EmpowerHeal Physical Therapy

09/24/2025

What should providers know when working with patients who have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)?

EDS is more than just joint hypermobility — it impacts multiple systems and requires thoughtful, trauma-informed, and individualized care. In this reel, I break down key considerations for clinicians and care teams supporting EDS patients.

🎥 Watch to learn:

Why listening matters more than assumptions

The importance of validating invisible symptoms

How to create safer, more effective care plans

The ideas in this post have been taken from Dr. Leslie Russek's open access document on "Why zebras are not horses".

08/22/2025

Living with EDS, POTS, or MCAS often means more than just joint pain, dizziness, or allergic-type flares—it can also mean bladder leaks, pelvic and bladder pain, or bladder urgency that you might not expect.

Here’s what the data shows:
• 50–60% of people with EDS experience urinary incontinence which is much higher than the general population.
• Among POTS patients, about 25% also have hypermobile EDS and 9% report MCAS.
• Many patients say they notice bladder pain or urgency during MCAS flare-ups—even when tests show no infection.

That’s why at Empowerheal Physical Therapy, we specialize in pelvic‑floor physical therapy tailored to EDS, as well as targeted approaches for EDS‑associated symptoms. We’re here to help you reclaim comfort, function, and control.

08/15/2025

06/12/2025

https://empowerhealpt.com/how-to-relax-your-pelvic-floor/

Relaxation of the pelvic floor prevents tightness, reduces pain, improves function, and supports overall pelvic health. What are the signs that your

06/12/2025

Fibromyalgia? Maybe it is EDS.

06/06/2025

EmpowerHeal Physical Therapy specializes in male pelvic floor therapy, female pelvic floor therapy and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Physical Therapy.

We provide holistic, trauma-informed, compassionate, one-on-one concierge care.

You won't be lying down on the table with a checklist of exercises to do and applying heat/ice. Our sessions include active listening, discussing all pillars of health , hands-on work, graded progressive exercises , home exercise program and collaboration with medical providers in your care.

Everyone is welcome!

06/05/2025

https://empowerhealpt.com/physical-therapy-hypermobility-eds-dc/

Physical therapy for hypermobility, joint stabilization, joint proprioception, balance, EDS (Ehers Danlos /hEDS)

06/05/2025

https://empowerhealpt.com/chronic-prostatitis-pelvic-therapy-dc/

Physical Therapy for prostatitis.Get relief from urinary urgency, frequency, burning, erectile dysfunction, pelvic floor dysfunction