Exercises and Tips for Hypermobility - Stretch Less! Stabilize More

The more hypermobility gets recognized, the more important these videos are going to be. A lot of people (myself included) don't realize we could be hurting ourselves with the stretching. I've been a dancer, yoga practitioner, and stretcher for YEARS and couldn't figure out why my joints have been so painful and tight. I have EDS, and I'm just finding that out. Focusing on stabilization is going to change my entire exercise foundation.

I'm hypermobile in all my joints and I'm in constant pain. I feel like an old person & I'm only in my 30's.

i’m 15 and i’m frankly sick of the pain my hyper mobility causes, but i want to cut down on painkillers, so thanks for creating this video! i’ve always been scared of stretching and exercising (although i do go on a walk everyday) and this has given me a new hope if you will. so thanks again from the bottom of my heart!

Can I just say, hypermobility is not always caused by shallow sockets. Loose ligaments also causes hypermobile joints. As hypermobility syndromes cause issues with connective tissue sequences. This causes wide spread problems, not just with joints

Just a note to say hypermobility in itself isn't a problem for a lot of people. If you have additional symptoms, that's the time to try and pursue a diagnosis eg HSD, EDS. It has taken me months of reading and constantly knocking on the door of health services to finally get an appointment with a rheumatologist next month. Although there is no cure, I still feel a diagnosis helps to come to terms with the way your body is and, for me, I'll give myself permission to sit and rest when I need it! For anyone out there reading this, don't give up pestering your health care provider if something isn't right. You deserve to be taken seriously❤❤

I’m in my early 30’s and was just told yesterday by my new physiotherapist that I am extremely hypermobile. Since then I’ve been reading and learning… this video had me in tears. Everything I’ve ever wondered about myself is being validated. Thank you for explaining things so well 💝

I'm literally crying, you just explained exactly what I knew was wrong with me all these years and now I can teach myself. Thank you so much.

I'm globally hypermoblie. I've been tested for lyme, RA, and dismissed with "fibromyalgia". I also have spondylolisthesis, stenosis, degenerative disc disease, pars defect etc. Also have ADHD. Surprise, surprise. Lol. When I complained about my muscles getting tighter when running or doing different things, even as a kid, I was told that wasn't true and running should loosen my muscles. My hamstrings don't even have the ability to relax. So many signs dismissed.

PSA: If you're hypermobile and have chronic pain take a minute and research ehlers danlos syndrome

You are correct about not stretching. Your explanation of hypermobility is not really on target, however. Many of us also have a disorder in the collagen makeup at the genetic level which complicates things much further.

It’s a relief to see someone understand the pain associated with Hyper-mobility in the first place. Most people are like- oh, it’s great you don’t even have to work to reach these poses in Yoga for instance. I just smile and ask to trade. Lol.

I have seen a handful of pain Drs through the years. Only one knew a tad bit of hyper mobility. They need more training on this. I would tell Drs I used to be extremely flexible but my joints and spine have locked up and in constant pain. I didn't know it was the issue but the one Dr said maybe you have done constant damage to ligaments thought the years. I am thankful to found this channel !!! Peace be with fellow chronic pain suffers.

I’m so glad I found this. I stretch like Gumby. I don’t know where body is supposed to be

I’m a little bit crying right now I just discovered that Hypermobility is essentially the root cause of the chronic pain I have suffered for the past thirty years and watching you explain and share solutions is making me emotional. I’ve been trying to heal my body for awhile with yoga and exercise…except as all Hypermobilie folks probably will know I kept putting something out; my hip, lower back, constantly my neck and the cracking, popping and grinding has started to sound like Rice Bubbles. I even get it in my skull plates! I’ve been working so hard, trying to find a solution doing everything right in terms of healthy lifestyle and exercise and just consistently not getting better really. I’m really just thankful. A sliver of hope…Edit to add I actually have the EDS trifecta of Mast cell activation disorder, EDS and POTS. I was using the term hyper Mobile but as has been pointed out not all people with hyper mobility have chronic pain or abdominal issues and the plethora of other symptoms I suffer from. Just to clarify.

Omg! Crawling theory!!! This would help so many people. As someone with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, who never crawled, this makes so much sense! Thank you! 👍

Great video! Could you make a series of videos regarding hypermobility? There any many of us out there who crave for such content.

I have always been hypermobile "double jointed" and done dance as a child. As I have gotten into my late 20s and early 30s I have so much shoulder, neck, and hip pain. I have so much instability and my body is constantly popping. Literaly everything my whole spine and hips and knee and ankles always pop in and out of place which causes tons of pinched nerves. 😢 I am so grateful for your advise!

Pleaaaase do a tutorial how to train hypermobile hips and shoulders. Could you show some specific excersises? I haven't found something like that yet. Every day i have so much pain in my hips and every video is about how to stretch... Thanks for your informative video, it's really easy to understand and now i know why i should not be stretching so much anymore.

This is literally what I’ve been describing to my doctors and physical therapists for years, and they always tell me to stretch and work on strength building. I have hEDS, so strength building comes with a LOT of pain, and I was just told over and over that i needed to stretch💀 maybe now I can work more effectively on pain management so that I can build the muscles I need

Hello newly diagnosed hypermobility EDS person here. I am late finding this video, but this information was extremely helpful. I do aerial, and am having to take a break to do physical therapy to stabilize my joints so I can return to my passions.