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Play it Forward: Contribute to the EDS Community Playlist on Spotify This May!
Let’s make a mixtape on a mission to elevate the noise level for EDS awareness to make waves that foster change for the EDS community. Music has the power to heal, to connect, and to inspire. This May, as we observe Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Awareness Month, Chronic Pain Partners is thrilled to announce our latest […]
A Mother’s Day Shout Out from An EDS Mom and The Producer of Complicated
As a parent, it is hard to witness your child suffering with symptoms and physical pain. As mothers, we are often looked to, to make everything better, right? When my kids started having medical issues, I quickly learned that there was no parenting book to teach how to comfort and support your child when an […]
Complicated – the must-watch documentary on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
A new documentary on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Complicated, will soon be released. Chronic Pain Partners was honored to preview the film, which dives deep into many of our community’s challenges. Directed by award-winning and Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Andrew Abrahams and co-produced by TCAPP board member and advocate Donna Sullivan, this film is the most comprehensive and accurate […]
Filmmaker Andrew Abrahams on the New EDS Documentary ‘Complicated’
Chronic Pain Partners’ Karina Sturm was honored to speak with Andrew Abrahams, who has been directing the new Ehlers-Danlos documentary Complicated. Abrahams is an award-winning, two-time Academy Award-shortlisted producer/director of creative non-fiction films and the president of Open Eye Pictures. He is also a cinematographer and photographer. His documentary Under Our Skin, which highlights the […]
Making Misdiagnosis and Misunderstanding a Thing of the Past
What Chronic Pain Partners has done for the community lately.
The Rise of Clinician-Associated Trauma in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Content warning: This article discusses difficult encounters and experiences with medical clinicians that some readers may find upsetting or triggering. Please take care of yourself as you see fit. I did not receive an hEDS [hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome] diagnosis until I was 29 years old, and until 2023, I did not feel one ounce […]
HEDS or HSD: Study Question Diagnostic Criteria
“The 2017 [hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome diagnostic] criteria were introduced to improve diagnostic specificity but have faced criticism for being too stringent and failing to adequately capture the multisystemic involvement of hEDS,” states a paper titled “Looking back and beyond the 2017 diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: A retrospective cross-sectional study from an Italian reference […]
Books on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
With growing awareness about the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, varying resources in different types of media developed over the last years. Our Chronic Pain Partners’ Team is collecting their favorite books, podcasts and films on EDS and its comorbid condition in a series of listicles you will find on our website over the next months. We are […]