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If you have a spinal fusion, can you get pregnant? Can scoliosis affect your birth experience or postpartum health? These are just a few of the common questions people have about the connection between spinal and reproductive health. And in this episode, I’m answering all of them with help from my guest, Dr. Laura Glazebrook. She’s a physical therapist who specializes in scoliosis and pelvic health.

This episode is all about scoliosis, fertility, and pelvic health:

-How spinal curvature affects the pelvic floor
-Spinal fusion and fertility
-How scoliosis or spinal fusion can impact your birth experience
-Postpartum recovery with scoliosis/spinal fusion
-The potential link between scoliosis and tongue tie

From episode website:

On today's episode, Laura Glazebrook, DPT shares with us her story with scoliosis and spinal fusion, how we can better understand and serve this population, and how it all connects to the pelvic floor. We are all strong, capable, adaptable, and resilient and those with scoliosis are no different. Laura busts a lot of myths surrounding this population and what kind of language is helpful and unhelpful when treating or speaking to these individuals.

It's a fascinating conversation connecting all of these topics to pelvic health, as well as pregnancy & postpartum as Laura also shares with us her pre/postnatal experience.

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Growing up, she was never in pain, always fit, but would have headaches. She attributed this to her body compensation.

As we continue the conversation, she shares that one the key focuses she starts conversation with her clients, we start with a strong back no matter where you are. Start with the mind set, your back is strong. It’s supporting you where you are.

Diving into the pelvic floor & its importance. It is the bottom of our pelvis, or “the floor of our core.” Pregnancy is an amplifier to whatever movement we are used to using. Taking a holistic approach, she asks how can we better balance the muscles in the body… Dr Laura shares the importance of changing the scoliosis language.

From episode website:

Today Hallie is joined by Dr. Laura Glazebrook DPT.; a pelvic floor trained physical therapist and scoliosis specialist. Dr. Glazebrook shares her personal history with scoliosis as well as her journey as a mom of children with tethered oral tissue (ToTs). She also provides information on the connection between the pelvic floor and the jaw as well as the possible connection between scoliosis and ToTs. She and Hallie discuss team building and the need for collaboration between professionals. This is a wonderful resource for both professionals and parents to learn more about the connection between pelvic floor and jaw.