Comprehensive Exercise Physiology for Hypermobility Spectrum, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Associated Conditions

How can you exercise with hEDS/HSD? This is one of the most common questions among hypermobile members. They report various difficulties related to exercise – unstable joints, chronic pain, postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) getting in the way, limiting gastric symptoms and of course fatigue. Well, exercise (and movement in general) actually forms one of the mainstays of managing hEDS/HSD and can offer you the capacity to hopefully improve your functional ability, allowing you to achieve more goals in life.

You can work with our Accredited Exercise Physiologists and get

  • Individualised support + guidance with movement programs for complex and complicated presentations

  • Specific joint and muscle assessments and techniques to assist with pain for your neck, headaches, shoulders, back, pelvis, hips, knees + feet.

  • A safe space to help you improve your endurance and build strength, while learning to pace and manage associated symptoms such as fatigue.

  • Learn how to retrain your muscles to provide support for unstable joints.

  • Hands on assistance to assist with mobilisation of joints, and alignment of your ribcage and pelvis.

  • Communcation with your GP, specialists and other members of your team.

  • Support and guidance to build confidence and strength to attend our Clinical or group reformer classes or strength classes.

  • Education and knowledge is key

    • Why are you stiff, and what is the best ways to manage it

    • Development of pain management strategies

    • discussion of non-musculoskeletal symptoms that are commonly related to hypermobility such as POTS/Dysautonomia/Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia.

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