If you live with a condition like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), hypermobility spectrum disorder, POTS or ME/CFS, you’ve probably had appointments where you felt rushed, unheard, or handed a program that left you worse off. You might have been told to “just push through.” That’s not how I work - no medical gaslighting here!

What to expect

Your body has its own rules, so we start by learning them. That means a proper conversation about your history, your symptoms, your energy, and what a good day and a bad day look like for you. I’ll ask what’s helped, what’s not, and what matters most to you right now. Nothing gets prescribed until we both understand where you’re starting from.

From there, treatment is gentle, paced and adjustable. Depending on you, it might include:

• Hands-on treatment to ease pain, tension and headaches

• Pacing and energy management, so activity fits your capacity instead of draining it

• Joint stability and body awareness work for hypermobility, starting small and building slowly

• Positional and lying-down options if being upright makes symptoms worse

• Breath and gentle movement, slow and calming, for the nervous system as much as the body

• Practical strategies for work, sleep, flare-ups and daily routines

What I won’t do

I won’t push you through a fixed exercise program or tell you to work through post-exertional crashes. For ME/CFS in particular, current guidance moves away from graded exercise. The aim is to stabilise first and build only when your body is ready, at a pace you set.

For a first visit, I recommend the Long Initial Assessment (60 min). It gives us time to talk without rushing. You’re welcome to sit or lie down whenever you need to, and we can take breaks. Chronic Disease Management (CDM) plan referrals are accepted.