Too Flexible to Feel Good: A Practical Roadmap to Managing Hypermobility

by Celest Pereira, Adell Bridges

Are you overly flexible or double-jointed? Perhaps you are the clumsy and tired person in your group of friends, often nursing an injury of some sort. If you are nodding in agreement with raised eyebrows and a knowing smirk on your face, then there is a chance you are hypermobile.

Hypermobility affects a whopping 10 to 25 percent of the population (meaning it’s more common than being left-handed, standing over six feet tall, or having a third nipple), and it can cause symptoms ranging from minor discomfort to debilitating pain. Hypermobile people’s bendiness and tendency toward anxiety often lead them to yoga, where they find that they are at last praised for their physical ability and given tools to manage their hypersensitivity. However, the way yoga is taught frequently leaves this population susceptible to severe injuries, and they end up being told by medical professionals to avoid yoga.

In this epic new book, fitness experts Adell Bridges and Celest Pereira redefine how to manage hypermobility, providing a practical roadmap that will enable you to harness your bendiness and feel fantastic. They reinforce the importance of stability, correct posture, and a healthy lifestyle, showing how, if managed properly, hypermobility is not debilitating but a superpower that you can use to live an extraordinary life. Too Flexible to Feel Good teaches you how to adapt your everyday habits such as your biomechanics and your diet to support and nourish your flexible body. This book also
• Practical tips on how to hold your body for optimal results during training
• Tools to help build awareness of your joint position in everyday life
• Strategies for busting anxiety
• Exercises that can improve your biomechanics
• Diet and sleep considerations

Too Flexible to Feel Good is also an invaluable resource for yoga teachers, fitness instructors, and medical professionals, helping them develop a deeper understanding of how best to help this population.

466 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 12, 2021

Reviews

[Claire]

While full of interesting information I really wish that there had been better step by steps for a lot of the exercises, and far less stupid characters. I have a genetic condition, I'm not chronically 12.

[Sarah]

So helpful and easy to read that I bought my own copy to use as a resource I can go back to again and again!

[Sarah Thornton]

Should have a tagline referencing yoga - not familiar with it and it felt like a large percentage of the book referred to it.

Otherwise good info with an amazing reference section that I will need to revisit.

[Kara Sheets]

This book is eye-opening to someone trying to maneuver through what hypermobility means to your body.