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EDS & Hypermobility in Kids: Growing Pains, POTS & Signs We Miss w/ Dr. Sarah Cohen Solomon | Ep 216
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What if a child has joint instability but doesn’t actually look hypermobile? And when are “growing pains” a sign that something more is going on? In this episode of Bendy Bodies, Dr. Linda Bluestein sits down with Sarah Cohen Solomon, MD, a board-certified pediatrician at UVA Health specializing in Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), joint hypermobility, and related conditions, to unpack how connective tissue disorders can present differently in children and why they can be so easy to miss. Dr. Solomon, who was diagnosed with hEDS herself at age 20, explains why evaluating joint hypermobility in children requires more than a quick Beighton score. They discuss how muscle tension can mask joint…