Finding Your Range Podcast : Hypermobility and Chronic Pain Uncovered with Jeannie Di Bon

Real Life Stories: Living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 7

Want to learn more about living with EDS and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? Take a listen to this episode to hear a real life story.

After a lifetime of symptoms, Keeya Steel was diagnosed with mast cell activation syndrome in 2015. Soon after, in effort to cope with the disease, Keeya created Hell's Bells and Mast Cells, a blog and collection of memes raising awareness about chronic illness and disability through humour. Like many MCAS patients, Keeya also struggles with dysautonomia and EDS, completing what she calls her "three-ring circus." Keeya lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her two poodles, Quixote and Sancho. Keeya recently finished filming for a documentary on mast cell activation syndrome.

Fabulous Fascia | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 6

In this Episode of Finding Your Range, I had an amazing discussion with Julian Baker. Julian brings passion, energy and a unique way of explaining things. Julian Baker is the founder of Functional Anatomy and Functional Fascia. He has thousands of hours of dissection experience, as well as 30 years as a Bowen Therapist and is the principle instructor of The College of Bowen Studies.

His focus is always been a whole-body approach with movement and manual therapists in mind. He is an expert member of the FHT as well as a member of The Anatomical Society, Institute of Anatomical Sciences and the Fascia Research Society. His aim is to improve your understanding of the body in a practical way, that will transfer directly to your practice.

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview – we discussed fascia – what is it, how does it impact hypermobility, should we be stretching, can you release tight muscles and can you train your core – and so much more. You don’t want to miss this one.

The information in this Episode is not designed to replace any medical advice. Please consult your medical practitioner if you have any concerns about your health.

Every Breath You Take | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 5

In this Episode of Finding Your Range, we talk breath. We delve deep into how breathing pattern disorders develop in the hypermobile body and how we can change our breathing patterns. Discover what influences your breath and enjoy a beautiful guided visualisation at the very end. Don’t miss it! Today we welcome Ana Barretxeguren.

Ana Barretxeguren is a movement educator, Pilates teacher and myofascial release practitioner. Through self-enquiry, a passion for anatomy and her extensive work helping people recover from injury, she has created Moving Fascia®, a movement method based on self-release, embodiment and movement techniques developed from the latest fascial research.

Her own struggle with catamenial pneumothorax, a rare condition where a woman experiences repetitive lung collapses, has led Ana to a continuous investigation of fascia, focusing on the visceral space and its connections to breath and movement.

‍ Ana holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Anatomical Sciences from the University of Edinburgh and has over 500 hours of human dissection research in the dissection lab. She has extensive clinic practice as a Myofascial Release and visceral manipulation practitioner and has been an educator in various Pilates teacher trainings for the past 12 years. Ana founded Evolve Movement Education in 2013 and is the owner of Brighton Pilates Studio, a Pilates and health centre in Brighton.

The contents of this Episode are not designed to be medical information or replace medical information. Please always consult your medical practitioner if you have concerns or questions relating to your breath or health.

Let's Hear It For The Boys | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 4

The content of this podcast is not intended to replace medical advice or act as medical advice.

Simon is 41 years of age and lives in Devon in UK. His interests are bodyboarding, snorkelling and anything in the ocean!

As a child he spent time in Great Ormand Street Hospital in London having tests and received his diagnosis in his early teens.

He is the men’s group co-ordinator for EDS UK and runs men’s support groups. We welcome Simon to give a man’s perspective on what it is like to live with EDS and the challenges that goes with this. Thank you Simon for your honesty and positivity.

Real Life Stories: A 25 Year EDS Journey | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 3

Please note the information contained in this podcast episode is not designed to be medical advice or to replace any medical advice you may have received.

Dana Carter is a 37-year-old female who lives in Tampa, FL USA. She's married with 2 children, ages 7 and 5. She works part time as a woman's health nurse practitioner, partly to help women of all ages in a way she wishes she was helped. After 25 years of symptoms involving multiple systems, she was diagnosed with Hypermobility type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a couple of years after her second child was born. Throughout her medical journey, she researched a lot and learned more than she could imagined and thrives off relaying that information and compassion to women with similar problems.

This episode will discuss and highlight issues surrounding pregnancy and pelvic floor issues with hypermobility. I am very grateful to Dana to sharing her personal journey with us.

Why The Foot? | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 2

Welcome to Episode 2 of Finding Your Range. In this episode I am delighted to welcome our guest, Gary Ward. There is nothing about the foot that this man does not know and given hypermobility can cause many foot related problems and pain in other parts of the body, I was super keen to speak with him.

Gary Ward is an author, educator and speaker on the subject of human movement and anatomy. In the UK, he has appeared on the TV show Doctor in the House.

His passion for the foot hugely influenced his interpretation of human movement. He teaches an evolution of anatomy and physiology – an evolution that starts with the foot and results in whole body integrated movement.

He is the inventor of the Flow Motion Model: a simple description of what the body does and when it does it… A powerful tool for both assessment and intervention of the human body in the quest for health through movement.

Gary is the author of ‘What The Foot’ and teaches his work all over the world.

I met Gary back in 2014 when I attended one of his 6-day immersion courses for therapists and medical professionals called Anatomy in Motion. His teachings on foot mechanics and the implications of how the foot really works were a game changer for me – the course quite simply changed how I look at the body. My background at the time was Pilates, and the foot was not part of the training material. It was pretty much a neglected body part and Gary’s work was the missing jigsaw piece. Gary’s work is a constant resource for me with my hypermobile clients.

Learn more about the hypermobile foot and its implications in this amazing podcast episode.

You can learn more about Gary and his work at: https://findingcentre.co.uk/ - Website @garyward_aim - Instagram

Listening to the Hoof Beats | Finding Your Range Podcast Episode 1

Welcome to my Podcast! Today I unveil the vision behind this podcast and discuss what’s behind the name. This podcast will feature expert guests and patient stories to uncover hypermobility and chronic pain. Thanks to my fellow Zebra Philip Quigley, a musician from Lancashire, who wrote the music for this podcast. The information provided is not designed to replace medical advice or be used as a replacement. Ask your medical practitioner if you have particular queries on your health.