So I'm almost to tears....I had no idea yoga was harming me. I just kept doing repetitive poses, deep stretching and trying to release the tension I constantly felt. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 10 years trying to break this cycle. In fact, I felt youthful because I could do the poses so well! I now have arthritis at an early age, to my family and friend's astonishment and struggle with everyday tasks. I'm not saying all yoga is bad....and perhaps other things contributed like squats (even under a personal trainer's eye) didn't help....but if you even *suspect* you have hypermobility, I really encourage you to look at how you are currently exercising!
Grateful for this. I'm having increased hypermobility issues after COVID. It could be due to the virus or simply by being bed bound for some weeks resulting in muscle wastage. Either way it has been incredibly frustrating and painful I feel a little set back in my health journey but am also encouraged
I really feel all my issues took a turn for the worst since 2020. I was dealing with things before, but never to this extent. A lot of people are saying long Covid is causing several problems like POTS in people that didn't show signs previously.
Thank you so much for this informative video. That has answered all my questions that I’ve been looking for all my adult life and what no doctor has ever talked about. You are one big inspiration. Love your exercising videos. Perfectly tailored for my pace and ability. ❤️
Thank you so much for this video. I have joint hypermobility and anxiety; I found this video so useful and informative. I will definitely be taking all of your recommendations on board!
This was so helpful! Thank you so much. I have hypermobility and anxiety and have been doing too much yoga. I will definitely stop that and incorporate more weights and pilates.
Can’t wait to see more videos on hypermobility from you! This was all really helpful and my chiropractor recommended to avoid end range as well. It’s so counterintuitive from everything we were taught about working out, but a lot of that advice wasn’t healthy to begin with! So thank you!
Yes....I kind of wish I had spent my money on chiropractic services rather than yoga in hindsight. At least not the way I was doing it, where deep stretching was definitely encouraged!
What wonderful advice. I've only just been told this by my new physio.. The only one to tell me this in 25 years of agony in my hips, shoulders and legs. He said no yoga, just mid range pilates. He live din Norway for 20 years before coming to the NHS/UK. I believe we're so behind in up to date health care here, it's terribly old fashioned. The related anxiety/cortisol flooding is very interesting. My conditions have gotten worse with trauma I've experienced.
Thank you very much indeed for uploading this video. So helpful and CLEAR!! I would have liked see this channel a long.. long time ago.. I'm 50 and I suffered a lot of pain all my life. I suffer from anxiety too.. which leads me to overtrain sometimes, now I know what I have to do..!! Do some hyper mobile work out videos please!! I would have liked to find you 30 years ago. Keep it up 🙌🙌💪💪💪💯
Hi Jessica - Dr Stewart Mawdsley here, Canadian family doctor living in Melbourne Oz. Great channel - I just stumbled across your channel and DEEPLY appreciate your clinical approach to myotherapy as so many fitness channels purport themselves to be panaceas or 'secret shortcuts' and it's so refreshing to see your channel take a far more medical and 'first principles' approach with good understanding of pathophysiology. I'd def be interested in touching base or hearing more from you. I have referred several patients with hypermobility issues to your channel for stabilization exercises. I myself suffer the opposite problem - I have diffuse Dupuytren's diathesis with moderate duypuytren's contractures and severe Ledderhose disease as well as manifestations in my long bone muscles esp my aB/ADductors, despite only being 40 and being a former nationally competitive athlete. I would really appreciate some of your clinical advice. Stewart
Thank you! I’ve always internally felt lazy for modifying postures to avoid hyperextending as I have hEDS. I do yoga and I dance, what’s helped me is noticing how a healthy stretch or burn feels different from hyperextending so I can still do deep stretches without hurting myself. (For me it’s that the joint pain sticks and the burn doesn’t) Thanks for this video ❤
I really need to know if there's any spiritual background to Pilates as there is to Yoga? I can't do yoga because of my own beliefs but I thought Pilates would be a good substitute to that. Please be respectful. Just need to know.
Hi Koinonia! Pilates was invented by Joseph Pilates. He was a sickly child and devoted his life to studying physical strength. He believed the spine was the key to health. He studied the movement of cats! Although he did adapt some yoga poses I don’t believe that it was because of any spiritual meaning.
You have a child mind and you follow an ignorant belief system that destroys peoples critical thinking skills. Yoga is just a form of exercise meant to connect you to yourself and your body and spirituality (which can be anything at all). Christians who belief yoga or meditation are against their beliefs or are the devil truly need to expand their minds. Shame.
