Taking lemons and making enough lemonade to share

…and teaching others how to make something sour into something sweet.

Knowledge is Power: What is this?

Education Livestream Date: TBD

Feeling overwhelmed by your diagnosis? You're not alone—and you don’t have to figure it all out by yourself.

In this live session, Dr. Valerie Rogers (aka The Bendy Body Blog) will help you make sense of what’s going on in your body. Together, you'll learn about your diagnoses, connect the dots between your symptoms, and explore what it all really means for your day-to-day life.

Whether you’re navigating hypermobility, autonomic dysfunction, or complex chronic illness, Val will break it down in a way that makes sense—and give you the words to help your loved ones understand too.

Come away feeling informed, empowered, and less alone.

Management Tips Livestream Date: TBD

Create a lifestyle strategy that works with your body—not against it.

During this live stream directed by questions, Val will get to know your day-to-day challenges and goals, then guide you through practical strategies to manage fatigue, flare-ups, food sensitivities, stress, sleep, tools that can help and more. You'll leave with targeted wellness tips, pacing strategies, and symptom management tools grounded in lived and clinical experience!

Your “Home Base”: Where do I go?

Join the Live Forum!

Your home base for check-ins, clarity, and continued care.
Where bendy bodies connect, ask questions, and feel seen.
This is your space to talk it out, swap tips, and share wins (or “what-the-heck-is-my-body-doing” moments). No appointment needed — just community, connection, and real-time support from people who get it.

I’ll be in the forum too — helping you make sense of the information we cover in livestreams and guiding you through “what now?” moments. While it’s not formal medical advice, I’m here to help you navigate your next steps, connect the dots, and feel a little less alone in the process.

Whether you’re navigating a new diagnosis, trying to explain your symptoms to others, or wondering if that one weird thing is “an EDS thing”… you’re not alone here.

Join the conversation, drop your questions, or just lurk and learn. We’ll be here.

About
Bend the Norm🦓

Free support, science, and solidarity for bendy bodies.
Living with a connective tissue disorder can feel overwhelming, isolating, and expensive — especially when answers are hard to find. I created Bend the Norm to change that.

This free community resource offers:

  • 💬 An open forum where you can chat, connect, and ask questions — I’ll drop in regularly to help you make sense of what’s going on and suggest next steps (no medical advice, just trusted guidance).

  • 🎥 Two kinds of livestreams:

    • Educational Live Streams — breaking down the science behind hypermobility and related diagnoses in a way that actually makes sense

    • Management Tips Live Streams — real-world strategies, symptom hacks, and what I wish I knew sooner

  • 🔗 Curated resources — helpful tools, links, and guides all in one place

I get it — because I live it too. After neurosurgery for my own connective tissue disorder, I realized that helping others heal didn’t need to wait for me to feel “fully better.” This is my way of giving back, sustainably and accessibly.

No paywalls. No pressure. Just helpful, hopeful hypermobility support — from someone who’s been there.
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Donate above if you are able to contribute towards the cost to keep this site up and to help Val continue to be able to offer her time at no charge to help the masses!

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