Recovery Sports Therapy, Inc

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Recovery Sports Therapy, Inc

We help active people in central Massachusetts recover from injury, get back to playing their sport, and stay in the gym.

We also help people with unique needs of a connective tissue disorder.

10/01/2025

Join us in wishing our founder, Dr. Nicole Dumas, a very Happy Birthday! 🥳 We wish you a wonderful day and year ahead! 🎉

09/22/2025

Our Self Care September Promo is now running! Be sure to check it out 🍁🍂

09/03/2025

Be sure to grab your ticket to this event!
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Sunrise Wellness & Holistic Health

08/20/2025

Join us on September 18, 2025 6pm-7:30pm for a special webinar presentation "Hypermobile, Not Helpless: Managing EDS through PT and Holistic Healing. Link to event is below:

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08/11/2025

🌟 Hypermobile, Not Helpless 🌟
Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome can feel overwhelming—pain, fatigue, and flare-ups that seem to run your life. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Join us for a live workshop with a licensed Physical Therapist and a Holistic Practitioner who truly understand EDS.

06/30/2025

Happy Birthday to these ladies! Both Jen and Bree are celebrating birthdays today! 🥳🎉🎊

05/19/2025

Every muscle fiber, bone, organ, and blood vessel in the human body is enveloped in fascia, like a casing of connective tissue.

With EDS and other Hypermobility disorders directly impacting connective tissue, fascial pain is sometimes the strongest culprit of body stiffness and pain.

But fascia is delicate. It requires softness and care, in order to help us feel ease. Fascia supports us and many systems in the body, but in trying to protect us, it can also aggravate the symptoms that many of us struggle daily with.

Fascial massage--or Myofascial Release--involves applying gentle, sustained pressure to areas of tightened-up fascia, to help restore movement, improve flexibility, and reduce pain. If you are seeking help with chronic pain caused by hypermobility, giving your fascia a chance to relax may greatly improve those symptoms; give Recovery a call!

05/12/2025

In this post: a reading list, research, and a friendly reminder :)

As we continue to observe EDS/HSD Awareness Month, let's talk about our joy, and gain some resources to help keep us in that space!

With all the complexities of these spectrums we live amongst, it can be detrimental for some to continue putting our vulnerabilities out there, looking for understanding, to no avail.

Yet, each of us deserves to be heard, believed, and cared-for.

EDS/HSD are often full-body conditions, extending across multiple somatic (body) systems. That means that comorbidities, conditions or symptoms that happen frequently in tandem, appear in abundance. These can be cognitive (Neurodivergence), physical (POTS, MCAS), or social, and often cause more stress to the individual than any diagnosis alone. These things are complex, unique, and often debilitating, BUT...

When societal systems of medicine continually fail us, disregard us, or exacerbate matters because they choose not to believe in our testimonials, we CAN take the power into our own hands, again. Whether through conducting research ourselves, to applying it in our own experiences, to seeking out community that actually holds us in humane regard, Zebras are powerful creatures.

Below is a reading list compiled by Ehlers-Danlos Australia, a supportive social group spread across the continent. It includes books on EDS and Hypermobility Disorders for adults, books on the comorbidities of these spectrums, and even children's literature, to help reduce stigma, and foster understanding/compassion in our little ones. Even across the world, this community is united by our shared experiences; so with gratitude and curiosity, engage yourself! Who knows what may be uncovered...
https://www.ehlersdanlosaus.com/eds-books?fbclid=IwY2xjawKO3e1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqWnBRd016R3M0ZHN5aEVjAR4xTIqvNJmFiXGf1Z3PURCNu-rlKz7IVq5_VGOVRFRW0w7PxX1SiZJo7JmdWQ_aem_xz5Y_cPxtaF6FQEpjhDDig

For any interested in the overlap between Autism, ADHD, and EDS, this is only one of many research papers investigating this HUGE population. A vast number of Zebras are also Autistic, but what does that mean for how we live our lives? What does that do to impact the support we ask of our communities? What can understandings of both mind and body--as interconnected systems--do to affect the grace we give to ourselves, and our resulting experience of chronic pain/illness?

