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If you have hypermobility, pillow struggle is a real thing
EDS, Hypermobility, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

July 9th, 2024

If you have hypermobility, pillow struggle is a real thing

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Pillow 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.

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Should I Squeeze my Glutes when I exercise with hypermobility?
Hypermobility

November 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.

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Relationships and Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

October 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?’

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What really happens when we lock our joints?
Hypermobility

August 22nd, 2022

What really happens when we lock our joints?

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes What happens when we lock our Hypermobile Joints? As someone who always stood with locked knees and picked things up with hyperextended elbows, changing this pattern was really important for my joint health.

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Chronic Illness Exercise – Do you mourn your previous regime?
Hypermobility, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

July 13th, 2022

Chronic Illness Exercise – Do you mourn your previous regime?

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes What’s your relationship with exercise? Has it changed over the years? Did a chronic illness diagnosis change your approach?

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Has the exercise message been movement at any cost?
Hypermobility

June 8th, 2022

Has the exercise message been movement at any cost?

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Have you ever felt the message was ‘movement at any cost? I was speaking with a client recently who felt this was very much the message she had always perceived. We need to exercise, you must do it every day no matter what, even if it takes an hour or more. Regardless of how you feel or what the body is telling you. And if you don’t do them, you are failing or lazy. This is not the way forward. It is not healthy physically or mentally.

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The Lonely Chronic Illness Life
Chronic Pain, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

May 19th, 2022

The Lonely Chronic Illness Life

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Living 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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What people don’t see when you live with a chronic illness
Chronic Pain, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

April 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?

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EDS UK Community Champion Award Winner
Hypermobility

February 17th, 2022

EDS UK Community Champion Award Winner

Estimated reading time: < 1 minute I’m super proud and delighted to receive the Community Champion Award fromy Ehlers-Danlos Support UK. Thank you to Anne Lavery and Nikki Casey Eds for a lovely day when I was presented with my award.

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Living with Ehlers-Danlos – A Life in Two Halves
Chronic Pain, Hypermobility, Lifestyle & Wellbeing

January 25th, 2022

Living with Ehlers-Danlos – A Life in Two Halves

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Like 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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Hypermobility Flare-Up Management
Chronic Pain, Hypermobility

November 18th, 2021

Hypermobility Flare-Up Management

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Can 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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Yes to Self-Care!  Be A Little Selfish
Lifestyle & Wellbeing

July 8th, 2020

Yes to Self-Care! Be A Little Selfish

Estimated reading time: < 1 minute Give yourself (or your pet) a big hug. You’re doing great.

I have a question. How do you look after yourself when things get challenging? I ask because self-care was not something I used to do, certainly not regularly. One thing that lockdown has given me is a new focus on what’s important. Taking care of myself has definitely risen up the agenda.

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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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