Bendy Bodies with the Hypermobility MD, Dr. Linda Bluestein
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Connective tissue disorders, like Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), have far-reaching consequences. Multi-systemic symptoms affect quality of life -- with pain, frequent injury, joints “giving way," fatigue, headache, gastrointestinal problems, and insomnia being common. Welcome to Bendy Bodies with the Hypermobility MD, with your host and founder, Linda Bluestein, MD. Learn from specialists with diverse areas of medical and scientific expertise. Conversations cover topics relevant to everyone with symptomatic joint hypermobility (EDS, HSD, Marfan's). Learn to optimize your hypermobile health!
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16. Empowering Flexibility with Dr. Jen Crane, DPT
August 28, 2020 04:07 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBExtreme flexibility has permeated social media and influenced every physical art form, from dance to ice skating and of course circus arts. As artistic athletes are asked to explore greater and more unstable end ranges of motion, performers are often left to figure out how to stay healthy for themselves. For those artists and athletes, the question isn’t IF they should work in an end range of motion, but HOW. Dr. Jen Crane, a physical therapist specializing in circus arts, chats w...
15. Shaping a Healthy Career with Beckanne Sisk
August 11, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBHypermobility is often desired in dancers for the long, beautiful lines it affords. But hypermobility adds its own challenges to dancers seeking a long, healthy career on the stage. In this episode, we chat with principal dancer from Ballet West and international guest star Beckanne Sisk about how she manages her hypermobility. Beckanne opens up about learning to rein in her hypermobility, discovering when to hold back and when to lean into it, as well as how her pre-professional ...
Shaping a Healthy Career with Beckanne Sisk
August 11, 2020 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBHypermobility is often desired in dancers for the long, beautiful lines it affords. But hypermobility adds its own challenges to dancers seeking a long, healthy career on the stage. In this episode, we chat with principal dancer from Ballet West and international guest star Beckanne Sisk about how she manages her hypermobility. Beckanne opens up about learning to rein in her hypermobility, discovering when to hold back and when to lean into it, as well as how her pre-professional teachers he...
14. Stabilizing the Hypermobile Body through Circus Arts with Emily Scherb, PT, DPT
July 30, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBNowhere is flexibility and hypermobility more valued and explored than in the circus arts! But while circus artists are highly skilled and extremely strong, working in extreme end ranges of motion comes with its own set of issues and potential injuries. In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Emily Scherb, a DPT who specializes in circus and performing arts. Emily examines what’s similar (and different) between circus and performing arts, looks at what is “normal” for the circus populat...
Stabilizing the Hypermobile Body through Circus Arts with Emily Scherb, PT, DPT
July 30, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBNowhere is flexibility and hypermobility more valued and explored than in the circus arts! But while circus artists are highly skilled and extremely strong, working in extreme end ranges of motion comes with its own set of issues and potential injuries. In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Emily Scherb, a DPT who specializes in circus and performing arts. Emily examines what’s similar (and different) between circus and performing arts, looks at what is “normal” for the circus population, and o...
Healing the Brain Holistically with Ilene Ruhoy M.D., Ph.D.
July 17, 2020 13:34 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBMany conditions found in "bendy" people have a neurologic basis, impacting both the brain and nervous system. In this Bendy Bodies episode, Dr. Ilene Ruhoy, the Medical Director and Founder of the Center for Healing Neurology, walks us through the integrative approach she takes to healing the brain and the body. Dr. Ruhoy discusses the “cross talk” between the gut and the brain and explains how the food we eat and the way we exercise affects our most vital organ, the brain. She covers migr...
13. Healing the Brain Holistically with Ilene Ruhoy M.D., Ph.D.
July 17, 2020 13:34 - 1 hour - 60 MBMany conditions found in "bendy" people have a neurologic basis, impacting both the brain and nervous system. In this Bendy Bodies episode, Dr. Ilene Ruhoy, the Medical Director and Founder of the Center for Healing Neurology, walks us through the integrative approach she takes to healing the brain and the body. Dr. Ruhoy discusses the “cross talk” between the gut and the brain and explains how the food we eat and the way we exercise affects our most vital organ, the brain. She co...
