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Things that help my child sleep
By Lizzie H HMSA Note: Every individual is different, and different things will help different people. If in doubt, consult a health care professional before trying something new. After nearly fifty years of my own sleep problems and now almost ten years of my daughter's (I have EDS, POTS, ADHD etc and she is hypermobile and is awaiting assessment for ADHD but has a lot of symptoms) we find we get the best results from: 1. Our daughter sleeps with us and although it does mean
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Summary of: Association of POTS, HSD, and MCAS in Young Patients; prevalence, overlap and response to therapy depends on the definition
Original article by: Lilian Yao, Kavya Subramaniam, Katherine M. Raja, Abi Arunachalam, Aubrey Tran, Tripti Pandey, Sahana Ravishankar, Sahan Suggala, Caitlyn Hendrickson, and Andrew J. Maxwell. Summary by: Rebekah Beattie, Clinical Evidence and Dissemination Lead for the HMSA. Original article is available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1513199/full Introduction Clinicians are increasingly recognising that certain conditions -
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Coping with Christmas – skip, attend or adjust: A bendy autistic perspective from a teenage member
Some ideas on coping with Christmas from an autistic, hypermobile teenager.
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Phoebe's story
13 year old Phoebe shares her experience of exercising with a hypermobility syndrome. I don't always find exercising easy because I end...
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Supporting the siblings of children with hypermobility syndromes
Siblings of children with health conditions face some unique challenges - here are some ideas of things that can help support them.
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A hypermobile parent's perspective on supporting their hypermobile child: Starting school.
A parent shares some things that are helping their hypermobile child to thrive as they start school.
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A teenagers perspective on pain
As a 14-year-old girl who suffers with hypermobility, I have found living with pain quite difficult at times, but I have found many ways...
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