The gentle strength guide you've been searching for.
Your body with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, chronic pain, and invisible illness doesn't follow the rules. With a blend of clinical expertise and lived experience, I create resources that guide you toward clarity, confidence, and a gentle strength approach that works with your "bad glue."
You wish someone could help you figure this all out...
✗ Heart racing when you stand (but doctors say it's anxiety)
✗ Joints that slip out while doing everyday activities
✗ Being told you're "too young" for this much pain
✗ Generic exercise advice that makes hypermobile bodies worse
✗ Feeling like your body constantly betrays you
You don't need someone to push you harder. You need gentle strength—an approach that honors your reality instead of fighting it.
I'm Dr. Caroline Bazemore, a Duke-trained physical therapist living with EDS. I create evidence-based educational resources that translate complex medical concepts into practical strategies for your daily life.
It's not "just in your head."
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It's not "just in your head." ✦
Ready to understand your pain?
The Safe Pain Blueprint - Your Complete Guide to EDS Pain Management
✹ DECODE YOUR BODY'S SIGNALS
Learn the language of your pain without fear
✹ BUILD PAIN SAFETY SKILLS
Distinguish between protective pain and unnecessary alarm
✹ CREATE GENTLE CONSISTENCY
Show up for your body without shame or pushing through
✹ RECLAIM YOUR LIFE
Move beyond survival mode to actually thriving with EDS
How My Gentle Strength Approach Works
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First, you listen.
For maybe the first time, you'll see how all those scattered symptoms fit together into one clear picture. My resources help you understand that every dismissed symptom, every "normal" test result, every time you were told it was anxiety—it all makes sense when you understand EDS.
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Then, you decode your pain.
This is where my PT background meets learning science: you'll understand why your pain moves around, why stress affects it, and why your body's protective system works overtime. You'll learn the language of your pain through my step-by-step educational approach.
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Finally, you build your gentle strength blueprint.
You'll develop gentle consistency—showing up for your body without shame, giving yourself grace on hard days, and trusting yourself to distinguish between pain that's protective and pain that's just noise. My resources give you strategies for your life, your relationships, your environment—not generic advice, but solutions tailored to EDS reality.
My Commitment To Your Journey
EVIDENCE-BASED
Clinical expertise meets lived experience
GENTLE
No pushing through or toxic positivity
HOLISTIC
Mind, body, and spirit approach to healing
Ready to dive deeper?
I've got you covered:
The Safe Pain Blueprint ($27)
Want to try my gentle strength approach first? This 35-page guide gives you my complete framework for understanding your pain and calming your nervous system.
The Masterclass (Free Preview Available)
Ready to go even deeper? Get my complete methodology as a self-paced course—from nervous system regulation to building your medical village. Lifetime access included.
Want to connect personally?
I offer 30-minute connection calls where we can discuss your EDS journey and explore which resources might be most helpful for you.
Bending Better, Together
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Bending Better, Together ✹
Something big is coming...
So, I'm writing a book about gentle strength for EDS... and building something even bigger!
I absolutely love helping people discover their own gentle strength one-on-one, but I'm unable to reach everyone who needs this approach. I'm dreaming of a world where gentle strength isn't revolutionary, where every person with "bad glue" has access to care that actually honors how their body works.
Sometimes, I have no idea where Bending Better will end up, but this gentle strength community is becoming its own beautiful thing, and I'm so grateful we're building it together.