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Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T15:38:24-04:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Pilates Articles|Tags: Ami Kirollos, Atlanta, BeightonScore, Clinical medicine, Contortion, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Society, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Genu recurvatum, Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic Fit, health, HSD, Hypermobility, Injury Prevention, Joint dislocation, Ligamentous laxity, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Physical Therapy, Range of motion, Rheumatology, Skeletal disorders, Syndromes|

“Hypermobility,” is a term we like to throw around in all types of ways. For many people, it means casually bringing your leg over your head in yoga class or twisting your body into a pretzel-like Cirque Du Soleil performer, but for others, it means chronic pain, frequent injuries, and symptoms that many medical providers will shrug off as “being bendy.” There is a fine line when “flexible” can be more than just limber joints and muscles and may be [...]

The Pelvic Floor & Hypermobility

We all know of people in our lives who are “double jointed”. It’s a fun party trick for school aged kids, being able to bend arms and fingers in an unnatural way. But as we age, hypermobility, which is excessive movement in the joints, isn't so fun and can cause pain and dysfunction especially in the spine, hips, and pelvic floor. Hypermobility Hypermobility is often a genetic issue within the collagen of the connective tissue, otherwise known as fascia. The [...]

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