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Hypermobility isn’t just about bendy joints. 🧬

Connective tissue is everywhere in your body, so when it’s extra stretchy, symptoms can show up far beyond your joints. Pain, gut issues, temperature swings, crushing fatigue.

And it often doesn’t travel alone. Meet “the trifecta”:

🦴 hEDS / HSD: loose, unstable joints, chronic pain, easy bruising
💓 POTS: a form of dysautonomia. Your heart races and you feel dizzy or wiped out when you stand, especially in the heat
🌸 MCAS: mast cells overreact, causing flushing, hives, itching, and reactions that look like allergies

Some doctors sum it up as “bendy, itchy, and dizzy.”Why do they cluster? Researchers are still working that out. The leading theory is that stretchy blood vessels let blood pool, which strains your nervous system. On top of that, MCAS and POTS can feed off each other.

How common is it? In one study of women with HSD/hEDS, more than half had POTS, about a third had MCAS, and 1 in 4 had all three.

If this sounds like you, look for a provider who knows connective tissue disorders. And keep moving: strength and stability training beats more stretching. 💪

Save this + send it to the friend who’s always “just flexible.” 🤍

Big thanks to all my healers @drlisette, @thefixwellnesslounge , @abramshouseofhealing , @dr.stephanieabrams , and @kellygelfound who can assist if you feel you need a diagnosis.

Educational only. Not medical advice or a diagnosis.
#hEDS #EhlersDanlos #POTS #mcas #dysautonomia
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