
Hosted by Dr. Ashton Wilson (Osteopath/Business Owner/Advocate) · EN

In this episode with the Barbell Osteo, Caity Hanniver, we discuss our journeys into the online world of allied health. We talk about how our individual passions for movement and education have lead us both down the pathway of online care. We also discuss the shortcomings of manual therapy, the need for more creativity amongst our allied health professionals and how we as a healthcare system can improve our clients experience.

In this episode Steph and I discuss our passions for helping people living with Hypermobility better understand their bodies and give them the support they need to thrive. May is EDS/HSD awareness month so we take a bit of a dive into the presentations of EDS/HSD and the many co-morbidities associated. Steph is an Osteopath based in Canberra and you can find her on socials @stephthebendyosteo

In this episode, I speak with Wallis Summers-Smith who shares her lived experience with her diagnosis of MS and more recently HSD. We discuss how these multiple conditions impacted her pregnancy and what tips she has for other hypermobile mums to be. She shares insight into her ongoing management with MS and what the outlook is for her. This is a great conversation that takes many twists and turns to understanding life with invisible illness.

In this juicy episode I am joined by the talented Jennifer Smallridge, Exercise Physiologist and Invisible illness educator. Jennifer is the founder of Invisbly Brilliant and the co founder of the education group Connection Medicine. Jennifer specialises in managing the complexities and overlap of many invisible illnesses including ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS, EDS and many more. In this episode we discuss the links between ME/CFS and long COVID as well as managing the onset of Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) Instagram @invisibly_brilliant @connection_medicine Vagal ear clip: https://brainhub.com.au/product/vagal-ear-clips-pair/