Our blog is regularly updated and aims to provide reliable, evidence-informed information about dysautonomia. Posts are written to support education, awareness, and understanding for individuals, whānau, and health professionals across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Content may include research summaries, lived-experience insights, clinical perspectives, and updates relevant to the dysautonomia community.
Shuffling Toward Hope.. My story
Written by: Vanessa Newton-Wade - Dysautonomia lived experience
Understanding POTS: A Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Approach to Management
Written by Scott Peirce, Breathing Works Physiotherapy, Auckland, New Zealand
Pacing Strategies in POTS – How to manage your energy?
Written by Ashley Faulkner Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Understanding POTS: What do we know?
Written by Greer Pugh, Doctoral candidate, the University of Auckland
A Guide for Teachers Supporting Students with POTS
A resource developed for parents/ caregivers to provide teachers to learn more about how they can support students
How Is POTS Diagnosed? Tests and What to Expect
Written by Dr Ellie Rickman (PhD Clinical Exercise Physiologist)
Dysautonomia and Exercise Rehabilitation: What the Evidence Says
Exercise with Dysautonomia: Written by Ellie Rickman (Clinical exercise physiologist)
Learning a New Tempo
My lived experience of dysautonomia, long covid and dynamic disability - Written by: Helen Dowthwaite
Compression Garments and POTS: What Does the Evidence Really Show?
Written by: Dr Ellie Rickman - Clinical exercise physiologist
What is Dysautonomia? a Beginners Guide
Written by: Anna Nelson - Clinical Exercise Physiologist