EDS / HMS — ITV This Morning Hypermobility dismissed by Doctor Dawn Harper

Описание: In this clip from ITV's This Morning show featuring Holly Willoughby and Philip Scofield, a TV "doctor" Dr Dawn Harper discuss children avoiding P.E. if they are hyper mobile...or suffering with EDS. Her advice to EDS and Hypermobility suffers is so wrong its unbelievable.

She describes Hyper mobile people as being "simply bendy" and "great for gymnastics"


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The Full Transcript:

And we've got Dr. Dawn and Beverly Turner. They're back as we take your calls on whether schools should ban parents from writing P.E. lesson sick notes. I'll go to our first caller.

[Phillip] Hi Sarah.

[Holly] Hi Sarah.

[Sarah] Hello.

Hi, yeah I was just saying you think that the participation should be tailored to the individual child.

[Sarah] Yes, that's right, yes. My son is 11, he's got hyper mobility, and he absolutely hates P.E. He goes into school and he basically comes home with achy legs, he's up during the night with achy legs, and I don't think that's case to say no sick notes, because some days are better than others, depending upon the weather as well. I don't think it's a simple issue in school. You seem to be well enough to do P.E., because if there are children that have a disability that you can't be sure to the eye.

Yeah, okay, good point.

[Sarah] And I believe it puts extra pressure upon not just DNA tests, but also the teachers, because if they're being told from one angle not to relay a child, you know, if they're at school they've got CPA, but on the other angle, they're being told by the parents actually my son's got hyper mobility, he can't do what everyone else is doing.

Okay, let's--

Pain is always a difficult one, because I can't put a needle in your arm and say you've got pain factor ten. We have to listen to the individual. Hyper mobility itself... You might also think of as double jointedness, you see people who are very very flexible. And that can predispose to achy joints, but equally it can mean that you're really good at things like gymnastics. Because you've got that flexibility. So I hear what you're saying Sarah about if a child is in pain, then they shouldn't be forced to exercise. But we must make sure that we are encouraging kids to be as active as possible. And to say for example your son should be excluded from P.E. or be excused from doing P.E. would not be in his best interests in his long term health, I think that's where we're coming from.

I also think that actually there are children who, and I'm not saying that your son falls into this category, but they don't realize that having stiff legs from doing a run the day before means they're not ill. They think that "my legs are sore because I went running," well that's your muscles getting stronger, and I think that often today children can be frightened of that strain, 'cause they think they're injured. You're meant to feel like that. If you've done a good run, you're meant to be in pain.

I've said he does have hyper mobility, so there are other medical issues there, but fascinating, thank you very much.