So not a lot of people understand this dynamic when working out. I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid 21 years ago and struggled with weight loss ever since ( I used to be naturally skinny) I've only recently realized that pushing myself to the limit was not good for my nervous system and I would crash for months on end. Now I'm like the tortoise rather than the hare.
When I go to fitness classes trainer keeps pushing to limits but I know how much body takes and I don’t want to suffer afterwards with long recovery. I ended up telling my trainer about my condition. Hopefully she won’t be at me again. I understand, all class is about Go! You can do it! More! But there are people like me having their own pace. I am not lazy and that bugs me because I may appear as one.
I also have the underactive thryroid and it sure does make losing weight more difficult. It's like you have to push past this plateau to get there....but in doing that, I was also getting injured- a lot! I will try being more patient and work at being the "tortoise rather than the hare." :)
God this makes so much sense. Yoga often caused me pain. When I was lifting weights after about 6 months my body hurt so much less. When I stopped it took a while but then the pain came back, now I have a prolapse (not from lifting) but have been told no weights. Is there a way to lift weights even with a prolapse? I’m guessing hypermobility and prolapse go hand in hand.
Great info! My son has just been diagnosed with hyper mobility and has anxiety and depression, I thought yoga will help him but now I see it won’t ☹️… another option?
Thank you. Thank you so so much. I can't afford physic right now, but have been diagnosed with HJS since my early teens. Yoga has been my saving grace for the last year - except that I have recently *severely* aggravated my poor joints and muscles. I have been at a loss for what to do; I want to hold a spoon without shooting wrist pain and now I think I'm better equipped! Thank you Jessica!
Thanks so much for this! I have joint hypermobility syndrome and it's been such a nightmare all my life because I'd be super insecure about my weight but the pain is way too intense to work out normally and it makes me incredibly anxious! And then recently the pain has totally spiralled and moved from general pain in a few localised areas depending on what I'm doing to a constant pain with far more severe pain in a few areas depending on what I'm doing - with way more flare ups and its becoming absolutely horrible: I know I have a low pain tolerance but I absolutely cannot do regular workouts and it is so awful because I'm still insecure and I'm still unfit but cannot do the exercises that people usually recommend. Also bad days suck because then everything hurts and stiffens and I am a full time student who needs to get to places and I like walking :( currently waiting on an actual physio appt after my doctor recommended it but it's just got so much worse and is starting to really affect my lifestyle and I need to get healthier! And the flare up days really do impact my mental health and I feel bad for my friends who have to comfort me when I'm crying because every position I sit in either makes my joints hurt or feel weird and loose and almost numb lol
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know I hear you. That sounds like so much to be dealing with, and from personal experience, this pain is unseen and misunderstood by most. But you're handling this so well 😊 Look at you, being a full time student in the midst of it! Keep on keeping on, as will I, and hopefully we can reach places of better understanding of our selves so that we can give our bodies the care they need. Have a lovely day!
Also wanted to chime in...I've been dealing with similar feelings involving body image and the pain that goes along with traditional exercise. I certainly don't do yoga at this time and that kind of helped with anxiety and regulating my emotions. However, I kept getting hurt after doing it (didn't know about any hypermobility)....I hope things get better for you, at least more manageable!
Thanks for this video.. I have eds hypermobility and also anxiety. I am 12 weeks post partum and have been diagnosed with mild bladder prolapse.. Finding it so hard to get back into exercise and been doing yoga which I think has over stretched the joints too much causing pinched nerves etc. Do you advise weights with prolapse?
Yes but in a certain way and progression! I have a four week prolapse workout calendar that I recommend and you can find it on my website under programs - www.jessicavalantpilates.com
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in just 10 minutes you helped me more than the past 13 years of dealing with my hypermobility and anxiety
I’m right there with you. I’ve never felt more seen.
So I'm almost to tears....I had no idea yoga was harming me. I just kept doing repetitive poses, deep stretching and trying to release the tension I constantly felt. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past 10 years trying to break this cycle. In fact, I felt youthful because I could do the poses so well! I now have arthritis at an early age, to my family and friend's astonishment and struggle with everyday tasks. I'm not saying all yoga is bad....and perhaps other things contributed like squats (even under a personal trainer's eye) didn't help....but if you even *suspect* you have hypermobility, I really encourage you to look at how you are currently exercising!
Same with my mum.
She is in a wheelchaor since her 60s.
Please do more hyper mobile work out videos!
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Yes yes yes pls!!!
Yes I have hEDS and anxiety. Im also autistic! Looking forward to seeing these exercises 💖
Thank you so very much! I have been struggling with hyper-mobile related injuries for years. And the anxiety link makes so much sense.
