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06/18/2026

Tag your partner! Need more help with your neck? Comment “Neck” and we will send you a gentle mobility and pain relief series.

Gentle neck curvature and traction support can feel incredible. After Katie was rear ended in a car accident several years ago, I would do this gentle massage for her every few days to calm her symptoms down.

To be clear, stuff like this usually doesn’t resolve chronic pains, but it can help to temporarily reduce symptoms, allowing someone to do the strengthening exercises that will help to make a lasting change.

This can be done on the edge of a bed, on your couch, or on the floor… you don’t need a fancy massage table.

Andrew Dettelbach
Katie Dettelbach | Hypermobility + Movement
Alexandra Webber

Nuance is something social media hates.It thrives on black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking.Ironically, I grew an Inst...
06/17/2026

Nuance is something social media hates.

It thrives on black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking.

Ironically, I grew an Instagram account to over 1 million followers in part because of that style of content. It’s simple, easy to understand, and makes people feel like they’ve found the answer they were looking for.

Every single thing on this list is something I genuinely believed at one point or another.

My ego never enjoys being challenged. It’s not fun when people tell you you’re wrong, especially when they do it aggressively. But after the initial reaction fades, I try to think critically and do my own research.

Science is constantly evolving, and I’m willing to bet some of the ideas on this list will continue to evolve as well. In fact, the first slide is the most recent example. I’ve repeated that explanation countless times, including within the last year, only to discover recently that the evidence points us in a different direction.

One thing I’ve learned is to be cautious of anyone who presents their approach as the only answer.

“This is the way.”
“Everyone else is wrong.”
“Do our method and nothing else.”

Those messages are appealing because certainty is comforting. But human beings are complicated, and reality is rarely that simple.

The truth is that many of the ideas in this carousel aren’t completely wrong. There is often some truth buried within them.

For some people, improving posture may help.

For some people, stretching may be exactly what they need.

For some people, a specific exercise variation may be the best choice.

The problem begins when we turn a potentially useful idea into a universal rule.

If something on this list makes you feel defensive, I get it. I’ve felt that way too.

The longer I’ve been doing this, the more I’ve realized that growth often starts when we’re willing to question what we think we know.

Our ego may hate being challenged.

But that’s usually where the learning happens.

06/16/2026

How many of you are going to do this in the middle of the gym? 😂

Comment “Neck” if you need help overcoming neck pain. We’ll send you our free neck mobility and pain relief series with detailed massages, mobility drills, and exercises that have helped thousands of people move with more confidence.

The platysma is one of the most overlooked muscles in the body. It’s a very thin, sheet-like muscle that sits just beneath the skin of the neck and is most commonly associated with facial expressions, like grimacing or tensing the jaw.

But it may have another use.

When consciously activated during certain neck exercises, the platysma can help some people create a greater sense of stability and control, especially if neck movements feel threatening or sensitive. Think of it less as “fixing” the problem and more as giving your nervous system another strategy to work with while you build strength and tolerance.

A fair warning though: if you’ve never intentionally used this muscle before, don’t be surprised if it’s a little sore afterward. Tiny muscles that don’t get much attention can definitely let you know they exist.

Andrew Dettelbach
Katie Dettelbach | Hypermobility + Movement
Alexandra Webber

06/15/2026

In the last clip I still couldn’t keep my knee from moving forward over my toes when going up the stairs. Can you?

Comment “Knee” if you have knee pain and are afraid of it. We will send you a free Knee series to help improve your mobility and reduce pain.

Believe it or not, people are still told not to let the knees pass forward over the toes in their movements and exercises. This sends a confusing message that it might be “bad” or “damaging.”

We hear it in fitness classes all the time.

If your goal in an exercise is to target the glutes and hamstrings, then keeping the knee behind the toes can help achieve that, but it isn’t something that should be feared.

Andrew Dettelbach
Paint by Alexandra Webber

06/12/2026

As a physician, Paige Harrison helps people with back pain, neck pain, migraines, and chronic pain every day.

She’s also been active her entire life. CrossFit. Marathons. Lifting. Pilates. Chasing after her daughter.

So what happened next caught her off guard.

What started as low back pain turned into nerve pain that radiated down her leg and into her foot. She developed numbness, tingling, and even weakness in her big toe.

