Hypermobility Aids: Choosing a Cane, Rollator or Wheelchair
Canes, forearm crutches, rollators and wheelchairs for hEDS and POTS: what each actually does, the deconditioning caveat, and how to get fitted properly.
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Medical Binder for Chronic Illness: How to Build One That Works
How to build a medical binder for chronic illness: the sections to include, the one-page summary that does most of the work, and how to get copies of your records.
Reasonable Accommodation Letter: What to Write (With a Sample)
How to write a reasonable accommodation letter, with a full US sample. Plus a free 5-page kit: wording for nine limitations, the UK version, and a pre-send checklist.
hEDS and Your Skin: Bruising, Stretch, and Slow-Healing Scars
Bruises that seem too big, scars that heal strangely? hEDS affects your skin too: bruising, stretch, and slow wound healing are real, documented patterns.
MCAS Emergency Plan: When a Reaction Becomes an Emergency
When reactions are normal, the dangerous one is harder to spot. The warning signs that mean emergency services, and how to build a written plan in advance.
MCAS and Your Cycle: Why Symptoms Flare Twice a Month
Mast cells carry oestrogen receptors, so your threshold moves through the month. Why the same food is fine one week and not the next, and how to map it.
Why Eating Wipes You Out With POTS
The crash that lands an hour after lunch isn't random. Digestion redirects blood to your gut: why meals trigger POTS symptoms, and what actually helps.
hEDS and Your Feet: Where the Problem Often Starts
Arches that collapse by evening, ankles that roll on flat ground, pain that climbs to your knees and hips. Why hEDS foot problems rarely stay in the feet.
Why You Bump Into Everything: hEDS and Proprioception
Bruises in the same places, dropped glasses, missing the last stair. It isn't clumsiness, it's proprioception, and unlike your connective tissue, it's trainable.
Hypermobile or hEDS? Where the Line Actually Is
Lots of people are bendy and fine. Six things that suggest it's more than flexibility — plus why a low Beighton score doesn't rule hEDS out in adults.
POTS and Your Period: Why Symptoms Spike With Your Cycle
Two hard weeks, then two easier ones? POTS symptoms often track your cycle — blood volume, progesterone and prostaglandins all play a part. How to map yours.
MCAS vs Allergies: How to Tell the Difference
Reacting to a food one day and not the next, with clear allergy tests? Five things that separate a true allergy from mast cell activation, and why tests miss it.