Join Alex in today's episode as she explains why people with hypermobility experience pain in simple, easy-to-understand terms. By understanding the problem (which Alex believes centres around scar tissue and dysregulated inflammation), we can start to find effective treatment strategies. Because every good treatment plan begins with a "Why?"

The study that I cite looking at rates of MCAS in hEDS patients can be accessed here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajmg.a.61459

Check out this research paper to learn more about mechanotransduction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491211/

And you can find out more about skeletal muscle remodelling and how inflammation plays a role in that process here: https://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/23/5/779.long

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Best wishes in health and everything else,

Alex

Hypermobility + Sports Specialist Osteopath M. Ost. BA (Hons)

G.OsC. Reg. 10375

Director of Active Ambition Ltd.

Creator of The Hypermobility Helpline