Investigating Autoimmune Disorders with Jill Schofield, M.D.
July 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBWorld renowned expert in autoimmune disorders and the Founder and Director of the Center for Multisystem Disease, Dr. Jill Schofield, generously chatted with us in a recent interview. Autoimmunity (dysregulation of the immune system) is genetically inherited and will often have multiple triggers. Dr. Schofield discusses the relationship between autoimmune diseases, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, and dysautonomia (abnormal function of the autonomic nervous system). She dives into the difference be...
12. Investigating Autoimmune Disorders with Jill Schofield, M.D.
July 02, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWorld renowned expert in autoimmune disorders and the Founder and Director of the Center for Multisystem Disease, Dr. Jill Schofield, generously chatted with us in a recent interview. Autoimmunity (dysregulation of the immune system) is genetically inherited and will often have multiple triggers. Dr. Schofield discusses the relationship between autoimmune diseases, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, and dysautonomia (abnormal function of the autonomic nervous system). She dives into the diffe...
11. Understanding Hypermobility Disorders with Linda Bluestein, M.D.
June 18, 2020 14:17 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this episode, guest co-host Jennifer Milner interviews Bendy Bodies’ own host, Dr. Linda Bluestein! Hypermobility disorders can be frustratingly hard to diagnose or even define. From symptomatic joint laxity to connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) or Marfan Syndrome, the umbrella of hypermobility disorders covers a number of conditions and up-to-date information can be hard to find. Bendy Bodies' host, Linda Bluestein, M.D., shares her expertise with...
Understanding Hypermobility Disorders with Linda Bluestein, M.D.
June 18, 2020 14:17 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, Jennifer Milner interviews Bendy Bodies’ own host, Dr. Linda Bluestein! Hypermobility disorders can be frustratingly hard to diagnose or even define. From symptomatic joint laxity to connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) or Marfan Syndrome, the umbrella of hypermobility disorders covers a number of conditions and up-to-date information can be hard to find. Bendy Bodies' host, Linda Bluestein, M.D., shares her expertise with Jennifer Milner in this ...
Cultivating Psychological Skills with Bonnie Robson, MD
May 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBLiving with stress and anxiety has become the rule rather than the exception in today’s world. Everyone develops coping strategies of some kind, but without encouragement and guidance these strategies can be dysfunctional and even harmful. Dr. Bonnie Robson talks through the risks inherent in social and physical isolation and how to develop strategies that can support and encourage long-term mental and physical health. She explores how and why sleep is affected by stress offering ways to be...
10. Cultivating Psychological Skills with Bonnie Robson, M.D.
May 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBLiving with stress and anxiety has become the rule rather than the exception in today’s world. Everyone develops coping strategies of some kind, but without encouragement and guidance these strategies can be dysfunctional and even harmful. Dr. Bonnie Robson talks through the risks inherent in social and physical isolation and how to develop strategies that can support and encourage long-term mental and physical health. She explores how and why sleep is affected by stress offering ...
Cultivating Psychological Skills with Bonnie Robson, M.D.
May 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBLiving with stress and anxiety has become the rule rather than the exception in today’s world. Everyone develops coping strategies of some kind, but without encouragement and guidance these strategies can be dysfunctional and even harmful. Dr. Bonnie Robson talks through the risks inherent in social and physical isolation and how to develop strategies that can support and encourage long-term mental and physical health. She explores how and why sleep is affected by stress offering ways to be...
Educating the Dance Community with Lisa Howell
May 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBDancing with a hypermobile body brings its own set of challenges, from a general lack of stability to a slower recovery time. As a young pre-professional, a dancer might not understand why she must find conscious strength before subconscious strength; why daily activities must be examined through the same placement lens as a dance class; and why “boring” and “tedious” can equal “good for you”. As a parent, helping a hypermobile dancer through the pre-professional years can be bewildering and...
