Hypermobility Doctor

Hypermobility Doctor Empower yourself through knowledge, feel better!

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.

Understanding where tightness is coming from helps us address it more effectively, not just in the moment but in the lon...
12/22/2025

Understanding where tightness is coming from helps us address it more effectively, not just in the moment but in the long term!

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

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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.

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile does...
12/19/2025

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile doesn’t make deal work any easier.

But fortunately it doesn’t have to be awful. Once we understand the exact reasons sitting feels hard, we can address the problem head on and start to feel better.

Ergonomics play an important role — I couldn’t work by the computer without my saddle stool — but the main difference between hypermobile people and normies is the greater need for stabilizing muscle work. Improve this, and you will be happy you did!

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

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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.

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile does...
12/19/2025

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile doesn’t make deal work any easier.

But fortunately it doesn’t have to be awful. Once we understand the exact reasons sitting feels hard, we can address the problem head on and start to feel better.

Ergonomics play an important role — I couldn’t work by the computer without my saddle stool — but the main difference between hypermobile people and normies is the greater need for stabilizing muscle work. Improve this, and you will be happy you did!

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

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.

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile does...
12/19/2025

Sitting still for hours on end isn’t exactly what Mother Nature had in mind for human beings, and being hypermobile doesn’t make deal work any easier.

But fortunately it doesn’t have to be awful. Once we understand the exact reasons sitting feels hard, we can address the problem head on and start to feel better.

Ergonomics play an important role — I couldn’t work by the computer without my saddle stool — but the main difference between hypermobile people and normies is the greater need for stabilizing muscle work. Improve this, and you will be happy you did!

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

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.

Hypermobility/ EDS/ HSD is not the reason you hurt. There is a step that comes between the trait(hypermobility) and the ...
12/17/2025

Hypermobility/ EDS/ HSD is not the reason you hurt. There is a step that comes between the trait(hypermobility) and the pain, and that is where our power and agency lies.

How much has this been taken into account in your treatment?

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

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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.


Use as appropriate, eg if warm water aggravates POTS or MCAS, use magnesium lotion instead of an Epsom salts bath. What ...
12/10/2025

Use as appropriate, eg if warm water aggravates POTS or MCAS, use magnesium lotion instead of an Epsom salts bath.

What are your favorite ways of getting through those harder days?

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

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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:➡️ physical therapy (FL a...
12/05/2025

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

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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.





❓ Have you been told sacroiliac joint subluxations don’t happen? If you’re hypermobile, they most certainly do, and they...
12/01/2025

❓ Have you been told sacroiliac joint subluxations don’t happen?
If you’re hypermobile, they most certainly do, and they are actually very common. Another common problem for hypermobile patients is high-velocity manipulations, so called “cracking”. They can contribute to increased laxity and over time make you sublux more often.

But once you understand the basic problems you can start to feel and function much better. You do not have to have constant pain in the SIJ!

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

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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.


Decreasing pain starts with understanding pain. 📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedu...
11/30/2025

Decreasing pain starts with understanding pain.

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

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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.


We tend to become more and more uneven and lopsided over time. Just look at the elderly, who all too often demonstrate t...
11/24/2025

We tend to become more and more uneven and lopsided over time. Just look at the elderly, who all too often demonstrate this tendency in rather extreme forms.

The hypermobile body is more sensitive to the effects of this. If there is less movement in one part of the body, more is required elsewhere. Even in this regard, we are the canaries in the coal mine.
Since glutes tend to be underused and weak this is also year another instance where weak glutes and poor glute activation often plays a significant role.

Howard far can you bend over without bending your knees? How much of this movement comes from rounding your back vs hinging at the hip joint?

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

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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.





Pain in the front of the knee is one of the most common early signs in hypermobile people, especially women. It often st...
11/21/2025

Pain in the front of the knee is one of the most common early signs in hypermobile people, especially women. It often starts in puberty.
what is often missed is that this isn’t so much a problem with the kneecap, as it is with the hip musculature, and the stability in this area.

Working on the right problem, not just in the area where pain arises, is one of the most important things to get right in rehabilitation. Don’t miss instability in the hip!

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

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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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The hypermobile body can be a bit of a Drama Queen, a sensitive, demanding body that needs much more attention and preci...
11/19/2025

The hypermobile body can be a bit of a Drama Queen, a sensitive, demanding body that needs much more attention and precise handling than the average body. It doesn’t always like to be treated like the average body (what drama queen does?) but when it receives its due it can also plant nice.

How are you managing your drama queen body?
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📣If you’d like to work with me, see the link bio for 📆 scheduling schedule an appointment for:
➡️ physical therapy (FL and IL🇺🇸)
➡️ consultations (worldwide🌍)
➡️ exercise coaching for hypermobility (worldwide 🌍)

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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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