Guides
In-depth, plain-language guides to moving with less pain.
Hypermobility and Pregnancy: Moving With Looser Joints
Hypermobility and pregnancy often amplify each other as birth hormones loosen already lax joints. Here is how to move with steadiness and care.
Yoga and Hypermobility: A Gentler Way to Practise
Yoga and hypermobility can fit together, but a bendy body needs control inside an easy range, not deeper poses. Here is how to practise kindly.
Perimenopause Leg Pain at Night: Why and What Helps
Perimenopause leg pain at night is common and usually tied to this stage's hormonal shifts. Here is what drives it and how to ease your evenings.
Do Somatic Exercises Really Work? What the Evidence Says
Yes, somatic exercises work for calming a stressed body and easing habitual tension. Here is what the evidence shows and how the guided options compare.
How a Physical Therapist Helps Hypermobility
What a physical therapist actually does for hypermobile joints, what a typical course looks like, and where quiet movement awareness fits around it.
Shoulder Internal Rotation: What It Is and How to Explore It
What shoulder internal rotation is, the daily tasks that rely on it, why hand behind back involves more than rotation, and how to explore it gently.
Finger Hypermobility: Caring for Hands With Extra Give
Finger hypermobility means fingers and thumbs that bend further than usual. Why writing, gripping, and phone use tire the hand, and how gentle support helps.
Hypermobile Sleeping Positions: Comfort That Lasts Until Morning
How to arrange pillows so shoulders, hips and knees rest in an easy mid range overnight, and why bedtime comfort and 6am comfort are different questions.
Hypermobility in Back: When a Spine Has Extra Give
Hypermobility in back joints can leave a bendy spine aching at rest yet fine in motion. Why steadiness in an easy mid range helps more than stretching.
Jaw Hypermobility: When Your Jaw Has Too Much Give
Jaw hypermobility means a TMJ with extra give: a mouth that opens very wide, clicks, or slides sideways. Why it happens and how gentle attention helps.
Pilates for Hypermobility: An Honest Guide to Making It Work
A qualified yes: pilates suits a hypermobile body when the emphasis is control and mid range precision, less so when a class chases depth. What to ask, what to modify.
How to Sleep With Uneven Hips: Comfortable Positions That Help
How to sleep with uneven hips: side and back setups that keep the pelvis out of a twist, why alternating sides matters, and a gentle morning check in.
5 Times Sit to Stand: What It Is and How to Try It Gently
The 5 times sit to stand is a simple rise and sit check for leg function and confidence. How you organize the rise often matters more than raw strength.
Grounding Somatic Therapy: What It Is and a Gentle Way In
Grounding somatic therapy explained: how sensing your contact with the floor, your senses, and slow movement settle attention, and how a Feldenkrais approach helps.
How to Walk Down Stairs With More Ease and Confidence
How to walk down stairs with ease: sense where your weight is, soften your knee, let your eyes and head lead, and give each step unhurried time.
Treating Fatigue in Fibromyalgia Without the Crash
Honest, gentle ways of treating fatigue in fibromyalgia: energy budgeting, pacing, and small movement that stays inside what your body can spare.
How to Fix Hypermobile Knees: A Feldenkrais® View
Knees that snap back into a locked position respond better to awareness and quiet stability than to stretching. A gentle path toward a softer stance.
Hip External Rotators: The Muscles That Turn Your Thigh Out
Meet the hip external rotators, the muscles that turn your thigh outward, why they matter for easy walking and sitting, and a gentle way to sense them.
Sciatica Pain Exercises to Avoid (and What Helps Instead)
The sciatica pain exercises to avoid while the nerve is sensitive, why pushing into leg pain tends to backfire, and the gentler principle worth following.
How to Combat Fatigue During Perimenopause, Gently
An honest plan for combating fatigue during perimenopause: gentle movement in small doses, kinder pacing, steadier sleep habits, and knowing when to ask your doctor to look deeper.
Anxiety and Head Tension: Why It Happens and How to Soften It
Anxiety and head tension often travel together. Learn why worry tightens the jaw, scalp, and neck, and how gentle awareness can invite them to settle.
How to Increase Ankle Mobility Gently After 60
How to increase ankle mobility with slow, comfortable, awareness based movement, so your ankles feel more supple and walking feels more confident after 60.
How to Test Ankle Mobility: Gentle Self Checks After 60
How to test ankle mobility at home with a gentle knee to wall sense check and simple seated checks, framed as friendly noticing rather than passing or failing.
How to Loosen Tight Shoulders: A Gentle Approach
How to loosen tight shoulders through small, slow movement and a softer breath, why shoulders hold tension, and how everyday tightness differs from a true frozen shoulder.
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