EDS / Hypermobility/ Dysautonomia

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The role of the physical therapist and health coach is very important in patients with hypermobility. Focus on ongoing treatment will be to provide education and referrals to get you feeling better including:

  • Patient Education on all things EDS!

  • Core stabilization

  • Relief from headaches/migraines

  • Postural re-training

  • Aerobic conditioning within the limits of EDS, POTS & dysautonomia

  • Increase in resting muscle tone

  • Techniques to assist with energy conservation

  • Resources for pain relief

  • Anxiety management techniques

  • Consultation and fitting for orthotic support, splints or braces (including Silver Ring Splints®)

  • Lifestyle modification for conservative management of dysautonomia including: POTS & MCAS

  • Support and connection with other patients with hypermobility disorders

VIDEO Conferencing from the comfort of YOUR OWN HOME! …

If travel to our location provides a barrier for you, W4T offers secure video consultation. Via video we can: provide full assessments and adapted interventions, educate patients and family members attending the call, observe how you interact with your native environment and make recommendations to improve function and limit disability, provide supervision, confidence and independence in proper form for your home exercises and on home equipment, evaluate and progress intensity as needed, and make recommendations for home/office environments, ergonomics and body mechanics.

Fee-for-service options (in person or via Zoom):

  • Comprehensive New Patient Evaluation $700 (see detail with purple button below)

    • Full medical history reviewed together

    • Assessment of symptoms and your body

    • Treatment plan prepared

    • Significant patient education provided

    • Extremely detailed report provided after the visit (including hyperlinks to everything discussed in the appointment)

  • New patient CONSULTATION ONLY (45 minutes, no intake and no report) $250

    • Follow up treatment sessions with W4T (in person or via secure video conference) $200

      Additional optional fees

      hEDS diagnostic worksheet w/results $150

      Standing POTS test w/results $150

      Clinical assessment of CCI $150

      Facilitation of genetic testing $150

      Handicap license paperwork $150

      Paperwork for disability (RFC) $200/hour

      Letters of medical necessity $200/hour


What can you expect with a Comprehensive New Patient PT Evaluation with W4T?