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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 [...]

Lateral Hip Pain: What You Need To Know

Melissa Baudo2024-05-13T16:53:25-04:00November 7th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: cortisone injections, Deep gluteal syndrome, Foam roller, Gluteal muscles, gluteal tendinopathy, Greater trochanteric pain syndrome, Hip, Hip muscles, hip pain, Iliotibial tract, ITB, lateral hip pain, LEAP trial, Medical Subject Headings, Musculoskeletal system, Overuse injuries, pain, Pain management, Piriformis muscle, Sciatic nerve, Sciatica, Soft tissue, Soft tissue disorders, Syndromes, Tendinopathy, trochanteric bursitis|

Lateral hip pain, traditionally diagnosed as an isolated condition referred to as “trochanteric bursitis”, is now understood to be most commonly associated with Gluteal Tendinopathy. This condition is most prevalent in post-menopausal women (1 in 4 women over the age of 50) but may also occur in younger runners and males. Traditional treatments have been based on a number of false conceptions such as: 1) the problem is primarily inflammatory in nature, 2) the primary issue is the trochanteric bursa [...]

The Pelvic Floor & Hypermobility

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T17:17:48-04:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles|Tags: Anatomy, Contortion, core, Core stability, Ehlers-Danlos Society, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Hypermobility, Joint dislocation, Laura Glazebrook, laxity, Medicine, Musculoskeletal system, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic pain, pelvis, pregnancy, Rheumatology, RTT, Skeletal disorders, Syndromes, Urinary incontinence, Women's Health|

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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