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Fatigue can shape every part of rehabilitation. This guide explains pacing, repeatable activity and why more exercise is not always the answer.

A flare does not always mean stopping everything. Learn how to reduce exercise demand while maintaining movement, confidence and continuity where appropriate.

Repeated slipping, giving way or dislocation can be frightening. Physiotherapy focuses on control, strength, confidence and reducing avoidable instability.

Looking for a strength and balance class near Dartford or Bexley? Tom Morgan Physio Solutions runs a weekly physiotherapist-led class at St Barnabas Church in Joydens Wood. The session takes place on Thursdays from 6pm to 7pm and costs £12 per person. It is designed particularly for older adults who would like to work on their strength, balance, mobility and confidence with everyday movement. Exercises can be adapted to different abilities, so you do not need to be a regular

Proprioception is your sense of joint position and movement. It can be an important rehabilitation target when hypermobile joints feel unreliable.

Strength training can be useful for hypermobility when it prioritises control, repeatable loading and sensible progression rather than extreme range.

Recovering from a hip replacement is a significant journey that requires patience, care, and the right guidance. One of the most important aspects of recovery is learning how to walk safely and confidently again. Walking is essential for regaining mobility, improving strength, and preventing complications. However, it must be done carefully to protect your new hip and support your overall rehabilitation. In this post, I will share practical hip replacement walking tips, answe

When Can I Stop Using Crutches After Knee Replacement: practical physiotherapy-led guidance on recovery, exercise progression, common problems and when to seek review after knee replacement.

Occasional clicking or mechanical sensations can occur as tissues move around a new joint, especially while strength and control are still returning. Clicking that is painless and not associated with loss of movement is different from a sudden clunk with severe pain, deformity or inability to move the arm.

When multiple joints are symptomatic, a long body-part-by-body-part programme can become overwhelming and exhausting.

Cycling can be a useful low-impact way to build cardiovascular fitness and leg endurance with hEDS or HSD, but bike setup and exercise dose matter.

Pilates can be adapted for people with hEDS or HSD and may help develop strength, control and body awareness. The label Pilates does not make every exercise automatically suitable.

Yoga can provide movement, relaxation and strength, but people with hEDS or HSD may already have more joint range than they need.

Exercise does not need to be completely sensation-free, but severe pain is not a requirement for progress either.

A useful physiotherapy assessment should look beyond a Beighton score and understand the actual problems affecting your daily life.

Having hEDS or HSD does not automatically rule out sport. The appropriate level depends on the sport, symptoms, injury history and your ability to tolerate its demands.

A bad pain day does not automatically require complete bed rest, but it may not be the right day for your hardest training session either.

Swimming and water-based exercise can provide cardiovascular and strengthening work with less weight-bearing load, which some people with hEDS or HSD find comfortable.

A symptom flare can make it tempting either to stop everything indefinitely or to jump straight back to your previous programme as soon as you feel slightly better.

Exercise that is always extremely easy may not create enough stimulus to improve strength, while exercise that repeatedly overwhelms you is difficult to sustain.