Help! I'm Hypermobile

Ep 09: Coping with Hypermobility at Work: Navigating Hypermobility in the Workplace

Workplaces are HARD to navigate as a hypermobile person!! Support is often lacking (to say the least) and hypermobile workers suffer as a result. This episode focuses on practical, actionable steps you can take to try to make your workday at least a tiny bit easier.  Check out today’s episode and hear all about. . . The history of ergonomics (it's a classic tale of Good vs Evil) Why there’s NO SUCH THING AS GOOD POSTURE What you might be forgetting with your water How to reduce your risk of repetitive strain injury and finally, Why you might be able to walk for hours but struggle to stand for a short period of time As always, please remember that all of the information contained within this podcast is for informational purposes ONLY. Please be sure to speak with your appropriately qualified healthcare provider if you have any concerns. Connect with Me TikTok ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hypermobilityhq⁠ Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hypermobilityhq/⁠ and. . .👇 🤩 Full Episode Video on YOUTUBE! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hypermobilityhq⁠ Work with Me If you wish to learn more about my clinical work with both remote and in-person patients, you can visit my website here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hypermobilityhq.com/⁠⁠⁠ Contact Me If you wish to contact me directly, please send an email to alex@hypermobilityhq.com Join My (Awesome!) Community Looking for a little "hypermobile home" on the internet where you can learn more about hypermobility and connect with other people who are going through the same journey? Well, be sure to check out Hypermobility HQHypermobility HQ is a private membership community that gives the scientifically-minded hypermobile person a non-judgemental place to share thoughts, strategies, and experiences on navigating life in a hypermobile body. Because incurable does not mean untreatable!For more info and to make sure you don't miss the launch make sure you're subscribed to my mailing list. You can sign up here: ⁠⁠stan.store/HypermobilityHQ⁠⁠ Words Matter! If you wish to read the National Institutes of Health style guide on inclusive and gender-neutral language, you can find it here: ⁠⁠https://www.nih.gov/nih-style-guide/inclusive-gender-neutral-language⁠⁠ And a GIANT Thank You to Everyone Who Has Left a Review + Subscribed💙 YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!!!!!🏆 Make sure you're subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your brand new episodes (for the foreseeable future a new episode will be released every other week). Wishing you the best in health and everything else, Alex

Hypermobility and Your Gut: How Connective Tissue Influences Digestive Health

Gut issues suck. Not only are they confusing, often painful, frequently disabling, they can even be life-threatening in some situations. I HATE GUT ISSUES (as do many of my hypermobile patients). And the general lack of support, appropriate diagnostic investigation, and treatment by the broader medical and healthcare communities doesn't help either. Suffice to say, it's currently a sh!tty situation. Tune in today and hear all about. . . why you need to think about the speed (or lack of speed) at which food moves through you. Because you're basically a conveyer belt🤖 And you're also a doughnut🍩 You are a gut tube with a human built around it and this has BIG consequences from an immune/inflammatory perspective. why your stretchy gut tissue might be literally confusing your nerves (and adding to your dysauotonomia!)😵‍💫 and the role that mast cells play in all this. Because they live in your gut, your brain, and your connective tissue😈 and finally, my favourite go-to tips for addressing gut issues💪 (please be sure to speak with your medical Dr about these!) As always, please remember that all of the information contained within this podcast is for informational purposes ONLY. Please be sure to speak with your appropriately qualified healthcare provider if you have any concerns. Oh, and be sure to check out my FAVOURITE research paper on gut issues and hypermobility HERE 👉 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35750466/ Connect with Me TikTok ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hypermobilityhq⁠ Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/hypermobilityhq/⁠ and. . .👇 🤩 Full Episode Video on YOUTUBE! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@hypermobilityhq⁠ Work with Me If you wish to learn more about my clinical work with both remote and in-person patients, you can visit my website here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.hypermobilityhq.com/⁠⁠⁠ Contact Me If you wish to contact me directly, please send an email to alex@youractiveambition.co.uk Join My (Awesome!) Community Looking for a little "hypermobile home" on the internet where you can learn more about hypermobility and connect with other people who are going through the same journey? Well, be sure to check out Hypermobility HQ Hypermobility HQ is a private membership community that gives the scientifically-minded hypermobile person a non-judgemental place to share thoughts, strategies, and experiences on navigating life in a hypermobile body. Because incurable does not mean untreatable! For more info and to make sure you don't miss the launch make sure you're subscribed to my mailing list. You can sign up here: ⁠⁠stan.store/HypermobilityHQ⁠⁠ Words Matter! If you wish to read the National Institutes of Health style guide on inclusive and gender-neutral language, you can find it here: ⁠⁠https://www.nih.gov/nih-style-guide/inclusive-gender-neutral-language⁠⁠ And a GIANT Thank You to Everyone Who Has Left a Review + Subscribed💙 YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!!!!!🏆 Make sure you're subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your brand new episodes (for the foreseeable future a new episode will be released every other week). Wishing you the best in health and everything else, Alex

