You have spent years trying to explain something most providers have never been trained to see.
Most providers learn about EDS from you. We learned about it before you arrived.
The joint pain that moves without warning. The fatigue that sleep does not fix. The brain fog, the digestive issues, the dizziness, the way your body reacts to everything more intensely than it should. The test results that come back normal while your body tells you something is very wrong.
You are not imagining it. You are not too complicated. You are not someone who just has to learn to live with this.
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome affects far more than your joints. It influences connective tissue throughout your body, which is why symptoms can seem unrelated and why finding answers is often so difficult.
You deserve a provider who understands that from both a clinical and a deeply personal perspective. This page was written for you.
Looking for genetic testing, not treatment?
While we don't provide genetic testing or diagnose EDS, we work with patients who already have a diagnosis or a strong working diagnosis and are looking for thoughtful treatment and long-term management. For genetic testing, we refer patients to Dr. Vidya Krishnamurthy, MD, at (770) 346-0132. If treatment and symptom management is what you're after, you're in the right place — keep reading below.
Why EDS Requires a Different Approach
Understanding hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome requires seeing the whole person, not just individual symptoms.
Most providers see EDS patients through the lens of their specialty. The rheumatologist sees the joints. The neurologist sees the nerve symptoms. The gastroenterologist sees the digestive issues. Each one finds something slightly off in their lane and sends you on to the next person.
Nobody steps back and looks at the whole picture. Nobody connects the dots out loud. We did. Our goal isn't to replace your specialists. It's to help connect the dots between them. That is not a character flaw in your providers. It is a structural problem in how medicine is organized. EDS does not stay in one lane. It crosses every system simultaneously, and the system was not built to see that.
For years, Dr. Jason Addison has intentionally focused his clinical education on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility spectrum disorders, and the nervous system dysregulation that often drives the symptoms traditional care struggles to connect. He has developed FSM protocols specifically designed for hypermobile bodies. Over the years, he has cared for patients from across Georgia and beyond who had been dismissed, misunderstood, or told everything was normal despite knowing something was deeply wrong.
His understanding of EDS extends beyond textbooks and continuing education. His wife, Belinda, lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Walking beside her through years of appointments, surgeries, setbacks, and victories fundamentally changed how he approaches patient care, not in theory, but in everyday practice.
That perspective shapes every evaluation, every treatment recommendation, and every conversation we have with our patients.
What EDS Actually Is and Why It Affects Everything
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a connective tissue disorder.
Connective tissue is the structural framework of your entire body. It supports your joints, your blood vessels, your organs, your nerves, your digestive system. It is everywhere. When that tissue is more lax than it should be, the effects do not stay in one place. They show up everywhere that connective tissue lives.
Which is everywhere. This is why your symptom list looks the way it does. That's why EDS can look like ten different conditions when it's actually one underlying disorder affecting multiple body systems. The joint pain and instability that probably brought you to a diagnosis is just the most visible piece.
- The dizziness when you stand up.
- The brain fog so thick some days that finding a simple word feels like searching through wet concrete.
- The digestive issues nobody could fully explain.
- The exhaustion that sleep never seems to fix.
- The way a normal day costs you everything you have, and then some.
Not separate problems that happened to land in the same body. The same underlying vulnerability showing up in different places. Your body has been telling one story the whole time. It just needed someone willing to listen to all of it.
How We Actually Treat EDS
What does this person's nervous system need to feel genuinely safer right now?
Not what the protocol says. Not what works for the average patient. What this specific nervous system, in this specific body, needs today. Every recommendation we make is designed to help your body feel safer, more stable, and better able to function. The therapies below work together toward that goal.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent
FSM is the foundation of everything we do for EDS patients, and the reason most of our EDS patients found us specifically. It works at a level the nervous system does not register as a threat. No force. No pressure. No aggressive intervention that sends a maxed-out system into overdrive. It works directly on nervous system irritation, cellular inflammation, and the chronic protective patterns driving a significant portion of your symptoms.
"I had muscular contractural EDS, and an EDS flare took away things I didn't expect to lose, the ability to cook a full meal, finish schoolwork, function through a normal day. I felt like I was living in an alternate universe of pain and exhaustion for almost eight years. After FSM treatment here, that changed faster than I thought possible. I'm not in survival mode anymore. I know flares will still happen, but for the first time in years, I look at each day as a chance to do something I haven't done in a while."
Cold Laser Therapy
Works at the cellular level to reduce inflammation and support tissue healing without adding any mechanical stress to sensitive hypermobile tissue.
Shockwave Therapy
For chronic tissue problems that have stopped responding to other approaches. Applied carefully within the context of a hypermobile body.
Stability and Movement Work
Targeted neuromuscular work that accounts for how a hypermobile body actually functions and what it needs to feel more stable and safer.
Pacing and Education
Because understanding your own body is part of the treatment.
Why Some Traditional Treatments Can Make EDS Symptoms Worse
If you have been made worse by a provider who was genuinely trying to help you, you are not alone. And you are not broken.
Most treatment approaches were built around a specific assumption: that the problem is a lack of mobility. Joints that do not move enough. Tissues that need to be loosened up and pushed through their range.
For most patients, that assumption is correct. For EDS patients, it is almost exactly backwards.
