Hypermobility Solutions Course

An 8 week live course for movement professionals that will teach you how to screen/assess hypermobility and then use exercise to improve their symptoms, reduce their pain, and increase their tolerance to exercise in order to treat with confidence and ease.

Open for enrollment from April 22nd until May 2nd. First call starts Friday, May 2nd at 12:00pm PST. 

Imagine After The Course:

• You feel confident that you can help your client when they check off EDS on their intake form.

• You are proficient in being able to detect hypermobility, even when your clients don’t realize they have it.

• You feel equip with multiple tools to address complex symptoms of hypermobility such as chronic pain.

• It is easy to draft a treatment plan for even your most complicated hypermobile client.

• You have lifetime access to the slides and recorded lessons, so that you can go back and review the material as many times as you need.

• You have handouts to give your clients to make it fast and easy to educate your clients.

• You have a community to ask questions and get help from going forward.

What’s Actually Included

• 8 weeks of live education (value ~ $2640)
  Minimum of a 1.5 hour call per week but usually goes for 2 hours. That’s at least 12 hours of live education covering everything from screening, assessment, and treatment. Be able to ask any of your burning questions and get advice on cases.
• Powerpoint Copies of all the Course Notes (value ~ $297)
  Get copies ahead of time so you can focus during the calls, participate, and ask questions without having to take feverish notes.
• Homework assignments (value ~ $440)
  Each week I give 3 actionable pieces of homework to help integrate the material into practice right away.
• Handouts (value ~$50)
  Educational material you can give directly to your hypermobile clients to save you time.
• Community
  Accessed through the course portal where you can network with other like-minded clinicians and get your burning hypermobility questions answered for life.
• Recordings
  Access to recordings of all the calls so you can review the material as many times as you like.
• Lifetime Access (for FREE)
  Access to updated material every single year.
• Cathy’s Hypermobility Knowledge (value ~ priceless)
  Cathy’s hypermobility knowledge all compiled into one course.

Curriculum

✔️ Week 1 (May 2) - Hypermobility & Co.
We started with covering the basics of hypermobility and its associated conditions to ensure we are all on the same page. This includes: Hypermobility, HSD, EDS, Dysautonomia, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Upper Cervical Instability, and Myalagic Encephalomyelitis.

✔️ Week 2 (May 9) - Assessment
Learn how to screen for and pick up signs of hypermobility in your subjective and objective assessment. We learn different assessments for hypermobility and questionnaires to quantify otherwise difficult to measure symptoms.

✔️ Week 3 (May 16) - Nervous System
Learn the principles for treating Dysautonomia. We also learn practical autonomic nervous system regulation exercises to help with pain or Dysautonomia.

✔️ Week 4 (May 23) - Pain Management
Learn two different models for pain management with hypermobility. Also learn joint mobilization and control this week.

✔️ Week 5 (May 30) - Joint Stabilization
Learn joint stability exercises for all the major joints in the body.

✔️ Week 6 (June 6) - Proprioception & Nerve Flossing
Learn different techniques to increase proprioception into a hypermobility rehab program to get better results. Also learn a minimum of 5 nerve flosses, one my favourite techniques to reducing pain in hypermobile people.

✔️ Week 7 (June 13) - Strengthening Exercises
Learn how to cue strength training so that your hypermobile clients feel it in the right place and without pain.

✔️ Week 8 (June 20) - Case Studies
Bring it all together to create a treatment plan for your client. Get advice for your cases from myself and other community members.

Who exactly is this program for?

• You know that hypermobile people can benefit from a strengthening program but it feels like something is missing from their rehab program. 

• You have clients that are hypermobile or have Ehlers-Danlos (EDS) and you don’t know how to modify their treatment program.

• You want to prioritize your clients’ autonomy and self-management of their symptoms. You don’t want your clients to become reliant on manual therapy techniques. 

• You look at the body as a whole system and are interested in how the nervous system affects pain, stability, and overall functioning.

• You are committed to getting the best results for your clients and want to be part of a community that is committed to the same thing.

FAQs

Do you have to be a physiotherapist to join?

No, the course was designed to be targeted at physiotherapists but can be used and integrated by anyone who incorporates exercises as part of their treatment programs with clients. This includes but is not limited to chiropractors, occupational therapists, personal trainers, or kinesiologists.

Are there recordings available?

Yes, recordings of the live calls will be uploaded to the course platform after the calls within 24 hours. 

How long are the live calls?

The calls will be 1.5 to 2 hours in length.

Testimonials

"This course definitely changed how I’m going to practice (probably more than any other course), my assessment skills have improved significantly allowing me to better screen for hypermobility, which ultimately completely changes your treatment style!! It was such an amazing course. I also loved the format of it being once a week and only 1.5 to 2 hours long! It allowed me to apply the knowledge I learned throughout each week! I find most courses too long in duration and my attention span is lost or its information overload and I end up retaining only a fraction of what they’ve taught us. I felt like I could really apply the material well." - Jalisa, Hypermobility Solutions Course Round 1

"Cathy is an excellent teacher and wealth of knowledge when it comes to hypermobility and working with people dealing with the complexities of HSD and EDS. This course was a great review of some of the basics AND I learned a tonne of new information, techniques, and strategies for how to better serve this population in my practice (as well as help myself manage my own health as someone living with HSD)! I would highly recommend this course for anyone working in healthcare or the movement professions - whether you know it or not, you are working with hypermobile folks and the information you will learn in this course will help you serve them, and all of your clients for that matter, better!" - Sarah, Hypermobility Solutions Course Round 1

Got more questions? Email cathy@nestphysiotherapy.com and we'll get back to you ASAP.