Ep 007 Feeling Things Differently: Hypermobility and Feelings (and Small Fibre Neuropathy)

Feeling things can be complicated when you're hypermobile! That's why in today's episode of Help! I'm Hypermobile Alex is talking all about FEELINGS! Here is what you will learn: what hypermobility feels like (based on her personal experience, what her patients say, as well as what she has learned from this community) why asking a hypemobile person if they're in pain might not be a simple question why when you hear the word "nerve" you need to be thinking "CONNECTIVE TISSUE" and what small fibre neuropathy is (and some tips + strategies for dealing with it) and finally, what your literal "6th sense" of interoception is and why it can play such a role in the lived experience of being hypermobile As always, please remember that all of the information contained within this podcast is for informational purposes ONLY. Please be sure to speak with your appropriately qualified healthcare provider if you have any concerns. Connect with Me TikTok ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hypermobilityhq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hypermobilityhq/ and. . .👇 For the first time EVER the full video version of the podcast will be available on Youtube! So please be sure to like and subscribe

Ep 06 Hypermobility + Fashion: How To Dress To Support Your Hypermobile Body

Today we're talking all about hypermobility + FASHION! From head-to-toe, we'll be talking all about how your clothing choices might be helping (or hurting!) your hypermobile body. We'll be covering. . . bras + your brachial plexus compression socks, leggings, and blood pooling sunglasses + sensitivity to light and why "minimal bracing" is something that we need to start talking about more both for patients who wear braces but sometimes need a break as well as for people who don't currently use braces but who benefit from a bit more support! Connect with Me TikTok ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hypermobilityhq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hypermobilityhq/ and. . .👇 For the first time EVER the full video version of the podcast will be available on Youtube! So please be sure to like and subscribe

Behind the Beighton Scale

Today we're talking all about the famous Beighton Scale!🤩 Unfortunately like many things involving hypermobility, the Beighton Scale ends up resulting in a lot of confusion and frustration for hypermobile people❤️‍🩹 In this episode we talk about👇 WHAT the Beighton Scale is (and what it isn't!) the HISTORY of the Beighton Scale (including a love story!) and WHY the Beighton Scale causes so many problems for hypermobile people (and what YOU can do about them!) Want to learn more?🙋‍♀️ JOIN THE HYPERMOBILITY HQ DISCORD: https://stan.store/HypermobilityHQ CONNECT WITH ME ON: 💙TikTok 💜Instagram ❤️Youtube Work with Me If you wish to learn more about my clinical work with both remote and in-person patients, you can visit my website here: ⁠⁠https://www.hypermobilityhelpline.com/⁠⁠ Contact Me If you wish to contact me directly, please send an email to alex@youractiveambition.co.uk And finally, make sure you're subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your brand spanking-new episodes (for the foreseeable future a new episode will be released every other week). Best wishes in health (and everything else!), Alex P.S. here is the study I reference: Malek, S., Reinhold, E. J., & Pearce, G. S. (2021). The Beighton Score as a measure of generalised joint hypermobility. Rheumatology international, 41(10), 1707–1716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-021-04832-4