Hypermobile bodies are not dealing with too little movement. They are dealing with too much uncontrolled movement and not nearly enough stability to manage it. The connective tissue that is supposed to act as the natural brakes on joint motion is not fully doing its job. So, the nervous system steps in. It guards everything constantly. Muscles stay tight because tight is the only thing keeping everything from sliding around.
That tension is not the problem. In many cases it is the only thing holding the whole system together.
When a provider comes in and aggressively mobilizes, stretches, or releases all that protective tension without understanding why it is there, the body does not say thank you. The nervous system interprets it as another threat. It tightens back up harder. It logs the whole experience as another threat and becomes even more protective going forward.
This is why so many EDS patients have been made worse by care that was genuinely trying to help them.
That's why our approach begins by understanding why your body is protecting itself — before trying to change it.
The Georgia EDS Zebra Club
Living with EDS can feel isolating. It doesn't have to be.
The Georgia EDS Zebra Club is a support community built specifically for EDS patients and their families in Georgia. Founded by Belinda Addison after her own journey with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, it has become a place where patients and families find education, encouragement, and people who truly understand what they're living through.
The community provides connection, trusted resources, and the kind of understanding that only comes from people who have lived it. Whether you're newly diagnosed, still searching for answers, or years into your journey, you'll find people who understand the victories, the setbacks, and everything in between. No explanations required.
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What to Expect at Your First Appointment
We know that walking into a new provider's office can feel like a risk. Especially when you've already taken that risk more times than you can count.
Here's exactly what to expect.
Before Your Visit
Complete your intake paperwork online so we can spend your appointment focused on you, not forms.
We Listen First
We begin with a real conversation. Not the abbreviated version of your history — the full one. We'll talk about what has helped, what has made things worse, what concerns you most, and what you're hoping to achieve.
A Thorough Evaluation
Your examination is tailored to your body and your symptoms. We take the time to understand how your nervous system, joints, and movement patterns are working together. This evaluation, along with our conversation, typically takes about an hour.
Your First Treatment
If it's appropriate, we'll begin treatment that same day. Most patients start with Frequency Specific Microcurrent, and depending on your evaluation we may also incorporate cold laser therapy or shockwave therapy.
We Move at Your Body's Pace
Most patients describe feeling deeply relaxed during FSM. Some notice mild tingling. Some feel almost nothing at all.
What almost no one feels is threat.
Nothing is ever forced.
Nothing happens to your body until you feel ready.
If Previous Care Left You Afraid
If the thought of trying one more thing makes your stomach drop, bring that with you.
Your fear is information. It tells us about your history, your nervous system, and what kind of care you are going to need. A provider worth trusting will not try to talk you out of it. They will work with it.
We would rather you come in skeptical than not come in at all. You don't have to believe we'll be different. You only have to let us show you.
Schedule an AppointmentFrequently Asked Questions
Is FSM safe for EDS patients?+
Yes. FSM is one of the gentlest treatment options available and one of the few approaches that does not add more load to an already overloaded system. Most EDS patients tolerate it very well even when they have reacted poorly to other treatments.
What is FSM and why does it help EDS patients?+
Frequency Specific Microcurrent is a gentle electrical therapy that works at the cellular level to reduce inflammation and calm nervous system dysregulation. It is one of the few treatments gentle enough that EDS patients can receive it without triggering more protective responses.
How many treatments does it take to see results?+
Most patients begin noticing meaningful improvements after 10–12 treatments, although every person responds differently. Consistent care over a realistic timeline produces the best outcomes.
Do you treat all types of EDS?+
We work with hypermobile EDS, hypermobility spectrum disorder, and related connective tissue conditions. For classical EDS and other subtypes with significant vascular or structural involvement, we work collaboratively with the patient's medical team.
What does EDS care cost?+
We believe you should understand the cost of care before scheduling your first appointment.
Standard Care
A new patient consultation and examination is $200.00. FSM sessions are $70.00 per hour. Most EDS patients are seen two to three times per week for the first four to six weeks.
Fast Track Intensive Program
For patients traveling from out of state or those who want to compress their early care into one focused week, our Fast Track program includes a full exam and ten hours of FSM treatment over five days for $900.00.
Patients also have the option to purchase a personal FSM device with a custom program built specifically for their case. The first device is $2,500.00. Additional devices are $2,250.00. Reprogramming fees are $70.00. This program is designed for patients who want to get as much progress as possible in a short window and continue their care at home between visits.
Other Modalities We Offer as Add-Ons
Do you accept insurance for EDS care?+
FSM is not typically covered by insurance. We offer transparent pricing and work with patients to build care plans that are realistic for their situation. Contact us to discuss your specific circumstances.
How is your approach different from other providers?+
We specialize in the cases that are not improving. We use FSM as our primary tool for EDS patients. We look at the full picture rather than isolated symptoms. We understand that previous treatments have often made things worse, and we understand EDS from both a clinical and a deeply personal perspective.
I have had bad experiences with providers before. How is this different?+
The fear you feel is completely reasonable based on what you have been through. Our entire approach is designed around working with a hypermobile nervous system rather than against it. Nothing happens to your body until you feel ready, and nothing is ever forced.
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