about healthy eating (or nutritional content) to the very backs of our minds. We resign ourselves...
It’s time we took the stress out of Christmas. Most of us remember the excitement of Christmas as a child – the weeks of build-up, the anticipation of treats and the opening of advent calendar doors, not the mention the exhilaration of waking up on Christmas morning. But as we get...
There are a range of common symptoms suffered by those with hypermobility or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. One of these is a predisposition to headaches and migraines. These can be debilitating. Those who suffer know they cause a lot more than just mild discomfort or annoyance. People living...
Encouraging someone who lives with chronic pain to ‘get moving’ could sound like a misguided, insensitive piece of advice. However, throughout my years as a professional Pilates and movement coach (not to mention during my years of ill health) I’ve seen time and again the...
I read a fascinating article on the BBC website which examined the results of some recent research into happiness. It turns out that time, not material goods, raises our levels of happiness. There is now this new phenomenon – Time Famine, where people are increasingly...
In my time as a professional Pilates instructor and wellness coach, I’ve come across countless people who have lived for years with undiagnosed joint pain and movement issues. Helping them understand what hypermobility is and how it might be causing their varying levels of discomfort,...
When the conversation turns to health, the concern for a lot of people is with illness; being healthy is seen as an absence of illness. But this attitude actually leaves people more vulnerable to becoming unwell, as the actions they take for their health are...