EDS & HSD Top Tips & Hacks || EDS & HSD Awareness Month 2021

It's that time of year again! EDS & HSD awareness month comes around quick! I'm back for my 5th annual series of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month videos with my dazzle of zebras from across the world. This year we have 27 zebras with 4 different types of EDS and HSD from 8 different countries sharing their experiences of what it's like to live with these rarely understood conditions on a daily basis.
In this video we are sharing some of our top tips, tricks and hacks for living with HSD, hEDS, cEDS & vEDS. Having shared some of my eds hacks on my instagram in my #hacksforspoonies series I thought I should ask my fellow zebras what their favourite hacks and best tips. I really hope you find some of these ideas helpful.
Products similar to those featured in the video are below, if there are any questions or something is missing please drop me a comment:
Ayesha & Jenni's Knee Pillow: amzn.to/3tKMMsO
Jenni's hairdryer stand: amzn.to/2QdaeBp
Georgia's Tape: amzn.to/3tLa95n
Emma's Heat & Ice Packs: amzn.to/3hicHW7
Amber's Phone holder: amzn.to/3eDCOFd
Jill's Ring Splints: www.ringsplints.com/
Alexis' Speech to text software: amzn.to/3eHJaDu (there is also one built into word which is pretty good)
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Huge Thanks to Everyone who was involved in this video:
Adriana, North California, USA,18, hEDS, IG: @adrianaedswarrior
Alexis, Alberta, Canada, 20 , hEDS, She/They, IG: @therarewanderer & @ggalexis12 Blog: therarewanderer.travel.blog/
Alyssa Maryland, USA, hEDS, IG: @spoonfullygraceful
Amber, Gloucester, UK, 18, HSD, They/Them, IG: @_prisma_art_
Amy Mckee, Yorkshire, UK, 22, HSD, She/her, IG: @voldycat7 YT: / @voldycat
Ayesha, Brighton, 33, hEDS, She/her, IG: @ayeshashasha777 YT: @AyeshaShaSha
Bradley, Victoria, Australia, 29, vEDS, he/him, IG: @veds_zebra
Caroline, Essex, UK, 35, hEDS, IG: @lilcaz10
Catie, Pennsylvania, USA, 25, hEDS, She/her, IG: @lifeasazebra & @sunflower.catie
Clara, Texas, USA, 21, hEDS, IG: @clara_and_arlo
Eleanor, Scotland, 22, hEDS
Eliza, London, UK, 24, hEDS, They/them, IG: @disabled_eliza
Emma, Kent, UK, 27, hEDS, She/her, IG:@ehoughton24601
Georgia, Cardiff, 22, heds, she/her
Jasper, Newcastle, UK, 26, hEDS, He/him Twitter: @queercanthear
Jeannie Di Bon, London, UK, hEDS IG: @jeannie_di
Jenni, Essex, UK, 25, hEDS, She/her, @chronicallyjenni
Jenny, Hampshire. UK, 32, hEDS, IG: @jennycole1998 YT: @JennyCole1988 Blog: jaffacat.co.uk/
Jill, The Netherlands, 27, hEDS IG: @jillhubersmooren
Kate, Northumberland, UK, 26, hEDS, IG: @katestanforth
Katya, London, UK, 26, hEDS, IG: @positivelychronictravels
Luca, Ferrara, Italy, 35, cEDS, he/him, IG: @tre8bre FB:@tre8bre.1985 YT: @tre8bre
Marisol, Mexico City, Mexico, 28, hEDS, She/her, IG:@solprni
Rachel, Essex, UK, 25, hEDS, IG: @racheleanneblog
Robin , Vancover, Canada, 29, hEDS, IG: @robinhahnsopran YT: / @robinhahnsopran
Simon, Devon, UK, 42, hEDS & cEDS, He/him, IG: @the_bodyboarding_eds_pilot
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[@ALLIKA9231]

Hack: Squish mellows so cute and also helps you to have your body surrounded by something super soft when pain is being awful!

[@robinhahnsopran]

I'm so amazed how we all prioritize different things! The best part about that is how varied these tips are - what a useful vid! Thanks everyone for sharing what's important to them in their day-to-day life! 💙💙

[@ChronicallyJenni]

I loved how much variety there is, I think it's so important! And thank you for getting involved and being so brilliant, what you said was something I really needed to hear!

[@melissafarrugia9531]

Oh my! That hair dryer stand! Thanks so very very much

[@alena6734]

THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH Thank you thank you I definitely need to take more care of my body and I am not weak when I ask for help/ let people know how much pain I really am in

[@katerego1029]

It’s so wild to hear people talking about exercising and how it helps. I wish. I’m lucky if I have the energy to go for a walk and if I walk too long I’m in pain for days and exhausted.

[@JennyCole1988]

Another great video Jenni. So happy to be part of it with so many other amazing zebras xx

[@ChronicallyJenni]

Thank you so much Jenny! great to have you involved!

[@Voldycat]

Im fully taking notes while watching this thank you haha

[@bevishhh]

Literally 😅

[@jackiem9423]

Same!

[@ChronicallyJenni]

Haha I love this! x

[@LadyInWhite741]

I have hEDS and Cranialcervical Instability. What’s helped me the most for joint/muscle pain is the cream called, Penetrex. Also, I’m taking a non-opioid medication called, Low Dose Naltrexone at 3.5mg. It helps significantly with inflammation, pain and autoimmune symptoms. I highly, highly recommend you talking to your doctor about this medication. Also, a pregnancy pillow is essential! My ribs sublux a lot! Like 3-6 times a day. What has helped me put them back into place is a dense foam roller. I roll my back on it and my ribs go back into place with far less pain. For on the go sublux’s, my PT taped together 2 tennis balls 🎾 to look like a figure 8. I keep this in my car and put it on my back where needed and press against the car seat and my ribs are popped back in!

[@lorahargrove9710]

Jenny thank you so much it was wonderful love the hacks and we'll try some of them everybody looks great thanks again have a great weekend Miss model.!!!🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦓🦽🦼🌞⛱♿💐🎈🎈🎈🎈😇😇😇😇😇👗

[@ChronicallyJenni]

Thank you so much and to you!

[@jackiem9423]

Thank you for this! It was awesome. I took notes. 🦓

[@ChronicallyJenni]

Really hope it helped x

[@GreyLynn01]

Is it not “normal” for your arms and stuff to hurt when doing your hair? (For reference I’ve been doing my hair for about 10 years…)

[@mlapointej]

Everyone's always really shocked when they see how I can French braid my own hair.

[@kayleighweldon7855]

Yall im feeling hella bummed rn about all my diagnosis’ ngl