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June 3rd, 2024
Managing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome through Exercise
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Have 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 moreNovember 8th, 2022
Should I Squeeze my Glutes when I exercise with hypermobility?
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Squeezing, pushing, pulling – all words I try to avoid when teaching my hypermobile clients. Why – because they tend to put more tension into the body rather than helping someone move with ease and less pain.
Read moreOctober 11th, 2022
Relationships and Chronic Pain
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I 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?’
Read moreApril 18th, 2022
What people don’t see when you live with a chronic illness
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes What’s it like when you go out out – if you do go out out? Is there a lot of preparation and organisation involved?
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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