HAPT (Hypermobile Accessible Proprioceptive Therapy)
Hypermobile Accessible Proprioceptive Therapy (HAPT) is a harm-reducing, touch-based therapy by and for people with hypermobile disabilities. HAPT combines proprioceptive guidance and disability accessibility frameworks to facilitate sensation for quality of life and health autonomy. HAPT explores access needs and body sensations to maximize quality of life and minimize risk of injury. HAPT aims to redefine and integrate body sensations that are impacted by chronic pain, injury, fatigue, and system dysfunction - establishing a more supportive and responsive sense baseline that individuals can use to inform their care practices and activity choices.
Though HAPT was designed specifically for people who have hypermobility, anyone can benefit from HAPT because it supports proprioception. HAPT has very little risk of injury and is safer than massage which focuses on displacing soft tissue, eliminating adhesions, and increasing range of motion. These intentions can be harmful to the patterns that stabilize hypermobility.
HAPT was developed by the founders of Hyp-Access, a non-profit based in NYC focused on research, care access coordination and advocacy, risk-minimizing movement support techniques, and accessible movement programming for people with hypermobility. HAPT is transferable across disciplines as a sensory framework for hypermobile accessibility.
All HAPT information gathered from Hyp-Access where you can visit to learn more!
What to expect:
HAPT will likely be very different from other bodywork you may have received. The touch is very light to stimulate sense receptors to support proprioception (perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body) without the practitioner displacing soft tissue like traditional massage. Heat or herbal salves may also be used, depending on your preferences. I will intuitively go to areas of the body and ask often for consent, feedback or guidance from the recipient.
Though HAPT was designed specifically for people who have hypermobility, anyone can benefit from HAPT because it supports proprioception. HAPT has very little risk of injury and is safer than massage which focuses on displacing soft tissue, eliminating adhesions, and increasing range of motion. These intentions can be harmful to the patterns that stabilize hypermobility.
HAPT was developed by the founders of Hyp-Access, a non-profit based in NYC focused on research, care access coordination and advocacy, risk-minimizing movement support techniques, and accessible movement programming for people with hypermobility. HAPT is transferable across disciplines as a sensory framework for hypermobile accessibility.
All HAPT information gathered from Hyp-Access where you can visit to learn more!
What to expect:
HAPT will likely be very different from other bodywork you may have received. The touch is very light to stimulate sense receptors to support proprioception (perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body) without the practitioner displacing soft tissue like traditional massage. Heat or herbal salves may also be used, depending on your preferences. I will intuitively go to areas of the body and ask often for consent, feedback or guidance from the recipient.
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