Evidently, quite a lot.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7711487/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKO20FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqWnBRd016R3M0ZHN5aEVjAR5WcxtV0T_Cr7DTwsDAgc0_wVrypzCENDkY8LrgmNhq0hpyDLquZAEVidjZ_Q_aem_-49g4MTdGA6SqJHyhwKmng -jpm-10-00260

Give yourself strength: you have done difficult things.
Ask for help today, and allow yourself to receive it!
Find one thing that brings you joy, or helps you to feel self-empowered, and know that inhabiting that joy is Enough.
Happy EDS Awareness Month, everyone!

05/05/2025

Happy EDS/HSD Awareness Month! If you or someone you care for has an EDS or an HSD (Hypermobile Syndrome Disorder), chances are, pain is a big factor. Joint instability in hypermobile bodies can lead to misalignment, and misalignment to postural changes, which can lead to additional pain. Luckily, that is why we have wonderful PT and OT's! Adjustments and strengthening exercises can drastically decrease daily experienced pain for us Zebras, by discouraging elastic tissues to allow bones' slipping and sliding.

Proprioception--one's sense of their body's location in space--is often impaired in EDS folks. Physical Therapies also serve to improve proprioceptive accuracy, though we are unsure exactly why... I'm not complaining!

And lastly, human bodies (as everything in this world) are deeply interconnected; Referred Pain is pain experienced in an area separate from the location where misalignment occurs. Suppose one side of the pelvis is in upslide: rather than experience pelvic pain, this may manifest as lower back, groin, or thigh pain instead.

This month, make efforts to understand your body's experience. Where do you experience the most consistent pain? Is it localized, or is the call coming from elsewhere in the house? Take your time, embrace compassion where you can, and do not be afraid to ask for help. We are here, we are visible, and we matter.

04/29/2025

📣 We're Hiring!
Our clinic is looking for a Part-Time Administrative Assistant to join our team! This is a great opportunity for someone who’s organized, reliable, and enjoys working in a calm, client-focused environment.

🗓 Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays
💼 Not a seasonal job — we’re looking for someone interested in a long-term role!

Responsibilities include:
✅ Greeting and checking in clients
✅ Scheduling appointments and handling client communication
✅ Light cleaning to keep the clinic looking its best
✅ Supporting our therapists with administrative tasks

If you’re friendly, detail-oriented, and like helping people in a professional setting, we’d love to hear from you!

📧 To apply: Send your resume as a PDF and a brief cover letter to nicole@recoverysportstherapy.com

Tag someone who might be a perfect fit! 🙌

04/14/2025

Meet Jen! 👋

We’re excited to welcome Jen, a passionate and experienced physical therapist, to our RST family! Jen has been practicing outpatient orthopedic PT since 2007, with a DPT from Boston University and a deep love for helping patients of all ages get back to the activities they love most.

She brings a special interest in shoulder rehab, overhead athletes (especially baseball and softball players!⚾️), and helping those managing neck pain, headaches, and connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. After years in a busy ortho setting, Jen joined us to focus more on personalized care and building strong relationships with her patients.

Outside the clinic, Jen is a proud mom of three, a dog-lover, and a big fan of Boston sports. She especially loves watching when her kids are on the field. ⚽️🏀⚾️

We’re lucky to have her on board! Call us to set up your appointment now, her schedule is filling up quickly!

03/10/2025

In honor of today, International Day of Awesomeness, here are some awesome hypermobile facts/functions:
* We can often scratch our own backs
* Many people adapt dexterous toes, and use them as grabbers
* In medical contexts, we have been nicknamed Zebras!

Zebras and hypermobile baddies, what is your favorite trick, function, or nifty bodily ability? Comment below!

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Worcester, MA
01603

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http://Recoverysportstherapy.com/

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