Next steps after being diagnosed with hypermobility condition

First off, get your Vitamin D checked. Lack of Vitamin D can cause you to dislocate joints, especially around your menstruation cycle. Even if you live in a sunny area like me (Arizona), you can still be Vitamin D deficient, and if you are, you can start on Vitamin D sooner rather than later. This will also help with any pain you may be experiencing. Secondly, for other pain, try not to rely on OTC medicine like acetominophen too much. It's fine if you use it in the short term, but use over long periods of time will likely result in a higher tolerance or an allergy. Instead, use gentle stretching (many different videos can be found on YouTube) and heating pads to loosen your joints. Sometimes, a warm shower can also help relax your muscles. If you find concentrated pain in one area of your body, use braces to help. It doesn't matter if you don't feel that you're not "disabled" enough to need a cane or a wheelchair or any of that - if you feel like you need it, you use it. If you want to use items like knee braces, wrist braces, or anything of the like, I'd recommend finding braces with copper in them. For some reason, they just make my joints feel a little extra better, and you can find most of them for cheap at your local pharmacies. Kinesiology tape can also help stabilize your knees or your shoulders, though you may need help for applying them to your shoulders for obvious reasons. Lastly, and I cannot stress this enough, lidocaine patches are lifesavers. They feel rather cold and it can be shocking to put them on at first, but this is short-lived and they provide fast and long-lasting relief (up to 8 hours if you get the right brand). As far as I know of, there are no big side effects either. If there's anything else specific you want help with, ping me! If I don't know, then I know other people who can provide information. Hope this helps ❤️