Our Five Step Approach To Changing YOUR Life Ehler’s Danlos & POTS Training: Obtain Strength, Stability, and a Pain-Free Life
Functional strength and tailored exercises
Living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and hypermobility can feel like an uphill battle. Constant joint pain, instability, and fatigue may make even simple movements feel exhausting. You may have been told that pain is just something you have to accept—but that’s not true. With the right approach to strength and stability training, you can take control of your body, reduce pain, and build the resilience you need to move with confidence. Just like the success story you saw in the video, you, too, can experience life without constant discomfort.
A Proven System Built Specifically for EDS
You’ve seen what’s possible—real progress, less pain, and more freedom of movement. Now, let’s walk through exactly how we get there. Our five-step system is designed with the specific challenges of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in mind. Each phase builds on the last, guiding you from assessment to long-term strength, stability and confidence. Here’s how we do it:
A Personalized Approach
Every person with EDS is unique, which is why our process begins with a thorough assessment. We evaluate your current functional capabilities and muscular strength to identify areas of weakness and instability. One key test we use is the Adduction Drop Test, which helps determine muscle imbalances and whether your body is in an optimal position for movement. By understanding how your muscles are functioning, we can develop a training plan that meets you where you are and guides you toward greater strength and stability.
The Foundation for Pain-Free Movement
Before we dive into strengthening, we focus on putting your body in the right position. Many people with EDS struggle with correct body positioning, which leads to compensation patterns and increased pain. We use postural repositioning exercises, such as hamstring activation exercises, to help you engage the right muscles and restore proper alignment. This step is critical—it ensures that when you start building strength, your body is in the correct position to move efficiently and without pain.
Training YOUR Diaphragm
Many people with EDS live in a constant state of stress due to their body’s instability. That’s why we start with breathing exercises designed to:
- Strengthen and expand your diaphragm to function properly
- Calm your sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight response) to help with flare ups
- Reduce overall tension and allow your body to function more efficiently
- Help Symptoms of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
By resetting your breathing patterns, we prepare your body for better movement and pain relief.
Designed for Your Needs
Once your posture and positioning is corrected, we design a strength training program specifically for you. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all workout plan—it’s a carefully structured program tailored to your individual needs, focusing on stability, proper breathing, controlled mobility, and functional strength. We emphasize joint control, core stability, proper gait patterns, and muscular endurance to help your body handle daily movements with ease. Over time, you’ll notice improved strength, better movement mechanics, and significantly reduced pain.
Taking Control of your Life
The goal isn’t just to get stronger—it’s to get control of your life. With the right training, you can walk, run, lift, and move without fear of pain or injury. Many of our clients have gone from feeling trapped in their own bodies to living active, fulfilling lives. Whether it’s playing with your kids, returning to your favorite hobbies/starting new ones, or simply going through the day without pain, this program is designed to help you feel strong, stable, and confident in every movement.
You don’t have to accept pain as normal. Let’s take the first step toward a stronger, more capable you.
Support for POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
Many people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) also experience Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)—and that’s not a coincidence. When your body is out of position and under constant stress, your nervous system becomes dysregulated, blood circulation is impaired, and symptoms like dizziness, rapid heart rate, fatigue, and brain fog can take over.
But here's the good news: when we correct positioning, calm the nervous system, and build real functional strength, the body starts to self-regulate again. You don’t need to live in fight-or-flight—and you don’t need to rely on salt packets or compression garments forever.
Just like we do with EDS, we take a step-by-step approach to helping you regain energy, stability, and control—without flares, without pushing past your limits.
Our Five Step Strategy to Reclaim Your Autonomic Health
Step 1 – Nervous System Reset: “Out of Fight-or-Flight”
Living with POTS often means living in a constant state of survival. That’s why we begin by addressing your nervous system directly with controlled breathing exercises that calms you and the body down.
This helps:
- Activate the parasympathetic system (rest and digest)
- Improve sleep, digestion, and mood
- Reduce feelings of panic, overwhelm, and lightheadedness
- Create the calm foundation your body needs to begin healing
Step 2 – Postural Repositioning: “Alignment Unlocks Regulation”
Poor body alignment doesn’t just cause joint pain—it places excess demand on your cardiovascular and nervous systems. Repositioning the pelvis and ribcage reduces internal stress, allowing your body to return to a state of neurological and circulatory balance.
This step directly:
- Improves blood flow
- Reduces the load on your heart when standing
- Alleviates chronic muscular tension and joint stress
It also sets the stage for pain-free movement and better energy regulation.
Step 3 – Foundational Strength Training: “Build the Support System You’re Missing”
We don’t jump into intense exercise. Instead, we guide you through precisely selected, low-load strength movements designed to:
- Support blood return to the heart (especially through glutes, hamstrings, and internal obliques)
- Stabilize hypermobile joints
- Improve muscular coordination and postural control
By training muscles that assist circulation and support movement, we build the system your body has been missing—from the inside out.
Step 4 – Activity Tolerance Training: “Rebuild Stamina the Right Way”
After your body is repositioned and calmer, we introduce gentle, consistent movement that restores endurance—without triggering symptoms.
This includes:
- Controlled, functional strength sessions customized to your ability and recovery speed
- Outdoor walking, performed only after repositioning ensures the right muscles are supporting you
No wall sits. No intense cardio. No bodybuilding exercises. Just smart, steady movements that build tolerance naturally. The way your body was meant to function.
Step 5 – Living Fully Again: “Energy, Confidence, and Control”
The goal isn’t to mask symptoms—it’s to address the root cause and help you return to life. As your body gains proper alignment, strength, and regulation, you’ll feel:
- Less dizzy and fatigued or as I like to call, “potsy”
- More capable of handling daily activities
- Calmer, more energized, and better than you have ever felt
You were never broken—your body was just overwhelmed. With the right guidance, it can recover.
EDS and POTS: One System, One Solution
These conditions are deeply connected. And when we treat the whole system—posture, breath, strength, and nervous regulation—you don’t just feel “a little better.”
You feel in control again.
Let’s take the first step. Book your free consultation today.