Functional Therapy Personal Training Service

28/11/2025

✨ Importance of Strength & Mobility Training for Hypermobility & Connective Tissue Disorders ✨

If you live with hypermobility or a connective tissue disorder (like hEDS/HSD), you’ve probably been told to “be careful” with exercise. And yes—being mindful matters. However properly guided strength and mobility training isn’t just safe… it’s one of the most powerful tools you have. 💪✨

Here’s why ⤵️

🦴 1. Improved Joint Stability

When ligaments and connective tissues are more lax, your muscles become your primary stabilizers.
Targeted strength training helps build the support your joints need to stay aligned, reduce excessive movement, and feel more secure during daily activities.

🧠 2. Better Proprioception (Body Awareness)

Hypermobility can make it harder for your body to sense where your joints are in space.
Controlled mobility work, slow movement patterns, and functional strength exercises help “retrain” your neuromuscular system—leading to better coordination, balance, and confidence.

🔄 3. Reduced Pain & Injury Risk

Stronger muscles + improved stability = fewer micro-injuries and flare-ups.
Training doesn’t have to be heavy or high-impact to be effective. Consistency with low-load, well-designed progressions is often the most protective approach.

⚡ 4. Increased Daily Function & Energy

Building strength helps reduce fatigue during normal tasks—because your body doesn’t have to work overtime to keep everything in place. Mobility work supports smoother, more efficient movement patterns.

🤸 5. Safer, More Controlled Mobility

Mobility training for hypermobile bodies is NOT about stretching further—it’s about controlling the range you already have.
Active mobility builds joint integrity and teaches your body how to move with strength, not just flexibility.

💬 Bottom line

Strength and mobility training are essential for people with hypermobility—not optional.
It’s about creating stability, confidence, and resilience so you can move through life with less pain and more freedom.

If you’re hypermobile, and would like my help to find the right approach that respects your unique physiology and emphasizes quality over quantity, please get in touch .🌱✨

16/11/2025

💜 Please join us in wishing Hykeham Chiropractic a VERY Happy 15th Birthday! 💜

This week we’re celebrating 15 amazing years as an independent Chiropractic Clinic — and 8 wonderful years in our current home.

A huge Happy Birthday and warm congratulations from the whole HC Team! 🎂🎉

Here’s to many more years of care, community, and (of course) cake… delicious 🎂🍰 (Thanks Hils 😋😜xx)

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07/11/2025

If you fail this month, congratulations.

Failure isn’t proof you’re doing something wrong - it’s proof you’re trying.

Every “mistake” teaches you more than playing it safe ever will.

So stop waiting for the “right time”
Stop overthinking it.
Just start.

Because the only REAL failure is never trying at all.

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24/10/2025

Functional Therapy Personal Training Service is now closed for holiday.

Returning Tuesday 4th November.

See you then 😊

🌐 www.functionaltherapypt.co.uk

17/10/2025

This 🔽, 💯 this!

The progress you can’t see is STILL progress.

The effort, the consistency, and showing up - it all stacks up behind the scenes.

Most people give up right before things start to turn. They mistake the invisible progress for no progress at all.

But not you. You know you’re inching forward with every small action you take, with every tiny promise you keep with yourself.

Keep going and keep showing up ❤️

You’ve got this.

15/09/2025

💪 Monday Motivation: Move Today, Protect Tomorrow! ✨

Did you know regular exercise isn’t just about looking fit, - it’s one of the most powerful tools to prevent chronic health conditions! 🌟

✅ Just 30 minutes of activity most days can lower your risk of:

❤️ Heart disease

🩸 Type 2 diabetes

🧠 Depression and anxiety

🦴 Osteoporosis

💡 Even certain cancers

Think of exercise as medicine without the side effects.
Every walk, workout, or stretch is a deposit into your future health.

So this Monday, don’t wait for the “perfect time.” Start small, stay consistent, and remember: your future self will thank you for every step you take today. 🚶‍♀️✨

08/09/2025

💪✨ New Service Alert: Partner Personal Training! ✨💪

Training with a friend isn’t just more fun — it’s more effective! 🎯
Now you can book partner personal training sessions and enjoy all the benefits:

👯‍♀️ Extra motivation & accountability
🔥 A boost of healthy competition
💸 More affordable than 1:1 training
😄 Double the fun, double the results

Whether you want to crush goals together, push each other harder, or simply share the journey — partner training is the perfect way to stay consistent and committed.

📅 Spots are limited — DM me today to grab yours with your workout buddy! 🚀

04/09/2025

New service coming soon.....

02/09/2025

Felt it was time for a new Logo 😊

22/08/2025

Little Reminder

Functional Therapy is now closed for holiday.

I'll be back to work Thursday 4th September '25.

See you then 😊