9. Educating the Dance Community with Lisa Howell
May 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBDancing with a hypermobile body brings its own set of challenges, from a general lack of stability to a slower recovery time. As a young pre-professional, a dancer might not understand why she must find conscious strength before subconscious strength; why daily activities must be examined through the same placement lens as a dance class; and why “boring” and “tedious” can equal “good for you”. As a parent, helping a hypermobile dancer through the pre-professional years can be bewi...
Demystifying Genetics with Paldeep Atwal, M.D.
April 29, 2020 19:48 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBDemystifying Genetics with Paldeep Atwal, M.D. Your DNA holds many secrets. Why do drugs work on some people and not on others? Why are conditions expressed so differently in different family members? How might hypermobility disorders, dysautonomia (like POTS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) be related and how does coronavirus fit into all of this? Listen in as top geneticist, Dr. Paldeep Atwal, shared his expertise on the following: Hypermobility disorders - Why are Bendy pe...
8. Demystifying Genetics with Paldeep Atwal, M.D.
April 29, 2020 19:48 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBYour DNA holds many secrets. Why do drugs work on some people and not on others? Why are conditions expressed so differently in different family members? How might hypermobility disorders, dysautonomia (like POTS) and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) be related and how does coronavirus fit into all of this? Listen in as top geneticist, Dr. Paldeep Atwal, shared his expertise on the following: Hypermobility disorders - Why are Bendy people so different from each other yet...
Understanding and Preparing for Coronavirus with Immunologist, Dwight McKee, M.D.
April 17, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBReady for some cutting edge COVID-19 science? In this episode, learn new tips and gain insight into the coronavirus situation! SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, has forever changed the world as we know it. Why is this virus unique? Why does the response to infection vary so dramatically? What can we do to minimize the risk of infection and decrease the impact if we get sick? Dwight McKee, M.D., Ph.D., board certified in immunology, medical oncology, hematology, nutrition, and integrative m...
7. Understanding and Preparing for Coronavirus with Immunologist, Dwight McKee, M.D.
April 17, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBPLEASE NOTE***: The following episode was recorded in mid-April 2020, just four weeks after the World Health Organization declared the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the disease known as COVID-19) as a global pandemic. At that time, schools and all non-essential businesses had been closed and people around the world were being asked to stay home. Scientists were learning a lot at this point, but it was unclear how many people would become ill and what the excess mortal...
Minding the Mental Health Gap with Kathleen McGuire Gaines
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBTraits that can make a dancer so valuable in the dance world - drive, perfectionism, obsessing over details - also put them at higher risk for mental health disorders. And while physical health resources become ever more commonplace in the dance world, mental health resources remain woefully lacking, oftentimes uncomfortably left in a hidden half-shadow. A few years ago, Kathleen McGuire Gaines wrote an article, “Why are we still so bad at addressing dancers’ mental health?” for Dance Magazi...
Episode 6: Minding the mental health gap with Kathleen McGuire Gaines
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutesTraits that can make a dancer so valuable in the dance world - drive, perfectionism, obsessing over details - also put them at higher risk for mental health disorders. And while physical health resources become ever more commonplace in the dance world, mental health resources remain woefully lacking, oftentimes uncomfortably left in a hidden half-shadow. A few years ago, Kathleen McGuire Gaines wrote an article, “Why are we still so bad at addressing dancers’ mental health?” for Dance Magazi...
6. Minding the Mental Health Gap with Kathleen McGuire Gaines
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MBTraits that can make a dancer so valuable in the dance world - drive, perfectionism, obsessing over details - also put them at higher risk for mental health disorders. And while physical health resources become ever more commonplace in the dance world, mental health resources remain woefully lacking, oftentimes uncomfortably left in a hidden half-shadow. A few years ago, Kathleen McGuire Gaines wrote an article, “Why are we still so bad at addressing dancers’ mental health?” for D...
