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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.
Read moreJune 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?
Read moreMay 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.
Read moreMay 21st, 2025
Hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & Physical Therapy
Estimated reading time: 9 minutesHave you been referred to physical therapy or physiotherapy to manage your symptomatic hypermobility?
Read moreApril 8th, 2025
Fascia and Proprioception in Hypermobility and EDS
Estimated reading time: 9 minutesI first started learning about fascia back in 2010 when I attended an in depth anatomy course over the course of a year. It included the wonderful opportunity to attend a cadaver dissection and see and touch this amazing connective tissue we all have.
Read moreMarch 24th, 2025
Working with Scar Tissue: Generally, and in the Context of EDS
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesI’m delighted to hear from Jan Trewartha on this blog. Jan will share her expertise on scars and adhesions. Aside from being an amazing scar worker, Jan is also the founder of The Fascia Hub.
Read moreMarch 10th, 2025
How to Recognize Hypermobility Symptoms and Diagnostic Criteria
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesHave you ever noticed that your joints move way more than other people’s? Maybe you can easily place the palms of your hands on the floor or bend your fingers back further than seems normal.
Read moreFebruary 24th, 2025
Best exercises and stretches for lower back pain
Estimated reading time: 5 minutesI became interested in learning more about the mechanics of back pain after my initial Pilates training. So many people who attend Pilates classes start because they have pain, often back pain. I trained to become a back care specialist in 2009 and started running weekly back pain classes.
Read moreFebruary 14th, 2025
Why does my lower back hurt when walking?
Estimated reading time: 8 minutesThe current advice to to manage low back pain is to stay active (1), but what if walking – one of the most easy and accessible ways to stay active – results in pain?
Read moreFebruary 10th, 2025
Understanding temporomandibular disorders in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)
Estimated reading time: 6 minutesI’ve shared in a previous blog how my adolescence was plagued by TMJ pain and locking overnight. I struggled to chew food, and it would constantly click. The jaw joint, like any other in the body, relies on stability and proper muscular support. I had some imbalances at that time that caused daily pain.
Read moreJanuary 13th, 2025
The link between fibromyalgia and hypermobility
Estimated reading time: 7 minutesFibromyalgia and symptomatic hypermobility are often debilitating conditions and have overlapping symptoms. Patients presenting with muscular and joint pain and fatigue can frequently be diagnosed with fibromyalgia when, in fact, an Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome diagnosis might have been missed.
Read moreJanuary 2nd, 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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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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