25/06/2025
Ladies, this is more common than we think. Lipoedema can be managed well with:
🍑nutrition
🏃♀️exercise
💆🏻♀️MLD manual lymphatic drainage
🩱compression garments
It’s Lipoedema Awareness Month!
🦓 ♾️ Did you know about the connections with neurodivergence and EDS/HSD/symptomatic hypermobility?
- Its can occur in all sizes mainly in girls/women
- Fat cannot be lost through diet or exercise as 'normal' fat can and this often leads to stigma
- Presents itself bilaterally and symmetrically throughout the body but normally sparing the hands/feet
- Lipoedema can also cause knock knees, flat feet and many joint problems, which can make walking difficult
- Considered a spectrum of Hypermobile EDS, hEDS, loose connective tissue disorder
- Often people with lipoedema can have anxiety/depression