Grateful for this. I'm having increased hypermobility issues after COVID. It could be due to the virus or simply by being bed bound for some weeks resulting in muscle wastage. Either way it has been incredibly frustrating and painful I feel a little set back in my health journey but am also encouraged
I really feel all my issues took a turn for the worst since 2020. I was dealing with things before, but never to this extent. A lot of people are saying long Covid is causing several problems like POTS in people that didn't show signs previously.
Thank you so much for this informative video. That has answered all my questions that I’ve been looking for all my adult life and what no doctor has ever talked about. You are one big inspiration. Love your exercising videos. Perfectly tailored for my pace and ability. ❤️
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for this video. I have joint hypermobility and anxiety; I found this video so useful and informative. I will definitely be taking all of your recommendations on board!
I hope it helps!
This was so helpful! Thank you so much. I have hypermobility and anxiety and have been doing too much yoga. I will definitely stop that and incorporate more weights and pilates.
Can’t wait to see more videos on hypermobility from you! This was all really helpful and my chiropractor recommended to avoid end range as well. It’s so counterintuitive from everything we were taught about working out, but a lot of that advice wasn’t healthy to begin with! So thank you!
Yes....I kind of wish I had spent my money on chiropractic services rather than yoga in hindsight. At least not the way I was doing it, where deep stretching was definitely encouraged!
This is really useful. Thanks you are a great teacher!
I was born with HEDS… I’ve had multiple subluxations in my shoulder and hips, I’m excited to do some of your workouts!!🎉
What wonderful advice. I've only just been told this by my new physio.. The only one to tell me this in 25 years of agony in my hips, shoulders and legs. He said no yoga, just mid range pilates. He live din Norway for 20 years before coming to the NHS/UK. I believe we're so behind in up to date health care here, it's terribly old fashioned.
The related anxiety/cortisol flooding is very interesting. My conditions have gotten worse with trauma I've experienced.
I'm glad you finally had someone talk to you about this!
Me to for me worst place shoulders
Thank you very much indeed for uploading this video. So helpful and CLEAR!! I would have liked see this channel a long.. long time ago.. I'm 50 and I suffered a lot of pain all my life. I suffer from anxiety too.. which leads me to overtrain sometimes, now I know what I have to do..!!
Do some hyper mobile work out videos please!!
I would have liked to find you 30 years ago.
Keep it up 🙌🙌💪💪💪💯
I teach yoga and focus on strength and stability (as well as breathing and relaxing). Not all yoga is the same!!🙏🏼❤️Thank you for your videos!!
Hi Jessica - Dr Stewart Mawdsley here, Canadian family doctor living in Melbourne Oz. Great channel - I just stumbled across your channel and DEEPLY appreciate your clinical approach to myotherapy as so many fitness channels purport themselves to be panaceas or 'secret shortcuts' and it's so refreshing to see your channel take a far more medical and 'first principles' approach with good understanding of pathophysiology. I'd def be interested in touching base or hearing more from you. I have referred several patients with hypermobility issues to your channel for stabilization exercises. I myself suffer the opposite problem - I have diffuse Dupuytren's diathesis with moderate duypuytren's contractures and severe Ledderhose disease as well as manifestations in my long bone muscles esp my aB/ADductors, despite only being 40 and being a former nationally competitive athlete. I would really appreciate some of your clinical advice.
Stewart
Thanks for informative video. Would love to learn shoulder strengthening exercise from you:)
Thank you Jessica! This is very valuable information.
You're welcome!
Thank you! I’ve always internally felt lazy for modifying postures to avoid hyperextending as I have hEDS. I do yoga and I dance, what’s helped me is noticing how a healthy stretch or burn feels different from hyperextending so I can still do deep stretches without hurting myself. (For me it’s that the joint pain sticks and the burn doesn’t) Thanks for this video ❤
Thank you! I am dealing with lower back pain which has instability. I have been told that I am hypermobile.
Thanks so much! This is so incredibly helpful
Thanks!! Great vídeo and information.
Very helpful thanks Jessica
Very helpful! Thank you!
You're welcome!
This is very helpful, thanks very much!
I really need to know if there's any spiritual background to Pilates as there is to Yoga? I can't do yoga because of my own beliefs but I thought Pilates would be a good substitute to that.
Please be respectful. Just need to know.
Hi Koinonia! Pilates was invented by Joseph Pilates. He was a sickly child and devoted his life to studying physical strength. He believed the spine was the key to health. He studied the movement of cats! Although he did adapt some yoga poses I don’t believe that it was because of any spiritual meaning.
