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July 25th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Navigating Menopause with Hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesWhen I hit the menopause or rather it hit me, my life changed dramatically.
Read moreJuly 9th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
If you have hypermobility, pillow struggle is a real thing
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesPillow struggle is a thing. Is there the perfect pillow to hypermobile necks that will help prevent neck and shoulder pain? This is the number one non-movement related question I get emails and questions about.
Read moreJuly 1st, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Managing fatigue and it’s impacts
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesFirst of all, If you have EDS or HSD and suffer from fatigue, you are not alone.
Read moreJune 24th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
What is chronic pain?
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesThe International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage”. Pain is considered chronic if it lasts for longer than 3 months (1).
Read moreJune 17th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Understanding hypermobility in the neck
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesNeck pain is a common issue faced by those of us with hypermobility. I get asked about this so frequently.
Read moreJune 10th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Understanding double-jointed elbows
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesWhy write a whole blog about the elbow joint? Well, the elbow joint is like the knee joint – it is impacted by both the action of the wrist and the shoulder. It is the middleman and often ends up taking the strain for poor mechanics elsewhere.
Read moreJune 3rd, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Managing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome through Exercise
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesHave you been told to exercise to help manage your EDS or HSD? Perhaps you have been given no instruction on how to exercise with this condition. Or perhaps you’ve been told to just do pilates or go swimming. Or maybe you’ve been sent to a physical therapist who doesn’t understand hypermobility and makes things worse?
Read moreMay 28th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Hypermobility and Stretching
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesWe know feeling tight is a common experience in hypermobility. When we have looser joints, our muscles often tighten up to try and stabilize. It can feel good at the time to stretch them. We must remember that our muscles are tight for a reason.
Read moreMay 19th, 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
The EDS Diet by Lorna Ryan
Estimated reading time: 3 minutesWe all consume food and exist in a world where opinion and advice on diet is freely shared. The public is pleased to share tips. Family wishes to impart wisdom. Professional patients keen to share their n=1. Healthcare professionals sometimes slide out of scope to offer recommendations. And no more so than in the niche arena of Hypermobility & Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.
Read moreThe Zebra Club APP
Hypermobility safe, affordable and effective movement, education and community in the comfort of your own home.
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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