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Chronic Pain
December 23rd, 2025
Gentle January: Why it’s OK to go slow
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesEvery year we are bombarded with people trying to sell us perfection. We’re encouraged to lose weight, get a six-pack, or feel our best ever in 2025. There is a pressure to set what could be unrealistic resolutions or goals, that ultimately leave us feeling like we’ve let ourselves down.
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December 10th, 2025
Can Meditation Help with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? A Complete Guide for Beginners
Estimated reading time: 9 minutesThe short answer is yes, meditation can absolutely support people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder.
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November 4th, 2025
Why We Built the New Zebra Club App: Our Vision for the Future of EDS & Hypermobility Support
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesWe have some changes coming to The Zebra Club.
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October 29th, 2025
Trauma-Informed Movement for EDS and Hypermobility: Regulating the Nervous System with the Integral Movement Method
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesWhen we talk about trauma, we often imagine emotional pain or difficult memories.
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September 29th, 2025
Understanding flare-ups in EDS
Estimated reading time: 9 minutesCan 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 the sun and a sudden downpour arrives.
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September 17th, 2025
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).
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August 18th, 2025
Pilates for Hypermobility & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Safer, Stabilizing Approach
Estimated reading time: 9 minutesYou’ve probably been told to ‘try Pilates’ at some point – maybe by a well-meaning doctor or physio.
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August 10th, 2025
The Connection Between Hypermobility, Joint Pain, and Instability
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesJoint pain and instability, including subluxations and dislocations for many people, is probably one of the most challenging aspects of managing symptomatic hypermobility and EDS.
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August 4th, 2025
From Struggling to Walk 10 Meters to Walking 2.5km: How The Zebra Club Helped Ian Reclaim His Life with EDS
Estimated reading time: 5 minutesI first met Ian at an EDS UK men’s online movement class during the pandemic.
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June 23rd, 2025
Tanya’s Story: How The Zebra Club Transformed My Life with EDS
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesThis is a really beautiful story I’d like to share with you. It’s heartwarming, inspiring, and hopefully, gives us all hope of what we can achieve with the right support and solutions at our fingertips.
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June 9th, 2025
Deconditioning in Hypermobility & EDS: It’s Not Just ‘Laziness’
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesHow often do we hear “you’re just deconditioned” – as if that is a personal failing or a lack of effort to maintain our fitness and activity?
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May 27th, 2025
Sebastian’s Experience with The Zebra Club
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesAt The Zebra Club, I am continually inspired by the stories of our members and their demonstrations of perseverance, courage and transformation in the face of chronic pain and complex conditions.
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The 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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