09/07/2026
Hypermobility and EDS are hot button topics in the fitness, wellness, neurodivergence communities right now. About 10 years ago, I was looking for answers to why I was injured so often. Well I learned about EDS, I had a really hard time getting a doctor to even screen me for it. So I started learning and working on strategies to keep myself less injured more of the time. I realized that working on “flexibility” was a huge trigger and led to pain, inflammation, muscle tears, and tension headaches. Foam rolling, trigger point, and massage led to much better results. When I eventually got the genetic testing, it came back negative. When I spoke to a specialist in EDS (randomly at the store one day) she told me that Ehlers-Danlos hypermobility isn’t seen in genetic testing. So here’s a reel for everyone who “doesn’t have EDS” but has dislocated and sprained everything, and live with chronic pain. There are strategies.