Episode 5: Optimizing nutrition to support a dancer’s health with Kristin Koskinen, RDN
April 04, 2020 01:20 - 1 hourWhile many dancers strive to fuel healthily, making the most out of your meals can be overwhelming. In today’s world especially, dancers need strong immune systems and healthy bodies ready for whatever challenge may come next. Registered dietician nutritionist Kristin Koskinen discusses nutritional needs for dancers and how to shape lifelong healthy eating habits. Kristin examines common mistakes dancers make in fueling choices, and how you can shape a flexible diet built to shift around exte...
5. Optimizing Nutrition to Support a Dancer’s Health with Kristin Koskinen, RDN
April 04, 2020 01:20 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBWhile many dancers strive to fuel healthily, making the most out of your meals can be overwhelming. In today’s world especially, dancers need strong immune systems and healthy bodies ready for whatever challenge may come next. Registered dietician nutritionist Kristin Koskinen discusses nutritional needs for dancers and how to shape lifelong healthy eating habits. Kristin examines common mistakes dancers make in fueling choices, and how you can shape a flexible diet built to shift...
Optimizing Nutrition to Support a Dancer’s Health with Kristin Koskinen, RDN
April 04, 2020 01:20 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBWhile many dancers strive to fuel healthily, making the most out of your meals can be overwhelming. In today’s world especially, dancers need strong immune systems and healthy bodies ready for whatever challenge may come next. Registered dietician nutritionist Kristin Koskinen discusses nutritional needs for dancers and how to shape lifelong healthy eating habits. Kristin examines common mistakes dancers make in fueling choices, and how you can shape a flexible diet built to shift around exte...
Episode 4: Supporting a dancer’s mental health with Terry Hyde
March 30, 2020 01:10 - 1 hourDancers train constantly to attain peak performance, working long hours to achieve physical and artistic perfection. Unfortunately, mental health is often sacrificed for that perfection. Terry Hyde, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and psychotherapist with patients all over the world, joins Linda and Jennifer to explore this often-neglected aspect of dancer health, and discusses how hypermobility can bring unique mental health problems of its own. Terry discusses the high incidence of an...
4. Supporting a Dancer’s Mental Health with Psychotherapist, Terry Hyde
March 30, 2020 01:10 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBDancers train constantly to attain peak performance, working long hours to achieve physical and artistic perfection. Unfortunately, mental health is often sacrificed for that perfection. Terry Hyde, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and psychotherapist with patients all over the world, joins Linda and Jennifer to explore this often-neglected aspect of dancer health, and discusses how hypermobility can bring unique mental health problems of its own. Terry discusses the high incid...
Supporting a Dancer’s Mental Health with Psychotherapist, Terry Hyde
March 30, 2020 01:10 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBDancers train constantly to attain peak performance, working long hours to achieve physical and artistic perfection. Unfortunately, mental health is often sacrificed for that perfection. Terry Hyde, former dancer with the Royal Ballet and psychotherapist with patients all over the world, joins Linda and Jennifer to explore this often-neglected aspect of dancer health, and discusses how hypermobility can bring unique mental health problems of its own. Terry discusses the high incidence of an...
3. Preserving the Hip with Orthopedic Surgeon, Joel Wells, M.D.
March 12, 2020 02:57 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBHypermobility can affect every joint, but perhaps the most complicated one to understand and train is the hip. With a high prevalence of hip injuries in hypermobile dancers and athletes, proper diagnosis and treatment is critical. From hip dysplasia to labral tears, dance science and medicine’s understanding of the hip continues to evolve even as we work to find the most effective ways to treat and strengthen it. Listen in as Dr. Wells discusses his role as a hip preservationist, ...
Episode 3: Preserving the Hip with Joel Wells, MD
March 12, 2020 02:57 - 52 minutesHypermobility can affect every joint, but perhaps the most complicated one to understand and train is the hip. With a high prevalence of hip injuries in hypermobile dancers and athletes, proper diagnosis and treatment is critical. From hip dysplasia to labral tears, dance science and medicine’s understanding of the hip continues to evolve even as we work to find the most effective ways to treat and strengthen it. Listen in as Dr. Wells discusses his role as a hip preservationist, why educatin...
