When your body feels like it’s working against you, even the most basic movements can feel like climbing a mountain. Rebuilding baseline strength isn’t linear; it’s full of pauses, resets, and unlearning the frustration of starting over. To build the foundation I have today, it took me one year.

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we just made breadsticks last night & bagels this morning and they’re SO GOOD. 100000/10 #highprotein #caloriedeficit #macrofriendly #highproteinmeals #healthylifestyle

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Strength training with hEDS (hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and postpartum recovery requires a completely different approach. When your connective tissue is lax, your joints lack passive tension, so traditional "heavy lifting" often leaves you feeling unstable. Your muscles have to wor

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If you’re… • Rebuilding your strength • Pregnant and navigating hypermobility or • Postpartum and trying to reconnect with your core • Newly diagnosed with hEDS • Trying to figure out how to exercise without constantly aggravating your symptoms • Brand new to lifting and don’t know where t

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and in the back is my whole hEDS emergency toolkit so I don’t have the worst flare day tomorrow 🤪 #hEDS #hypermobility #ehlersdanlos

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Living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome means my joints don't come with built-in stability, so my brain and nervous system have to work overtime just to keep everything tracking correctly. If I skip the groundwork? My joints slip, my muscles lock up in defense, and I'm dealing with a fla

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low-key the best little core routine if your joints hate standard crunches. friendly for hEDS, pregnancy, and postpartum. take it slow, breathe, and save this for your next gym day #postpartum #pregnancy #womensfitness #pelvicfloor #deepcore

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years ago, I thought fitness was simple. Then real life hit-postpartum body changes, high-stress battles, and chronic health challenges that forced me to completely rebuild from scratch. Today? I'm in the process of rebuilding, not because life got easier, but because I learned how to adapt. Mor

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One thing I’ve become more conscious of since learning about my hypermobility is how often I rely on my joints for stability instead of my muscles. Locking my knees, hanging into one hip, rounding my shoulders, or sitting in the same position for hours without realizing it. I’m not trying to

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Replying to @paulinaatethisup a summary of my very long hEDS pregnancy yap - A few things I wish I had known going into pregnancy: • YOUR CARE TEAM MATTERS. Probably the most important takeaway. hEDS can introduce additional considerations for both mom and baby, so having an OB/MFM team

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One thing I’ve learned with hEDS is that sometimes the best thing I can do for my body is stop trying to push through everything. When I feel a flare coming on, I have a few things I reach for first: gentle movement, massage hook, massage ball, and foam roller. Here’s why: ♡ Gentle movemen

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if you’ve ever seen me standing here no you didn’t #militaryspouse #militarytiktok #militarylife

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I will be dedicating a whole business day to hair videos. it is a monumental moment in my world #hairtok #hairtransplant #haircut

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I may or may not spam my feed about this chop because it is a big deal and it was emotional ok #hairtok #hairtransformation

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An hEDS-friendly lower body warm-up doesn’t mean avoiding mobility. It means being intentional about HOW we move A few modifications I make to my hip mobility warm-up: ♡ Hip circles: Keep the circles small and controlled instead of chasing a bigger range of motion. ♡ 90/90 switches: Use y

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will I regret it? Most likely. But I am so over the TANGLES #hairtok #haircut #hair #longhair

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Replying to @RandomlyCaffeinated For most of us, an hEDS flare isn't just joint pain—it’s a full-body system crash. Look out for a sudden uptick in joint subluxations/instability, deep cellular fatigue, heightened dysautonomia symptoms (dizziness, heart rate spikes), brain fog, and muscles feeling

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Building overall stability with hEDS isn’t about heavy compound lockouts or extreme mobility, it’s about active control, core stacking, and joint awareness. 🤍 Here are 3 foundational movement patterns to anchor your routine! Save this for your next upper/lower workout and drop your questions

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Living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) often comes with a bit of dark humor, but behind the daily posture work and stability exercises is a real, multisystemic connective tissue disorder. Because collagen acts as the glue holding our bodies together, defective or fragile connect

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