At first, she wasn’t too worried. She thought it would just get better. And for a while, it did.

Then she tweaked her back again last year, and she knew this time was different.

What scared her wasn’t just the nerve pain. It was what not solving it could mean for her life.

She immediately thought about the patients she sees every day. The ones who become trapped by their symptoms. The ones who slowly stop doing the things they love. The ones who begin to believe they’ll never get better.

“I didn’t want to turn into a chronic pain patient.”

She became afraid to bend over and pick things up off the floor. Afraid to unload the dishwasher. Afraid that taking care of her daughter would make things worse.

While trying to find answers, a physical therapist told her to stop hinging - which only lead to more fear.

And for a while, that advice made sense. Hinging hurt… so avoiding those movements felt safer.

But Paige knew the goal of rehab wasn’t to do less. It was to get back to the things that make life worth living.

So she started the Limitless Program to better understand her movement patterns and rebuild confidence in her body - and to not AVOID and FEAR movement.

By Module 3, she says she was already feeling 85 to 90% better.

Today, 100 days later, she says:

“I’m 95 to 99 percent better. I still have my flares, but it’s nowhere near where I was when I started.”

Her story is a reminder that MRI findings don’t determine your future, fear can become its own barrier to recovery, and our bodies are often more adaptable than we think and give credit.

If you’re tired of chronic back pain, join 1000s of Whealth members today and live free from pain.

06/09/2026

One challenge I see in the hypermobility world is that people often assume they need to choose between lifting heavy weights or avoiding strength training altogether.

There is a huge middle ground.

One of my favorite ways to make an exercise more challenging without immediately adding weight is to slow it down and focus on control.

This allows you to spend more time in positions that are often difficult for hypermobile individuals, build confidence, improve body awareness, and create a training stimulus with loads that may otherwise feel too easy.

A quick note about the 185 pounds in this video:

The goal is not to lift 185 pounds.

The goal is not to lift what someone else lifts.

The goal is to challenge YOUR body appropriately.

I’ve been strength training for nearly 20 years. The weight I’m using today is the result of years of gradual adaptation, consistency, mistakes, setbacks, and practice.

If you’re hypermobile and currently using bodyweight, a resistance band, or a pair of light dumbbells, that’s perfectly fine.

Strength is built by meeting your body where it is today and giving it a reason to adapt.

Over time, those small challenges become bigger challenges.

And eventually, your body becomes capable of things that once felt impossible.

What matters most isn’t the number on the weight.

It’s your ability to control it.

Want to understand more about hypermobility? Comment “Bendy” and we will send our free resources to your DM’s.
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06/08/2026

Your spine will change over time. Comment “Neck” if you need gentle pain relief ideas and support. We’ll send you a free series to help you reduce neck pain.

One of the biggest misconceptions about neck pain is that your MRI or X-ray should look “perfect.”

The reality is that spinal changes are a normal part of aging. Research consistently shows that many people with neck pain have relatively normal imaging, while many people with no pain have disc bulges, degeneration, arthritis, and other findings that can look scary on a report.

When it comes to your neck, the most important thing isn’t how your spine looks on an image. It’s how you feel and function.

You may be able to improve your pain, strength, mobility, and confidence without changing the appearance of your spine at all.

For many people, the answer isn’t chasing a perfect MRI. It’s gradually improving the strength and capacity of the neck, shoulders, and upper back.

Simple? Yes.

Easy? Not always.

The challenge is finding exercises that match your current abilities and knowing how to modify them when you’re dealing with pain, stiffness, or flare-ups.

That’s exactly what we cover in the free neck pain relief series.
Comment “Neck” and we’ll send it over.
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06/04/2026

Comment “Tight” and we’ll DM you the full video.

If you’re hypermobile and constantly stretching, I have a question:

If stretching is the answer... why do you still feel tight?

Many people with hEDS and hypermobility spend years chasing relief through stretching, yoga, and mobility work.

Yet the tightness keeps coming back.

That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re not stretching enough.

It may mean your body is asking for something completely different.

In this video, I explain why tightness is often a stability problem rather than a flexibility problem, and what can help create more lasting change.

Comment “Tight” and we’ll send you the full breakdown.
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