Hypermobility
Hypermobility refers to the ability of a joint or group of joints to move beyond their normal range of motion. This can occur in individuals due to a variety of factors, including genetics, connective tissue disorders, or injuries.
How Physiotherapy can help
Apart from the increased range of motion, hypermobility can also lead to joint pain, instability, and an increased risk of injury, subluxation and or dislocation, leading to pain and problems with movement. Physiotherapy can help manage hypermobility by:
- 1Strengthening the muscles around the hypermobile joint to provide support and stability.
- 2Improving joint proprioception, which is the body’s ability to sense the position and movement of joints. This can reduce the risk of injury by improving the body’s ability to correct movements that may cause joint damage.
- 3Teaching good postural habits to prevent unnecessary strain on joints.
- 4Providing education on joint protection, proper body mechanics, and injury prevention.
- 5Manual therapy techniques, such as joint mobilisation or soft tissue mobilisation, may be used to help reduce pain, restore joint motion in any stiff areas, and improve tissue health.
- 6Dry needing to help pain and reduce muscle tension.
Overall, physiotherapy can help individuals with hypermobility stay active, manage their pain, and prevent future injuries.
WDC is fast becoming one of the leading providers of hypermobility services in Essex.
Our specialist Physiotherapists/MSK therapists are here to help you manage your hypermobility and optimise your health and wellbeing, helping you to lead your best life possible.
Our service
Our hypermobility team are here to understand exactly how hypermobility affects you, and work with you to create a personalised treatment plan to help manage your condition, and optimise your overall health and wellbeing.
The service was born out of an increase in clients we are seeing in clinic with hypermobility and EDS, and Wendy, the clinic owner herself, has hypermobility and knows what a shortage of expert services there is in Essex to help those struggling with the symptoms of hypermobility and EDS.
Our expertise
Our Hypermobility Service led by our specialist physiotherapists/MSk therapists with extensive experience and knowledge of:
How Physiotherapy/MSK Therapy helps treat hypermobility
Physiotherapy/MSk Therapy can be used to help those with hypermobile joints to:
Dysfunctional muscle patterns are common when the joints are significantly stressed, and this may allow them to move into unsuitable positions where they suffer strains.
Therapy here at WDC will help with retraining of correct muscle patterns and treatment of painful joints. The largest component in this programme is self-management, and so client education is vital.
With hypermobility, an acute flare-up is more likely to occur with unaccustomed activities (or exercise), minor trauma, or prolonged static postures over extended periods of time (e.g. computer work).
As joint hypermobility syndrome is a lifelong condition, individuals need to ensure they manage their postures and activities daily.
