Try this exercise adjustment if you are hypermobile. We hold a lot more tension in our shoulders than we realize and often hold our breath and tense our neck as a way to steady ourselves as overcompensation for a weak deep core muscles. This adjustment can help your body retrain muscles to work more efficiently and appropriately while reducing the chance of creating additional neck and shoulder tension while you workout... that's the last thing any of us needs! 

Here are some short and long-term tips if your hypermobile toes tend to cramp when you point them. This is often particularly common for people who supinate their feet when they walk and/or stand with their weight in their heels. 

These are particularly good for anterior pelvic tilt, weak/tight hip flexors, and/or lumbar spine issues You can do without the band or can use a very light band just to help hold you together, progressing by increasing reps and resistance. Bolster under sacrum, hands on ribs or lower abdominals; lower abdominals activated keeping pelvis in gentle posterior tuck, hold pubic bone in place as you exhale leg away & inhale back to starting; keep chin slightly lifted to maintain open airway; can use a furniture slider under the heel to make the movement smoother

Here are some of the most common hypermobile myths I've come across both in my own experience and through others I've worked with. Let me know if you have any questions.

Here are 5 things you can do to stretch and strengthen the intercostal muscles. If you are hypermobile and struggle with diaphragm breathing and/or rib flare, you may find some of these helpful.

The intercostal muscles are an integral part of breathing. They also help secure the ribs. Strengthening these muscles can drastically improve both oxygen intake as well as thoracic stability.

A neck with a hypermobile range of motion is a dangerous neck. The body learns to compensate as protection, which often leads to a lot of muscle tension starting at the base of the skull, going all the way down the neck and through the shoulders. Here are 3 methods you can try for release that are safer for hypermobile people than traditional stretching. #hypermobile #neckpainrelief #shoulderpainrelief #hypertonic