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#423 - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: What Therapists Need to Know with Abbey Phillipson
In this episode, I sit down with Abbey Phillipson, a strength and conditioning coach and disability advocate who lives with classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Abbey shares how she went from being the kid who sat out of gym class to helping people with disabilities find their place in sports and strength training.
We talk about her childhood diagnosis, spinal surgery as a teenager, and what changed for her when she started building strength. Of course, we get into proprioception, too! Abbey describes what it felt like to struggle with body awareness and how learning to move differently…
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