Preserving the Hip with Orthopedic Surgeon, Joel Wells, M.D.
March 12, 2020 02:57 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBHypermobility can affect every joint, but perhaps the most complicated one to understand and train is the hip. With a high prevalence of hip injuries in hypermobile dancers and athletes, proper diagnosis and treatment is critical. From hip dysplasia to labral tears, dance science and medicine’s understanding of the hip continues to evolve even as we work to find the most effective ways to treat and strengthen it. Listen in as Dr. Wells discusses his role as a hip preservationist, why educatin...
Ensuring Longevity by Screening, Strengthening, and Supporting with Physiotherapist, Moira McCormack
March 05, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn this continuation of our discussion with Moira McCormack, we delve deeper into Moira’s work as a researcher and tireless advocate for dance science and medicine in the studio setting. Moira talks through the basic screening tests used at the start of each season to help define a dancer’s strength and maintenance program for the year, explains what teachers of hypermobile dancers must understand, and reveals that “It’s never too late to build something else into your body. Nothing is insur...
2. Ensuring Longevity: Screening, Strengthening and Supporting, with Physiotherapist Moira McCormack
March 05, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this continuation of our discussion with Moira McCormack, we delve deeper into Moira’s work as a researcher and tireless advocate for dance science and medicine in the studio setting. Moira talks through the basic screening tests used at the start of each season to help define a dancer’s strength and maintenance program for the year, explains what teachers of hypermobile dancers must understand, and reveals that “It’s never too late to build something else into your body. Nothing...
Episode 2: Ensuring Longevity by Screening, Strengthening, and Supporting with Moira McCormack
March 05, 2020 01:00 - 42 minutesIn this continuation of our discussion with Moira McCormack, we delve deeper into Moira’s work as a researcher and tireless advocate for dance science and medicine in the studio setting. Moira talks through the basic screening tests used at the start of each season to help define a dancer’s strength and maintenance program for the year, explains what teachers of hypermobile dancers must understand, and reveals that “It’s never too late to build something else into your body. Nothing is insur...
1. Reducing Injury and Increasing Education with Royal Ballet Physiotherapist, Moira McCormack
February 26, 2020 02:59 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBMoira’s tireless work with Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet school have helped build the Royal Ballet into an oft-emulated model of treatment and intervention for ballet dancers. Join us as Moira describes how important a dancer’s early training is - movement patterns, alignment, biomechanics - to increase their career longevity. Moira lists concrete, basic rules for training a hypermobile body, emphasizing the importance of strength work, patience in training, and the necessity ...
Reducing Injury and Increasing Education with Royal Ballet Physiotherapist, Moira McCormack
February 26, 2020 02:59 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBMoira’s tireless work with Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet school have helped build the Royal Ballet into an oft-emulated model of treatment and intervention for ballet dancers. Join us as Moira describes how important a dancer’s early training is - movement patterns, alignment, biomechanics - to increase their career longevity. Moira lists concrete, basic rules for training a hypermobile body, emphasizing the importance of strength work, patience in training, and the necessity of recovery ...
Episode 1: Reducing injury and increasing education with Moira McCormack
February 26, 2020 02:59 - 43 minutesMoira’s tireless work with Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet school have helped build the Royal Ballet into an oft-emulated model of treatment and intervention for ballet dancers. Join us as Moira describes how important a dancer’s early training is - movement patterns, alignment, biomechanics - to increase their career longevity. Moira lists concrete, basic rules for training a hypermobile body, emphasizing the importance of strength work, patience in training, and the necessity of recovery ...
Episode 1: Reducing injury and increasing education with Moira McCormack part 1
February 26, 2020 02:59 - 43 minutesMoira’s tireless work with Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet school have helped build the Royal Ballet into an oft-emulated model of treatment and intervention for ballet dancers. Join us as Moira describes how important a dancer’s early training is - movement patterns, alignment, biomechanics - to increase their career longevity. Moira lists concrete, basic rules for training a hypermobile body, emphasizing the importance of strength work, patience in training, and the necessity of recovery ...