Hawaiian Experience Spa » Ehlers-Danlos http://blog.hawaiianexperiencespa.com A Health, Fitness, Massage, & Pain Releif Discussion Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Treating Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with medical massage therapy http://blog.hawaiianexperiencespa.com/2009/09/15/treating-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-with-medical-massage-therapy/ http://blog.hawaiianexperiencespa.com/2009/09/15/treating-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-with-medical-massage-therapy/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:48:16 +0000 Steve http://blog.hawaiianexperiencespa.com/?p=79 Dog with EDS - Source: Wikimedia Commons

Dog with EDS - Source: Wikimedia Commons

Medical massage therapy can be used effectively to reduce pain and increase quality of life in patients suffering from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).  EDS is a genetic connective tissue disorder characterized by joint pain and hypermobility, stretchy delicate skin, and other symptoms.  People with EDS have unstable joints, fragile skin, or vascular problems, because of a genetic defect in their connective tissue. EDS affects at least 1 in 5000 people.

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 At Hawaiian Experience Spa in Scottsdale we regularly treat several clients suffering with EDS.

 

 

 

Article written by:

Steve Ibach, Licensed Massage Therapist, Fitness Consultant

Hawaiian Experience Spa
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