Hypermobility Doctor

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Online physical therapy, personal training and consultations with a Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in hypermobility (HSD, hEDS), and the prevention and treatment of associated pain and dysfunction.

So many things about EDS/HSD can seem confusing, and the fact that a a lot of what is being said about these conditions ...
06/04/2026

So many things about EDS/HSD can seem confusing, and the fact that a a lot of what is being said about these conditions isn’t true — not even if spoken with confidence — doesn’t help create clarity.

Many of my patients have been told that their “EDS will get better when they get (older and) stiffer”. This is a statement that reveals a lack of understanding hypermobility.

Stiffness and stability are two very different concepts. The former usually feel uncomfortable, the latter should be the goals of rehabilitation for hypermobility-related syndromes.

Have you ever been led to believe that stiffness is helpful?

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes and consult a knowledgeable professional well versed in the treatment of hypermobility-related conditions.

It is important to take the unique nature, capacity, and challenges of the hypermobile body into account in the rehabili...
05/29/2026

It is important to take the unique nature, capacity, and challenges of the hypermobile body into account in the rehabilitation of people with EDS/HSD.

In hypermobile individuals treating one issue at a time makes a little sense as the whole body lacks stability, is affected by strain on the economic system, the vascular system and a gastrointestinal system.

We are fortunate to live in a world where geographical constraint are no longer the obstacle they used to be. If you can’t find an experienced and knowledgeable PT/Physio in your immediate area, there are many options online.

What matters is that the care is appropriate to you.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes and consult a knowledgeable professional well versed in the treatment of hypermobility-related conditions.

When treating symptoms that are arising from the effects of hypermobility we need to proceed with the unique nature of t...
05/29/2026

When treating symptoms that are arising from the effects of hypermobility we need to proceed with the unique nature of the hypermobile body in mind.

Fortunately, we live in a world where geography is no longer the limitation it used to be. If you can’t find an experienced and knowledgeable practitioner in your area, there are many options online.

Treating one symptom and body part at a time in a body that lacks stability all over does not tend to be an effective and safe approach. Your body needs a holistic approach that helps you gradually and safely improve function.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes and consult a knowledgeable professional well versed in the treatment of hypermobility-related conditions.

syndrome

When your symptoms are arising from some aspect of your physiology or experience that is unique to hypermobility, this h...
05/29/2026

When your symptoms are arising from some aspect of your physiology or experience that is unique to hypermobility, this has to be taken into account in your treatment.

Your body has specific needs, as does your mind. You often need more time, and you need a holistic approach because treating only one part of a structure that lacks stability as a whole is not an effective strategy.

We are fortunate to live in a world where geography is no longer than limiting factor that it used to be. If you can’t find experienced and knowledgeable practitioners in your geographical area, there are many options online.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes and consult a knowledgeable professional well versed in the treatment of hypermobility-related conditions.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:➡️ therapeutic exercise coac...
05/27/2026

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:➡️ therapeutic exercise coac...
05/25/2026

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

Ideally, a good diet would supply all the nutrients we need, and good whole foods should always be the starting point. ...
05/21/2026

Ideally, a good diet would supply all the nutrients we need, and good whole foods should always be the starting point. Unfortunately, the modern day diet does not supply everything we need in sufficient amounts. It is for example lower in magnesium than it used to be, leading to a large percentage of the population being magnesium deficient.

More importantly, perhaps, states of ill health or imbalance may contribute to deficiencies, or increase our need for certain nutrients.

Non- nutrient supplements can also be used in a medicinal sense, e.g. to decrease levels of inflammation, to support parasympathetic, nervous system activity or deepen sleep.

There are many more supplements that can be useful in hypermobility disorders, such as HSD and EDS. This post highlights only a few of them.

While rare, paradoxical and other unwanted reactions can occur, so proceed gently, with caution and ideally under knowledgeable guidance.

What supplements have you found useful in your particular case?

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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Share your favorite tools and supports in the comments!💝📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 sc...
05/19/2026

Share your favorite tools and supports in the comments!💝

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

EDS/ HSD affects the whole body, including the central nervous system. How long before practitioners learn to treat it a...
05/15/2026

EDS/ HSD affects the whole body, including the central nervous system. How long before practitioners learn to treat it as such, and educate patients accordingly?
The bits and piece an approach is not supporting patients appropriately and is trapping people in needless dysfunction.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

# hEDSPT

“I’ve heard hypermobile people should never stretch” . True or false?First of all, it’s a good practice to suspect any s...
05/14/2026

“I’ve heard hypermobile people should never stretch” . True or false?

First of all, it’s a good practice to suspect any statements that start with “always” or “nothing”. That sort of generalization and oversimplification does not really have any place in biology. What you need as an individual in any specific moment varies.

That being said, felt muscular tightness in hypermobility disorders is not a phenomenon occurring due to lack of stretching, and therefore stretching is not the main remedy for it.

The hypermobile body experiences lack of stability for a number of reasons, and our brain, in charge of understanding and organizing movement based on all of this, is often functioning with incomplete and confusing data. This makes it interpret the situation as less clear, and less safe, and a reasonable intervention, then is to limit movement, make us careful by creating pain with movement, and bracing for stability and protection.

Unfortunately, the large movement muscles that are involved in muscular bracing loose blood supply at only approximately 30% of their maximum contraction when held statically over a long period of time. This leads to loss of oxygen) which is brought to the tissue through the blood). Low oxygen levels in a tissue lower, the pH and trigger nociceptive signaling to the brain leading to pain.

Decreasing muscle tightness and pain therefore becomes a multi pronged intervention: improving stability, improving the coordination of sensory input, calming the nervous system, and increasing a state of felt safety.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

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