Today I'm talking about a rare compression syndrome that's quite serious and more common in the EDS population, Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome.

Time codes:

Chronic Pancreatitis and EPI 1:36min
Symptoms of MALS 2:00min
Testing 3:19 min
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome relationship 4:15 min
What MALS is 4:28 min
Treatment 6:15min
Risks of surgery 7:02min
My experience with MALS symptoms 10:30min
Other compression syndromes 13:32min
How to get diagnosed 14:01min
Treatments (other than surgery) 14:21 min
Suggestions if you think you have this 14:45min

References:

Outline of symptoms and surgical techniques
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
   • Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A s...  

Overview of MALS from the National Organization for Rare Disease
https://rarediseases.org/raredisease...

Information on the various compression syndromes, connection to EDS and diagnosis/treatment
https://scholbach.de/

General overview of MALS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Physiotherapy exercises for MALS
https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCR...


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