You have a child mind and you follow an ignorant belief system that destroys peoples critical thinking skills. Yoga is just a form of exercise meant to connect you to yourself and your body and spirituality (which can be anything at all). Christians who belief yoga or meditation are against their beliefs or are the devil truly need to expand their minds. Shame.
So not a lot of people understand this dynamic when working out. I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid 21 years ago and struggled with weight loss ever since ( I used to be naturally skinny) I've only recently realized that pushing myself to the limit was not good for my nervous system and I would crash for months on end. Now I'm like the tortoise rather than the hare.
It's such an empowering thing to realize what speed and intensity works best for you! It's great you have discovered that!
When I go to fitness classes trainer keeps pushing to limits but I know how much body takes and I don’t want to suffer afterwards with long recovery. I ended up telling my trainer about my condition. Hopefully she won’t be at me again. I understand, all class is about Go! You can do it! More! But there are people like me having their own pace. I am not lazy and that bugs me because I may appear as one.
I also have the underactive thryroid and it sure does make losing weight more difficult. It's like you have to push past this plateau to get there....but in doing that, I was also getting injured- a lot! I will try being more patient and work at being the "tortoise rather than the hare." :)
God this makes so much sense. Yoga often caused me pain. When I was lifting weights after about 6 months my body hurt so much less. When I stopped it took a while but then the pain came back, now I have a prolapse (not from lifting) but have been told no weights. Is there a way to lift weights even with a prolapse? I’m guessing hypermobility and prolapse go hand in hand.
I wouldn't lift with prolapse how are you now always worries me with lifting hypomobility and slipt discs
This is all fantastic advice. I’m curious where you personally sit on the hypermobility spectrum.
I literally thought about asking you for something on hypermobility. Talk about universe alignment!
Great info! My son has just been diagnosed with hyper mobility and has anxiety and depression, I thought yoga will help him but now I see it won’t ☹️… another option?
Make some much sense to me!!!🤭
Thank you!!!
Great!!
Thank you. Thank you so so much. I can't afford physic right now, but have been diagnosed with HJS since my early teens. Yoga has been my saving grace for the last year - except that I have recently *severely* aggravated my poor joints and muscles. I have been at a loss for what to do; I want to hold a spoon without shooting wrist pain and now I think I'm better equipped! Thank you Jessica!
I hope you feel better soon!
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Thanks so much for this! I have joint hypermobility syndrome and it's been such a nightmare all my life because I'd be super insecure about my weight but the pain is way too intense to work out normally and it makes me incredibly anxious! And then recently the pain has totally spiralled and moved from general pain in a few localised areas depending on what I'm doing to a constant pain with far more severe pain in a few areas depending on what I'm doing - with way more flare ups and its becoming absolutely horrible: I know I have a low pain tolerance but I absolutely cannot do regular workouts and it is so awful because I'm still insecure and I'm still unfit but cannot do the exercises that people usually recommend. Also bad days suck because then everything hurts and stiffens and I am a full time student who needs to get to places and I like walking :( currently waiting on an actual physio appt after my doctor recommended it but it's just got so much worse and is starting to really affect my lifestyle and I need to get healthier! And the flare up days really do impact my mental health and I feel bad for my friends who have to comfort me when I'm crying because every position I sit in either makes my joints hurt or feel weird and loose and almost numb lol
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know I hear you. That sounds like so much to be dealing with, and from personal experience, this pain is unseen and misunderstood by most. But you're handling this so well 😊 Look at you, being a full time student in the midst of it! Keep on keeping on, as will I, and hopefully we can reach places of better understanding of our selves so that we can give our bodies the care they need. Have a lovely day!
Also wanted to chime in...I've been dealing with similar feelings involving body image and the pain that goes along with traditional exercise. I certainly don't do yoga at this time and that kind of helped with anxiety and regulating my emotions. However, I kept getting hurt after doing it (didn't know about any hypermobility)....I hope things get better for you, at least more manageable!
J Eccles found this on MRI.
Jessica do you take on clients via zoom?
Thanks for this video.. I have eds hypermobility and also anxiety. I am 12 weeks post partum and have been diagnosed with mild bladder prolapse.. Finding it so hard to get back into exercise and been doing yoga which I think has over stretched the joints too much causing pinched nerves etc. Do you advise weights with prolapse?
Yes but in a certain way and progression! I have a four week prolapse workout calendar that I recommend and you can find it on my website under programs - www.jessicavalantpilates.com
Are any of your videos comparable to "Piyo" workouts. I don't want to pay for it if I can get just as am efficient workout from you!
I don't teach Piyo :). Some moves may be similar but I wouldn't compare them!
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