Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
Manual Therapy Treatment Center

An EDS Society Network of Excellence
Northeastern US CORE

I do not treat the alphabet, I treat the person- YOU.

The CT Center for CranioSacral Therapy is the first CST center of its kind with a specific focus on supporting clients with EDS by way of gentle manual therapy.

Individual care with CranioSacral Therapy can very gently address many of the issues common to EDS. From subluxations and autonomic dysfunction, to headaches, MCAS and medical PTSD. Eloise is well-versed and exquisitely aware of the comorbidities of EDS, especially those affecting the central nervous system. She hears you and understands and offers a gentle avenue for your health and wellbeing. Please note that while Eloise can offer education, support, information and treatment, the ability to provide a diagnosis is outside her scope of practice.


Why CT Cranio?

  • Appointments can usually be scheduled within a few weeks

  • Dedication to providing a Center of Excellence for those with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and related connective tissue disorders.

  • Ongoing and supportive communication is maintained with you throughout your journey

  • Happy to communicate with your other medical professionals

  • Abundant time spent with you (no 15 minute appointments here!)

  • Education and resources available

  • Alternative payment arrangements may be available. Please reach out to to discuss your needs.

CST can address many EDS-specific issues including:

  • Pain management

  • Subluxations / Instability

  • TMJ dysfunction

  • Sacro-iliac joint dysfunction

  • Dysautonomia

  • Anxiety & depression

  • Chiari Malformation

  • Tethered Cord Syndrome

  • Craniocervical Instablility

  • Swallowing Issues

  • GI and Motility Issues

  • Headaches

10 years

Why the Zebra? The zebra is an international symbol for Rare Disorders.

There’s an adage in medicine that says “when you hear hoofbeats, thinks horses, not zebras”.

It’s meant to teach students that the most common scenario is the most likely scenario but zebras make hoofbeats too, and many people with rare disorders are dismissed and misdiagnosed frequently.

It takes an average of 10 years for people with EDS to be diagnosed correctly. In that time they will see countless professionals and will be bounced from specialist to specialist. This often leads to distrust in the medical community, and rightfully so.

4 Pillars of OsteoFascial Integration 1

1. Academics


2. Patient Expert Roundtable

3. Manual Techniques

4. Patient Retreat

Find a Therapist in OsteoFascial Integration

Currently, all around the world, it is VERY challenging to find a provider in ANY field who has a clear understanding of the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and related heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTD’s). I, too, often feel overwhelmed with the amount of research and information that is generated at the speed and volume of water from fire hose on full blast!

With that in mind, I created a training program for other practitioners, especially manual practitioners (PT, OT, LMT, Chiropractic, etc) - OsteoFascial Integration.

OsteoFascial Integration training is in its infancy, but growing. My hope is to reach as many manual therapists as possible so that every community in the world has a TRAINED manual therapist who understands and can recognize the systemic complexities of EDS and related connective tissue disorders, increasing the number of tools in their education toolbox to offer SAFE, EFFECTIVE, GENTLE, and most importantly, RESPECTFUL treatment. The class is ever-evolving based on my learned experience, education, and available research.

The OFI 1 course is based on 4 primary integrations.


1. Didactic learning- this is the academic portion of the class. There is considerable lecture time which dives into the types of EDS, comorbidities, anatomy.

2. Patient Experts- Patient experts are an integral part of the students’ learning experiences. These experts share their experience with the class in a Roundtable Share during one of our class days.

3. Manual Techniques- Throughout the class, we learn many gentle passive and active techniques to engage the depths of body structures. The overall goal is to introduce a new paradigm of working with LAX tissue vs TIGHT tissue and establish BALANCED tension throughout the body. Typical manual therapy training focuses on how to increase mobility of joints and tight structures, but with a hyper mobile body, sometimes that tightness is what’s holding the structures together, which leads to DYSFUNCTIONAL structural tension. People with hypermobility and laxity don’t need to be looser, they need to balance the structural tension to support the body and the body’s systems in a SAFE way.

4. Patient Expert Retreat -Depending on their health stability, the patient experts are invited to receive manual therapy treatments based on the teaching of the class INTEGRATED with the student’s area of expertise. Some of the sessions are explicitly guided by the instructor (me) as I walk the students though specific techniques. There is also a treatment segment dedicated to UNGUIDED, but always SUPERVISED exploration which Integrates the student’s professional expertise in their field with the new tools of OsteoFascial Integration.

The course used to be dubbed EDS Roundtable & Retreat for the integration of patient experts and the opportunity for them to receive treatment.

The list of OFI trained practitioners is growing. Please see the table below to find therapists in these regions.

  • James Moore, DPT
    Humboldt PT

    Mona Lisa Perez, DPT
    Humboldt PT

    Terra Pearson, LMT
    Wholistic Heartbeat

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