The Zebrastrong Blog

Managing your pain starts with learning what works for you, your body and your lifestyle. That’s why my blog is about more than techniques for managing pain. Here you’ll also find strategies for coping with the emotional and social aspects too.

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What people don’t see when you live with a chronic illness
Chronic pain, Lifestyle

April 18th, 2022 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes

What people don’t see when you live with a chronic illness

What’s it like when you go out out – if you do go out out? Is there a lot of preparation and organisation involved? I have friends who don’t have EDS or chronic illness. They fill their weekends with activities from morning till night – doing multiple things in one day. And they don’t seem that tired.

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Raising EDS Awareness with Bob and Brad
Chronic pain, Hypermobility

March 21st, 2022 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes

Raising EDS Awareness with Bob and Brad

I am delighted to have teamed up with the most famous physical therapists on the internet (in their opinion of course) – Bob and Brad. If you know them, the theme tune to their famous YouTube channel is probably running through your head right now.

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EDS UK Community Champion Award Winner
Hypermobility

February 17th, 2022 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes

EDS UK Community Champion Award Winner

I’m super proud and delighted to receive the Community Champion Award fromy Ehlers-Danlos Support UK. Thank you to Anne Lavery and Nikki Casey Eds for a lovely day when I was presented with my award.

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Living with Ehlers-Danlos – A Life in Two Halves
Chronic pain, Hypermobility, Lifestyle

January 25th, 2022 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Living with Ehlers-Danlos – A Life in Two Halves

Like many of us, I used to see my life in two halves. Pre motherhood, I lived with symptoms on a daily basis like muscular pain, daily migraines, digestive issues (diagnosed as IBS aged 12). I thought everyone had issues every day.

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Hypermobility Flare-Up Management
Chronic pain, Hypermobility

November 18th, 2021 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Hypermobility Flare-Up Management

Can we ever really be prepared for a flare-up? And when they arrive, how do we manage them? They can be as unpredictable as the rain. You dress for sun and a sudden downpour arrives. Sometimes we definitely know rain is coming and we can pack an umbrella but sometimes rain, like a flare-up, can appear when the sky seemed so blue. We just weren’t expecting it.

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Feeling Accepted With A Chronic Illness
Chronic pain

October 13th, 2021 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Feeling Accepted With A Chronic Illness

When I attended my first EDS The Ehlers-Danlos Society conference in Las Vegas in 2017, around 50% of my clients had EDS and hypermobility with pain. I was kindly invited to speak by Lara Bloom CEO of The EDS Society.  I had just released the first online hypermobility course, Strengthen Your Hypermobile Core.

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Finding Your Range Hypermobility Podcast : Season 1 Overview
Hypermobility

July 18th, 2021 | Estimated reading time: < 1 minutes

Finding Your Range Hypermobility Podcast : Season 1 Overview

Season 1 of this dedicated hypermobility podcast has ended, but we will be back in the Autumn with more amazing and inspiring guests. This was my first attempt at a Podcast, and I have absolutely loved every minute of it. I have had the privilege to interview zebras and experts at the top of their game.

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Soft is the new strong in hypermobility
Hypermobility

May 6th, 2021 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Soft is the new strong in hypermobility

Soft is the new strong. This seems the total wrong thing – when we feel loose and disjointed, surely we should be bracing to hold it all together. I discovered that led to more pain and fatigue. So I went soft.

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The Impact of Hypermobile Knees
Hypermobility

April 9th, 2021 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

The Impact of Hypermobile Knees

Hyperextension of the knees in hypermobility is common. I used the adopt the strangest of standing postures from simple knee locking to crossing one leg over the other or actually wrapping one leg around the other one.

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The Zebra Club APP

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The Zebra Club app is a programme based on the Integral Movement Method. In this programme I will carefully guide you through safe exercises to manage your pain.

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