The Role of Physical Therapy in the Treatment of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

3rd Annual CSF Disorders Symposium: Connective Tissue Syndromes and Manifestations of CSF Disorders in the Brain and Spine

BROWN UNIVERSITY - PROVIDENCE, RI - JUNE 16, 2018

Physical therapist Kevin Muldowney gives an excellent overview of physical therapy protocols in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility.

He explains what PT can-- and can not-- do to help symptoms (like chronic pain) in patients with these medical conditions. He even describes some of the usual PT exercises that EDS patients should not do, because they may cause dislocations in other areas of the body.

Revised: 9/2019