All I knew growing up was limitations due to my hip dysplasia. My first surgery when I was 18-months old. I loved moving and being active, but my hip told me different. I couldn’t sit crisscross like the other kids. I had to stop dancing because it was getting too intense, and my mom was…
My hip story begins before 2009, before two dozen hip surgeries, before losing my hip and 1/3rd of my proximal femur, before my life changing forever… My story begins in college when I was playing basketball during an Army ROTC tournament and thought I had pulled a muscle or just tore some cartilage. Little did…
Amy is a yoga teacher who was diagnosed with hip and shoulder dysplasia and hypermobility (hEDS). She has used her journeys as a patient as inspiration to specialize in teaching individuals with hypermobility. Visit the video link to meet Amy as she shares her inspiring story about negotiating adversity and pain and using her passion,…