Hypermobility Doctor

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Online physical therapy, personal training and consultations with a Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in hypermobility (HSD, hEDS), and the prevention and treatment of associated pain and dysfunction.

Ideally, a good diet would supply all the nutrients we need, and good whole foods should always be the starting point. ...
05/21/2026

Ideally, a good diet would supply all the nutrients we need, and good whole foods should always be the starting point. Unfortunately, the modern day diet does not supply everything we need in sufficient amounts. It is for example lower in magnesium than it used to be, leading to a large percentage of the population being magnesium deficient.

More importantly, perhaps, states of ill health or imbalance may contribute to deficiencies, or increase our need for certain nutrients.

Non- nutrient supplements can also be used in a medicinal sense, e.g. to decrease levels of inflammation, to support parasympathetic, nervous system activity or deepen sleep.

There are many more supplements that can be useful in hypermobility disorders, such as HSD and EDS. This post highlights only a few of them.

While rare, paradoxical and other unwanted reactions can occur, so proceed gently, with caution and ideally under knowledgeable guidance.

What supplements have you found useful in your particular case?

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Share your favorite tools and supports in the comments!💝📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 sc...
05/19/2026

Share your favorite tools and supports in the comments!💝

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➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
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EDS/ HSD affects the whole body, including the central nervous system. How long before practitioners learn to treat it a...
05/15/2026

EDS/ HSD affects the whole body, including the central nervous system. How long before practitioners learn to treat it as such, and educate patients accordingly?
The bits and piece an approach is not supporting patients appropriately and is trapping people in needless dysfunction.

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“I’ve heard hypermobile people should never stretch” . True or false?First of all, it’s a good practice to suspect any s...
05/14/2026

“I’ve heard hypermobile people should never stretch” . True or false?

First of all, it’s a good practice to suspect any statements that start with “always” or “nothing”. That sort of generalization and oversimplification does not really have any place in biology. What you need as an individual in any specific moment varies.

That being said, felt muscular tightness in hypermobility disorders is not a phenomenon occurring due to lack of stretching, and therefore stretching is not the main remedy for it.

The hypermobile body experiences lack of stability for a number of reasons, and our brain, in charge of understanding and organizing movement based on all of this, is often functioning with incomplete and confusing data. This makes it interpret the situation as less clear, and less safe, and a reasonable intervention, then is to limit movement, make us careful by creating pain with movement, and bracing for stability and protection.

Unfortunately, the large movement muscles that are involved in muscular bracing loose blood supply at only approximately 30% of their maximum contraction when held statically over a long period of time. This leads to loss of oxygen) which is brought to the tissue through the blood). Low oxygen levels in a tissue lower, the pH and trigger nociceptive signaling to the brain leading to pain.

Decreasing muscle tightness and pain therefore becomes a multi pronged intervention: improving stability, improving the coordination of sensory input, calming the nervous system, and increasing a state of felt safety.

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➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
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➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
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Pain in the neck and shoulders is one of the most common complaints of people with hypermobility disorders. Here are a f...
05/12/2026

Pain in the neck and shoulders is one of the most common complaints of people with hypermobility disorders. Here are a few, along with some additional suggestions for things to think about when correcting the underlying reasons. What other reasons can you think of?

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➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
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➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
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So many of my new patients have headaches as one of their main symptoms. So did I! In so many cases, what they are suffe...
05/08/2026

So many of my new patients have headaches as one of their main symptoms. So did I!

In so many cases, what they are suffering from is blood pooling in the lower part of the body or low blood volume. Increasing your salt intake, along with other electrolytes as needed (a high quality absorbable magnesium in sufficient amounts, spread across the day is huge for headaches) can do wonders, especially y when combined with PT for the musculoskeletal aspects.

Remember to also have your symptoms evaluated to rule out other causes of headaches, dizziness, fatigue etc , but don’t miss out on the salt connection if everything else has been ruled out.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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I’m in EDS/HSD we’re managing not only muscles, joints and fascia, but an unsure nervous system prone to protective tigh...
05/06/2026

I’m in EDS/HSD we’re managing not only muscles, joints and fascia, but an unsure nervous system prone to protective tightness and pain.

How can we still train, stabilize and strengthen our body without ending up in more pain instead?

Slowmetrics is a method I teach my patients, and also use as part of my own personal approach.

Moving slowly loads muscles through time instead of weights. The slow movement makes it much easier to stay stable, in good form, stop before going too far. It helps our brain feel safer during the movement, and this in turn makes it easier to use appropriate muscles instead of protective muscular bracing and stiffness.

Progression is easy: you simply gradually make small movements, bigger and bigger. You can even add a little bit of weight when ready, but the main focus remains on stabilization.

Slowmetrics makes it easier to exercise without irritating the body or scaring the brain.

Does it sound like something? You’d be curious to try?

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

Hypermobility affects the whole body and can create symptoms that can be hard to understand and get help with. The examp...
05/04/2026

Hypermobility affects the whole body and can create symptoms that can be hard to understand and get help with.

The examples in this post are just that, examples. Every symptom has more potential underlying reasons than the one attached to it. My main intention with this post is to show you that even if your friends, family members or healthcare professionals, don’t understand how the symptoms relate to your EDS/HSD/hypermobility disorder., they do, and when the connections are understood, you’re one step closer to the solution.

What “mysterious symptoms” have you wondered about?

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➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
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➡️ consultations 🌍

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Alert: feeling stiffer, wobblier, in MORE pain after you rest can be addressed!Have you experienced this?📣If you’d like ...
05/02/2026

Alert: feeling stiffer, wobblier, in MORE pain after you rest can be addressed!

Have you experienced this?

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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If you’ve ever wondered if this mess of symptoms you’re experiencing is random or interconnected, you’re thinking correc...
04/30/2026

If you’ve ever wondered if this mess of symptoms you’re experiencing is random or interconnected, you’re thinking correctly (while your medical providers are probably missing the connections).

One such connection is the very common symptom of abdominal bloating affecting trunk stability.

A lack of trunk stability does not only affect the trunk, but it affects how the hip muscles and the legs work.

Put another way: lack of stability upstream creates an increased demand, lower down, a demand that the body more often than not can’t meet, leading to symptoms.

Always think holistically when you’re trying to trace where your symptoms are arising from. Only treating the root cause stands a chance at success!

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

🪄There’s no magic bullet for living in a body with EDS or HSD. But there is a lifestyle that can make the best of your u...
04/24/2026

🪄There’s no magic bullet for living in a body with EDS or HSD. But there is a lifestyle that can make the best of your unique body. It is based on understanding your individual needs and living according to them on an ongoing basis. I call it “knowing the make and model of your body” and giving it the right fuel, the frequent pit stops and the use that allows it to work at its best.

📣If you’d like to work with me online, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling an appointment for:
➡️ therapeutic exercise coaching
for hypermobility 🌍
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL)🇺🇸
➡️ consultations 🌍

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This post is offered for informational purposes only and does not constitute specific advice for any given individual. Always take your individual circumstances into account before implementing changes.

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