Dr. Christine Force, PT, DPT earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Physical Therapy and has spent over 15 years working with patients across the lifespan, from one month to 101 years old.  Over time, her practice has been drawn with increasing purpose toward a population that is too often dismissed, misdiagnosed, or simply not understood: women living with hypermobility-related connective tissue disorders, pelvic floor dysfunction, and chronic pain.

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Training in Hypermobility and Connective Tissue Disorders

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Dr. Christine's commitment to this area is both professional and personal. She lives in a hypermobile body herself, and has loved ones navigating hEDS and its many co-occurring conditions. That lived experience, combined with extensive specialized training, shapes every aspect of how she approaches care for hypermobile patients.

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Her formal coursework and continuing education includes:

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• Finding Functional Foundations course with Dr. Leslie Russek and Dr. Susan Chalela

• EDS 101 course with  Dr. Leslie Russek

• The EDS ECHO Clinicians Program,  a collaborative learning network for clinicians who treat EDS

• Ehlers-Danlos Society Female Health Summit (Spring 2026)

• The 3rd Annual Penn State EDS and HSD Research Symposium (Fall 2025)

• Study of Jeannie DiBonn's Integral Movement Method, a framework developed specifically for hypermobile bodies

• Study of The Muldowney Protocol for EDS rehabilitation

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Pelvic Floor Experience

For the past three years, pelvic health has become a central focus of Dr. Christine's practice. She holds training through Herman & Wallace, with additional specialized coursework in prenatal and postpartum care and rectal examination and treatment. She has experience treating the full range of women's pelvic floor conditions including pelvic pain and dyspareunia, vaginismus and hypertonic pelvic floor, pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, bowel dysfunction, pelvic instability, and SI joint dysfunction, as well as supporting patients through pregnancy and postpartum recovery.

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A Whole-Person Approach

Hypermobility rarely travels alone. Dr. Christine is experienced in working with the full constellation of conditions that so frequently accompany hEDS and HSD, including dysautonomia and POTS, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety and nervous system dysregulation, endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, and the unique needs of neurodivergent individuals.

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Her care is trauma-informed and nervous-system aware, weaving together hands-on techniques like myofascial release and pelvic floor therapy with yoga, breathwork, mindfulness, and somatic approaches. She believes the patient is the expert of their own body, and her role is to listen, adapt, and build a plan that honors each person's unique history, capacity, and goals. For those who have spent years feeling dismissed or reduced to a diagnosis, her practice offers something different: a space where the whole person is seen, believed, and supported.