Not Just Bendy

13/01/2026

We have some exciting news! Our wonderful physio Laurel is coming back on the 24th of January after having been on maternity leave 👶♥️

At the moment she has limited availability and will only be working a few hours on most Saturdays each month in order to balance work with spending time at home with her new baby.

If you would like to enquire about an appointment with Laurel, please contact our reception team on 07 3123 4826 or email at us reception@notjustbendy.com to discuss her availability ✨

While we'll try our best to accommodate appointment requests, we may not be able to schedule everyone due to her limited hours.

02/01/2026

If you've yet to hear of the new documentary "Complicated" - following the lives of 7 families living with hypermobility and invisible conditions (like EDS) - then next week is your chance to see it!

Connected Health Alliance will be streaming it next week from the 8th-13th of January. You can purchase a single ticket for $20 or a streaming partying ticket (of up to 5 people) with the ability to view it as many times as you'd like during the period it's streaming for.

All the ticket proceeds go to Connected Health Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation helping Australians with hypermobility conditions ❤️

Tickets here 👇
https://events.humanitix.com/cha-complicated?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGnpBWJKIR-m9o445eUtV2XHF_aheIE0z_67OEyn_vVLFkXU_GSAqXw6PX7Y9E_aem_GVSmRXkoAvJEPcd4Cp0XIA

01/01/2026

✨ Reflecting on an incredible 2025 and looking ahead ✨

2025 was a truly remarkable year for hypermobility care and for NJB. So much has been achieved, and we’re incredibly proud of how far our community has come.

Some special milestones in the world of hypermobility included:

🦓 The EDS Global Learning Conference coming to Brisbane for the first time - with our principle physio Sharon Hennessey and senior physio Maria proudly presenting alongside global leaders in hypermobility care
🦓 Exciting new research was released, driving meaningful progress in our understanding of EDS & HSD
🦓 Celebrating EDS & HSD Awareness Month in May, complete with our team discovering the joys of zebra fashion 🦓

This year also brought the joy of welcoming many incredible new clients into our clinic, and meeting their much-loved support and service animals, who have truly made our days 🐾

As always, we continue striving forward - to grow, to learn, and to better support people living with hypermobility and its associated conditions, while delivering the highest standard of clinical care to our clients.

Over the past year, we’ve been fortunate to grow our amazing team, allowing us to expand our capacity and support more people with hypermobility than ever before.

None of this would be possible without the trust, collaboration, and ongoing support of our incredible team, clients, and referrers. We are so grateful for the constant encouragement and belief you place in us.

2026 is shaping up to be another exciting year, and we can’t wait to share the journey with you.

From all of us at NJB, we wish you and everyone in our wider community a happy, healthy, and hopeful New Year ahead ♥️✨

30/12/2025

A big thank you to all our lovely clients who brought in snacks and goodies for us this Christmas ♥️🎄

We had a client bring us in an amazing homemade cake and cookies for our Christmas lunch - which we all thoroughly enjoyed! And we received another thoughtful gift today of some fabulous sweets and snack that will absolutely be devoured by our physios in the lunch room 👀

Thank you again for all the love this holiday season 🎁🎄

23/12/2025

A little peek at our wonderful NJB Secret Santa lunch and Christmas party! 🎄🎁

We all had such a blast today with our Christmas lunch and Secret Santa 🎉

Everyone contributed and brought in a dish for everyone to share and we cannot thank them enough for all the love and effort into this little lunch.

We were also blessed to have our emerging physio Tina sing karaoke jingle bells for us in both English and Mandarin! She did a great job despite a few technical difficulties from her bluetooth microphone that had us all laughing with her 😂🎤

Not long ago we also had our NJB Christmas party with our wonderful principal physio, Sharon, treating us all to an escape room and dinner at The Boundary Hotel ✨

Throughout these two events we all had such a fantastic time with lots of joy, laughter and fun. It always feels good to spread some holiday fun with some gifts and a good time ❤️

We hope everyone out there has a wonderful holiday period!

22/12/2025

A huge congratulations to one of our lovely clients Carrie-Anne, who was awarded goalie of the year from Para Ice Hockey Queensland! 🎉🧊🏒

We absolutely love seeing our bendy clients succeed at the things they love ♥️

Take a look at her awesome tape too, we love the patterning on it 👀

20/12/2025

We're a few weeks into summer now so be sure to check out our POTS summer tips for ways to keep cool this summer! 🌞⛱️

18/12/2025

A great resource for those with EDS wanting to help participate in research surveys 💙

The Ehlers-Danlos Society posts research surveys that have IRB approval to give the community the opportunity to take part in research.

Currently, we have open surveys from researchers studying topics including barriers to vEDS care, ocular diagnoses and surgery, diagnostic delay in hEDS and HSD, and chronic lower limb pain in adolescents.

To learn more about how to take part visit https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/our-research/research-surveys/

16/12/2025

📢 NJB public holiday clinic closures!

The Not Just Bendy clinic will be closed for:

🎄 Christmas Day, December 25th
🎁 Boxing Day, December 26th
🎆 New Years Day, January 1st

We're wishing everyone a wonderful holiday period - whether it's for Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule or any December celebration ❤️

10/12/2025

We had a very productive inservice recently reviewing what our team learned from Mark Comerford on Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and the techniques for treating it 👀

Each of our physios got to test their skills on one another, learning and giving feedback on each technique they performed.

Keeping our practical and clinical skills top notch is so important for us to provide the best care we can! We always make sure to set aside time for our physios to keep learning, growing and honing their skills. 💪

01/12/2025

🦓🎉 Welcome Anna ! 🦓🎉

We're thrilled to introduce the newest addition to our team, Anna !

Anna graduated from the University of Queensland in 2016 and has since been dedicated to helping patients improve their health, restore movement, and achieve their functional goals. She has worked across a range of conditions to deliver individualised treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Having hypermobility herself, Anna understands the unique challenges it can present with and recognises the limited support often available for people with symptomatic hypermobility. This experience inspired her to develop a strong professional interest in helping others manage their symptoms, improve joint stability, and build confidence in movement.

With over 9 years experience as a physiotherapist Anna is dedicated to expanding her expertise in the management of hEDS/HSD, and their associated symptoms through continuous professional development. She is actively engaged in personal mentoring with principal physiotherapist Sharon Hennessey, refining her clinical approach and staying at the forefront of evidence-based practices in hypermobility-related conditions.

Anna is committed to evidence-based practice, having completed further training in Acupuncture, Dry Needling, Pilates and Women’s Health. She also has level 1 & 2 women’s health/pelvic floor physiotherapy training. This allows her to assist with stress incontinence, urge incontinence, pelvic floor weakness and pelvic floor over-activity issues. These skills, blended with her training in hypermobility, give her a unique perspective into problems around the hips, pelvis and back.

To learn more about Anna, check out her bio on our website. For further inquiries, please contact us by emailing our reception team at reception@notjustbendy.com

24/11/2025

It's fantastic that we're finally beginning to see research into hypermobility and long covid!

There's been so many reports from those with hypermobility being effected by long covid since the beginning of the pandemic, and it's a relief that we now have some science on how it's effecting people to back it up 💙