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.

So many of us get stuck in the “all or nothing” mindset. Either we’re active or feel like exercise is out the window. I’...
03/13/2026

So many of us get stuck in the “all or nothing” mindset. Either we’re active or feel like exercise is out the window. I’ve fallen into this trap myself! Unfortunately it’s the least effective way to go about helping your hypermobile body feel and function well, whereas the reasonable middle of the road, the Goldilocks approach, the adapting your activity type and level to your present circumstances is what actually helps the most. When in a slump, whether due to pain, injury, fatigue or something else, you’re actually in a good position to work on some extremely important skills — nervous system regulation, proprioception, stability etc — that are otherwise easy you overlook!

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.

The “forward head posture” and the symptoms it can cause is a good example of why our treatment of hypermobility-related...
03/10/2026

The “forward head posture” and the symptoms it can cause is a good example of why our treatment of hypermobility-related symptoms needs to be holistic. Our whole body is an integrated system where the various parts always affect one another.

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.

EDS/HSD are body-wide conditions, making wholistic treatment a necessity. Missing one piece — eg the nervous system — is...
03/05/2026

EDS/HSD are body-wide conditions, making wholistic treatment a necessity. Missing one piece — eg the nervous system — is missing the picture.

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.


📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule an appointment for:➡️ therapeutic exercise c...
03/02/2026

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule an appointment for:➡️ therapeutic exercise c...
02/26/2026

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.

⏰ Remember when you were 20 and could stay awake all night and feel fine? Yeah, those days are gone. The older we get th...
02/22/2026

⏰ Remember when you were 20 and could stay awake all night and feel fine? Yeah, those days are gone. The older we get the more work it takes to feel good, but that does NOT mean declaring defeat. We can accept the increased maintenance cost that comes with an older body, and combine it with a flexible attitude that helps us adapt and update our approach as the years go by!

No matter what our age, our body is always responsive to exercise, good nutrition and good sleep - we just have to keep updating WHAT exactly that means for us at any given time. Don’t let your ideas be set in stone. Seek help and information and keep noticing what works and what doesn’t. A flexible mind helps you have a more flexible and healthy body!

Link in bio for scheduling 📆 a virtual or in-person physical therapy, personal training or consultation appointment with me! Remember to tap the bell 🔔 at the top of my page to make sure you don’t miss any posts!

Common sense disclaimer:This post is offered for informational purposes only. See your local PT for diagnosis and treatment specific to you - all hypermobile people are different with unique needs.

Positional awareness is a neurological computation created from vestibular input, vision, and proprioception.In EDS/HSD...
02/20/2026

Positional awareness is a neurological computation created from vestibular input, vision, and proprioception.

In EDS/HSD, proprioceptive feedback is often inconsistent due to joint laxity and altered mechanoreceptor signaling. The brain responds to this uncertainty by increasing muscle tone, bracing patterns, and sympathetic output — which can feel like anxiety, dizziness, pain, and tension.

Training this system is a nervous system recalibration📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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.

👉If you think of physical therapy as something that gets you from whereever you are to where you want to be, you underst...
02/15/2026

👉If you think of physical therapy as something that gets you from whereever you are to where you want to be, you understand it.

I have just spent the past 10 days helping my lovely 86-year old mother in law go from walker bound after a serious medical incident to flying up the stairs in her home. She bravely trusted her body’s ability to bounce back— despite an unstable knee, painful joints and post-hospitalization weakness and conditioning and used her strong will and optimism to fearlessly participate in her therapy.

We all have more capacity than we realize. Physical therapy is what helps you uncover and rediscover it!

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule 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 hEDS

The healthcare system does not always look at you as a whole person. Well, let’s be honest, it rarely does. Your body, h...
02/12/2026

The healthcare system does not always look at you as a whole person. Well, let’s be honest, it rarely does. Your body, however, doesn’t change just because our system is lacking, so treating it holistically is always better.

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

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

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.

Piriformis syndrome is an oft’ misdiagnosed (and even denied) condition, and since the risk of developing it are greater...
02/11/2026

Piriformis syndrome is an oft’ misdiagnosed (and even denied) condition, and since the risk of developing it are greater in a hypermobile body, it’s good to be aware of it.

While the word “syndrome” can make things sound scary and somehow permanent, it’s good to be aware that it only denotes the presence of several things at the same time.

In piriformis syndrome you both have pain in the muscle itself plus a compression of the sciatic nerve, or at least some of its fibers.

The underlying reason in a hypermobile body often includes sacroiliac, joint instability, or subluxation of the joint, and this may often be missed.

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

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

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.

📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule an appointment for:➡️ therapeutic exercise c...
02/09/2026

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

Follow and share to make sure you don’t miss any posts and to help spread information!

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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