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EXCITING LONDON WORKSHOP NEWS! It’s FINALLY happening! I’m so excited to share with you my upcoming Hypermobility 101 Workshop that’s taking place in London next month on Saturday July 27th 🙂 HYPERMOBILITY 101 WORKSHOP I was going to call this workshop “Everything I Wish People Knew About Hypermobility, hEDS, and HSD” but that seemed like a mouthful. […]

Find out if an Online Appointment is right for you! Online appointments have exploded in popularity since 2020. But is working with a hypermobility specialist online the right option for your current needs and symptoms? I initially felt embarrassed when I started offering online appointments back in 2020, as they seemed so pointless. As an […]

Rethinking Posture for Hypermobile Bodies Last week I released episode 14 of the Help I’m Hypermobile Podcast and it was all about POSTURE! Confusion stemming from conflicting (and often injury-inducing) advice around posture is one of the most common issues I have to address with patients in clinic in my work as a UK registered […]

Episode 14 of the Help! I’m Hypermobile Podcast Transcript Episode Title: Posture and Hypermobility: Why What You Think You Know About Posture is Probably Wrong Date released: 09/05/2024 Podcast Audio and Video Available at: Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Spotify Apple Podcasts And everywhere else you listen to podcasts! TRANSCRIPT Hey, I’m Hypermobile and if you’re listening to this, […]

My Checklist of Things I Wish Every Hypermobile Person Knew About Pregnancy Hypermobile connective tissue has wide-ranging and profound effects on everything for affected individuals, including their experience of pregnancy. In this episode of the Help! I’m Hypermobile podcast I shared my perspective as a Hypermobility Specialist Osteopath on a few things that I wish […]

If you were to ask me a few years ago if posting about hypermobility would ever turn into THIS (Podcast, Online Community, TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, Digital Downloads, and my entire clinical practice) I would never have believed you. But, here we are!   The Home For Hypermobile People Online Growth is hard, and the last […]

Manual Therapy Left Me Disappointed and Feeling Worse. So What’s the Point In Trying Again? I get giving up on physiotherapy. I’ve been there and felt exactly the same way. You finally found the time and money to go see a physiotherapist/osteopath/chiropractor (to keep the word count down you’ll hear me refer to all of […]

Real Reviews from Patients with Complex, Chronic, and Hypermobility-Related Injuries I’m so grateful to every patient who has taken the time to share their experience with me. By sending in a review patients help me to understand what they found particularly helpful about their treatment so that I can do even better in future. Thank […]

2 Surprising Reasons Why Hypermobile People Are Tired Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms hypermobile patients experience.  READING TIME: 5 MINUTES (1 CUP OF COFFEE) Although it’s difficult to find statistics on it (as with many things hypermobility-related), my conservative estimate is that at least half of my patients mention fatigue as a […]

What Autosomal Dominance Means For You If You Have HSD/hEDS As I explained in a previous post, it’s really important that we think carefully about what we’re referring to when we use the term “hypermobility.” You can read “What is Hypermobility? Hypermobility vs Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder vs Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome” HERE Today we’ll be […]