Is This Pain Normal
 or Am I Falling Apart?

You’re Not Broken—Your Body Just Needs a Different Approach. Discover gentle, science-backed strategies to move with confidence and ease with your Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Chronic Pain.

Living with Bad Glue?

In Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), the “glue” that holds your body together—collagen—doesn’t work as it should. Too stretchy. Too fragile. Too unpredictable. And that leads to real pain, fatigue, and confusion about what’s happening in your body.

Living with EDS, hypermobility, or chronic pain can feel chaotic: You question every twinge. You brace against every step. You don’t trust your body, and honestly
 why would you?

But here's the truth: You can turn fear into safety. And safety helps reduce pain.

The Safe Pain Blueprint is a three-step guide to help you understand your pain, calm your nervous system, and start feeling safe in your body again—gently and on your terms.

If you’ve been dismissed, undiagnosed, and told "it’s all in your head
”

If you’ve walked out of appointments more confused than when you walked in, and you’ve googled symptoms at 2 a.m. and tried to explain pain that doesn’t make sense to people who don’t get it


If that’s you...

You’re not alone. And you’re in the right place.

Whether you’ve just heard “Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome” for the first time or you’ve been navigating chronic pain and hypermobility for years, this space was built with you in mind.

Here, we don’t push quick fixes. We build body-trust.

We don’t override your experience. We honor it.

You’ve learned to live in a body that doesn’t follow the rules. Now, let’s help you live in that body — with more clarity, more calm, and more confidence than you thought possible.

What’s Inside the Safe Pain Blueprint?

Step 1: Understand the Real Roots of Pain

Learn why pain doesn’t always mean damage—and how your brain and body interpret safety signals. Understand central sensitization, pain amplification, and how fear fuels flare-ups.

Step 2: Calm the Chaos

Gentle strategies to soothe your nervous system (without medication or complex routines). Learn how to reduce pain by reducing threat—not by “toughing it out.”

Step 3: Build Trust, One Small Win at a Time

Create a sustainable plan based on clarity, pacing, and personal values. Discover how to move without fear—and finally feel safe in your body again.

The Safe Pain Blueprint

Get Your Copy Instantly for just $27!

This 35-page, science-backed guide helps you:

  • Understand why your pain isn’t “just in your head”

  • Calm your nervous system without overwhelm

  • Rebuild body trust through gentle, practical steps

What makes it different?

  • ✅ Evidence-based using the biopsychosocial model

  • 💛 Empathetic to the emotional weight of chronic pain

  • 🔁 Actionable with clear strategies you can actually follow

Walk away with clarity, control, and confidence — finally.

Guided by Expertise, Grounded in Empathy

Hi, I’m Dr. Caroline Bazemore—physical therapist, learning experience designer, and someone who lives with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

I know what it’s like to have bad glue: to be in pain, to feel dismissed, and to get advice that doesn’t work for your body.

That’s what led me to study physical therapy—and what inspired me to create Bending Better.

This space is about calm, clarity, and learning to trust your body again.

No quick fixes. No pressure. Just science-backed tools and support that meet you where you are.

- Caroline

When Your Body Feels Unsafe, Everything Hurts More.

A new way to understand pain—and finally feel calm again.

Chronic pain isn’t just about joints and tissue—it’s about trust. When you live with EDS, hypermobility, or invisible illness, pain becomes unpredictable. You second-guess every sensation.

You’re not being dramatic—your nervous system is just on high alert. But here’s the hopeful part:

Pain can change when your nervous system feels safe. You can go from chaos to clarity, one gentle step at a time.

The Safe Pain Blueprint is your three-step guide to:

  • Understand why your pain feels so overwhelming

  • Learn how fear and tension amplify pain

  • Build calm, confidence, and body trust again—without pushing or forcing