They all had worn early (orthodontic) braces as well as expanders and/or had their bites changed dramatically. We actually had four students in scoliosis (back) braces out of about 160 kids. K ( I took the name out to protect his identity). The generation of children that started wearing dental headgear at ages 7-9, around (the year) 1998, was the highest percentage of scoliosis in teenagers we ever had. “My main experience (with scoliosis and orthodontics) was witnessing at the dance studio. Here is an excerpt from an email she sent me: I reached out to a skilled Pilates instructor and myo-fascial therapist whom I knew a long time ago because I remembered her telling me about a connection between braces and scoliosis. I pleaded with her to reconsider because her daughter was going through puberty, and I was very worried that any teeth and jaw-shifting would make her daughter’s scoliosis worse – and it did. Their mother was going to have one of them get braces and rubber bands to help with her overbite. In the Beautiful Scoliotic Back*, I recount working with a set of genetically identical twins, both of whom had scoliosis. So, where does our scoli come from? I believe our jaw-moving apparatus was the main culprit for both of our scoliosis. Meaning, our scoliosis doesn’t seem to have a genetic cause. The most interesting piece to our scoli family puzzle is that scoliosis doesn’t appear in our familial past. The ratio of boys to girls who have scoli is 20/80, so my brother is in the minority. He, too, had braces around the same age I did and had some jaw-adjusting apparatuses along with his braces.
His is not as intense as mine, but it’s there nonetheless. Interestingly, my only sibling has scoliosis too. So, shifting a person’s jaw forward or backward shifts that alignment ii. Research shows that the sagittal profile (looking at a person from the side) is affected when a person has scoli. Knowing what I know now, I truly believe this is what started my scoli. The metal part of the headgear pulled my top jaw back while a cloth strap wrapped around my neck and pulled it forward. I had braces on my teeth for two and a half years and had to wear headgear to correct an overbite from fifth to seventh grade. Thomas Myers (no relation) confirmed his discovery while doing cadaver work (see graphic below, the blue areas indicate the fascial line). There’s a fascia connection that goes from inside the jaw and mouth down the spine. It was the very first time I ever even considered that there was a real connection between scoliosis and orthodontics.Īfter years of pondering this connection, I began talking to people in multiple industries and specialties, and doing my own fair share of research. All of the sudden, my mind flashed back to when I had braces on my teeth, some 20 odd years ago. At the same time, I started tasting cold metal inside my mouth. Oddly, I started to feel a shift inside my spine.
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