For people looking for real, long term solutions to pain, and injuries. Not quick fixes or temporary solution.
I work with hypermobile people to address the root cause of their pain, build a strong and stable foundation, and train for health, longevity and freedom.
Whether you're fresh out of physio, nervous to start, or stuck in an injury cycle, we find out why your joints keep getting hurt and build the strength to lift, hike, run, and keep up with your life.
Strength Coaching for hypermobile bodies that need a smarter approach
I F T H I S S O U N D S F A M I L I A R
You’re in the right place
Movements feel unpredictable or painful
Workouts aggravate your joints
You’ve tried things that didnt work long-term
You know strength training could help you, but you’re scared of making your pain worse
You want to feel stable and strong in your actual life, and have a body that you can trust.
If you’re nodding along, you’re exactly who I built this for.
If you’re here, you probably understand that its more than sore joints. It’s saying ‘maybe’ to the hike instead of yes. It’s cutting the workout short, just in case. It’s the trip you planned around your body, the day you couldn’t keep up with your kids, and the quiet worry everytime you try something new that this will be the thing that sets you back again.
W H Y T H I S I S D I F F E R E N T
Hypermobilebodies need a different approach
After years of getting injured, seeing practitioners who didn't understand my body, and finding that traditional treatments often made my joints feel worse, I realized something: hypermobile bodies need a different approach.
I never planned on specializing in hypermobility. But after leaving commercial fitness, I was flooded with people looking for help with the same problems I'd experienced. That's when I realized there was a huge gap. There weren't many practical solutions for hypermobile people, and most trainers and even many physios simply weren't taught how to work with hypermobile bodies.
So I made it my mission to change that.
For the past 7+ years, I've dedicated my career to bridging the gap between rehab and strength training. I help people with hypermobility, chronic pain, and complex injuries learn how to actually rebuild their bodies, not by avoiding movement, but by using the right kind of movement.
My goal isn't just to help you hurt less. It's to help you become stronger, more resilient, and confident in what your body is capable of, so you can find freedom through fitness.
Hypermobile bodies move different, have different needs, are a lot more prone to compensations, and require a different lens.
This is rehab-informed strength coaching. We build control and stability first, while correcting movement imbalances, then load on top of it, in a way your body can tolerate and keep progressing from. The goal isn't just to hurt less. It's to get stronger, more resilient, and to trust what your body can do for years to come.
H O W I T W O R K S
We build your foundation, and then bulletproof it
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We start with where you actually are
Full body mobility and stability assessment. We look at your pain, your patterns, whats worked and what hasn’t, and what’s holding you back.
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You get programming built for your body
I build your program based on your goals, history, and intake, delivered through TrueCoach with videos, cues and load prescription for every movement. Using a combination of corrective exercise and strength training, we work to reduce pain, build resilience, and help prevent future injuries
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We work together to build habits, routines, and mindsets that help you be successful
I use coaching, lived experience and education to help you build habits, routines, and mindsets that help you work with your body, not against it. This is how we work together to address obstacles before you get stuck, build consistency, and overcome limiting mindsets.
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We adjust as your body responds
Regular check-ins and ongoing support means that your program moves with you, not against you. Flares get addressed, and progress keeps going
M Y A P P R O A C H
A hypermobile body doesn’t need less movement. It needs the right foundation
When your ligaments are lax, your muscles have to do the work of holding your joints together, so everything I do is about building that strength in the right order. I program in phases, and each one builds on the last. You can't skip ahead, because whatever you skip tends to show up later as a niggle.
I very often see people lifting heavy, or very active but they haven't learned how to use their muscles instead of their joints, so thats where we start.
Foundation
The first phase feels a lot like physio. We start with breathing and getting your ribs and pelvis in the right position, then build up the muscles that should be stabilizing your joints. There's a lot of single-leg and balance work, and a lot of holds before we add reps. It's mostly bodyweight and bands, and a big part of it is learning to actually feel the right muscles working, and getting your joints into position (aka learning what ‘neutral’ actually feels like).
I know, its boring, but it is necessary I promise. And it's also the thing that will give you the most lifelong return.
Strength
Once your foundation is solid, we start loading. I don't overhaul your program all at once. I swap a few exercises at a time so your body can adjust. The holds turn into split squats and step-downs, then bigger lifts come in, like Romanian deadlifts, hip thrusts, sumo deadlifts, squats, rows, pull-ups and pressing. We work off how hard each set feels, and the weight climbs from week to week.
I dont give you exercises, before your movement mechanics are ready, and we focus on taking everything you learned in foundations, and applying that into more dynamic compound movements.
We continue to progress and use stability exercises to keep you stable as we build strength, and keep moving forward.
Power
Power comes last, once you're strong. Kettlebell swings, box jumps and broad jumps get added to your strength work, so you can produce force quickly and your body can handle the quick, unpredictable stuff in real life, like catching yourself on a trail.
The stability work never stops, though. Even my clients who've been with me for years and lift heavy still have side planks, single-leg work and breathing in their programs, because with hypermobility the pain tends to come back when it stops. And I'll teach you why we're doing all of it, so you understand your own body instead of just following a plan.
W H Y I D O T H I S
I’ve been the person nobody could figure out
I spent years getting injured, going from practitioner to practitioner, and doing everything I was told. I perfected my form. I did my rehab exercises. I rested when I was told to rest. And the pain kept coming back, and some of the treatment made my joints feel worse. When I started addressing joint stability, and stopped trying to make everything more flexible, it was the first time any of it made sense. Nobody had been looking at the real problem.
Today I lift, run, cycle, and spend as much time outside as I can, and I'm not spending my weeks bracing for the next flare. My body didn't stop being hypermobile. I just finally learned how to build it.
When I left commercial fitness, people kept finding me with the exact story I'd lived, and almost no one had answers for them. That's why I do this. For the past 7+ years I've specialized in hypermobility, bridging rehab and strength training for people whose joints move more than most. I'm a certified personal trainer and PPSC coach with over 40 certifications, but what matters most is that I've been exactly where you are.
“Courtney has been incredible at programming workouts that are so tailored to me, explaining hypermobility to me without being overwhelming, fitting them into my actual real life, motiving me and keeping me on track and overall I’ve learned so much form her, my body is so much less painful and stronger, and I can’t recommend her enough to anybody who is hyper mobile.”