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Chronic Pain
October 16th, 2023
Managing Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain with Dr. Leslie Russek
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesNociceptive and neuropathic pain are caused by mechanical factors, inflammation, or disease affecting the tissues
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October 15th, 2023
The 3 Types of Hypermobility Pain by Dr. Leslie Russek
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesPain is a signal from your brain that it perceives danger. There are 3 types of pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and neoplastic.
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April 4th, 2023
Thanks for sticking with me when things got tough
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute“Thanks for sticking with me when things go tough”. I received this at the end of an email from a lovely EDS client. I work with some very complex cases. There are always going to be ups and downs. A condition like EDS or HSD is never linear. I am prepared for the unexpected.
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October 11th, 2022
Relationships and Chronic Pain
Estimated reading time: 4 minutesI recently did a post about pain management. Someone raised the question on the post of ‘how can I communicate my pain to my partner effectively?’
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May 19th, 2022
The Lonely Chronic Illness Life
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesLiving with a chronic illness can sometimes be lonely. It can be difficult for friends and family to really understand how we are feeling and why we don’t ‘get better’. It drives me crazy when people say ‘you just need a good night sleep’ – like it’s a miracle cure.
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April 18th, 2022
What people don’t see when you live with a chronic illness
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesWhat’s it like when you go out out – if you do go out out? Is there a lot of preparation and organisation involved?
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March 21st, 2022
Raising EDS Awareness with Bob and Brad
Estimated reading time: < 1 minuteI 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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January 25th, 2022
Living with Ehlers-Danlos – A Life in Two Halves
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesLike 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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November 18th, 2021
Hypermobility Flare-Up Management
Estimated reading time: 2 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 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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October 13th, 2021
Feeling Accepted With A Chronic Illness
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesWhen 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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September 14th, 2020
The Neglected Stress Impact of a Chronic Illness
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes“Psychological factors can trigger a breathing pattern that might be appropriate to an emergency situation, when no such emergency exists”. This is an extract from a book on breathing pattern disorders. I became so interested in breathing patterns the more I worked with our hypermobile community. Breathing comes first. Movement second.
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October 5th, 2018
How do you explain your pain to others?
Estimated reading time: 2 minutesSeptember was Pain Awareness Month. It’s taken me a while to put pen to paper because this is such a huge subject. I wasn’t sure where to start.
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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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