Talk:MZS

Exercise
Careful exercise can be useful for strengthening the organs affected by connective tissue disorders such as EDS, allowing one to compensate to some extent.


 * High-impact exercise can be difficult on the weak joints, skin, tendons, muscles, and bones (due to collagens role in the structural integrity of connective tissue)


 * Low-impact exercises put less stress on the connective tissue and thus are less likely to cause injury.

Cycling
cycling offers low-impact cardiovascular exercise as well as a way to travel while remaining active without the impact strains associated with traveling on foot.

cycling can also be done indoors using an exercise bike or a trainer stand (a device used to convert an outdoor bike into an indoor exercise machine). Which can be helpful for staying active despite changes in the weather that would normally prevent biking.

Tai chi
Tai chi is a martial art built upon the philosophy that meeting an oncoming force with another force will always lead to both side being injured to some degree, instead by focusing on meeting a force softly and safely exhausting it or redirecting it - the user can be more likely to avoid injury themselves.

Outside of it's use as simply a general exercise or self-defense tool Tai chi is in particular well suited for people with connective tissue disorders. This is because it is focused on learning how to turn otherwise high-impact forces 'into' low-impact ones. This effect can enable people with disorders like EDS to become better at avoiding injury and enable them to more safely participate in activities that would otherwise be dangerous.