Our Mission to Improve EDS Diagnosis and Care
If you’ve lived with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), or suspect you might, chances are you’ve already been through the wringer. Years of symptoms with no answers, dismissive providers, misdiagnoses, and medical gaslighting.
At Connective Wellness, we’re here to change that.
Dr. Jason Cole & Lauren Prince collaborated to create Connective Wellness with a simple, but powerful mission: to provide transformative, patient-centered care for individuals with EDS, rooted in radical acceptance, compassion, and the pillars of lifestyle medicine. We are working to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of care for people living with EDS and related conditions. We believe patients deserve more than a diagnosis; they deserve clarity, connection, and a care plan built around their actual needs.
Why We Started This Work
EDS is often misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and mismanaged, not because providers don’t care, but because most haven’t been trained to recognize it.
We founded Connective Wellness to change the system from the inside out. Our team of experts collaborate to get to the root of complex symptoms. Whether you’re dealing with joint hypermobility, fainting episodes, mast cell issues, pain, or fatigue, we see you, and we know it’s all connected.
Our Diagnostic Approach: Faster, Smarter, More Supportive
One of the most frustrating parts of living with EDS is the years it takes to get diagnosed, often with little to no support afterward. At Connective Wellness, we created the Prince–Cole Scale™, a proprietary screening and scoring system developed by our co-founders to streamline and improve the diagnostic process for EDS and HSD.
Our diagnostic process includes:
Thorough intake and symptom mapping
Expert review of connective tissue features
Coordination with genetics and allied specialties
Clear next steps based on your goals and needs
Our goal isn’t just to hand you a label, it’s to help you understand your body and what it needs to have more good days.
Beyond Diagnosis: What Care Should Look Like
Getting a diagnosis is just the beginning. What comes next matters even more, and that’s where our care plans set us apart.
We focus on:
Multidisciplinary support with PTs, NPs, DPTs, and health coaches collaborating
Individualized treatment every plan is tailored to your goals and your body
Root-cause strategies addressing inflammation, nervous system dysregulation, immune imbalance, and more
Education and empowerment because patients deserve to understand why they feel the way they do
Our care offerings include both in-person and virtual services, such as:
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluations using the Prince–Cole Scale™
Hypermobility-informed physical therapy and movement planning
Craniosacral therapy and gentle chiropractic care
Red light therapy and infrared salt sauna sessions
Personalized plans including Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN), vagus nerve work, nutrition, and more
Whether you need support for pain, fatigue, mast cell reactivity, dysautonomia, or all of the above — we work with your body, not against it.
Our Foundation: The 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
At Connective Wellness, we build every care plan on the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, which support healing from the inside out:
Nutrition whole-food, anti-inflammatory plans that support connective tissue health
Physical Activity movement adapted to hypermobility, fatigue, and recovery
Restorative Sleep strategies to improve quality and quantity of rest
Stress Management nervous system regulation and trauma-informed care
Avoidance of Risky Substances minimizing inputs that add burden
Positive Social Connections because community is medicine
Creating a New Standard of Care
We are dedicated to creating a new standard for how complex, multisystem conditions like EDS are diagnosed and treated. That includes:
Educating providers and training new clinicians
Partnering with researchers and innovators
Building a community where patients feel safe, seen, and heard
Offering virtual and in-person services that are accessible, validating, and effective
This is the kind of care we wish we had, so we built it.
Final Thoughts
If you’ve been living in the in-between, that space where you know something’s wrong but can’t get answers, we’re here for you. Whether you have a diagnosis or not, whether you’ve just started Googling “EDS symptoms” or you’ve been on this path for years, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
At Connective Wellness, we believe healing happens when people feel supported, informed, and respected. That’s the future of EDS care, and we’re building it, one patient at a time.
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