Did you know that many scoliosis patients often have hypermobility too?

It’s true! And both of these conditions can contribute to chronic pain and an increased risk of injury. Fortunately, you can protect your joints and your spine by building strength through targeted exercise.

In this episode, I’m covering the connections between hypermobility and scoliosis:

• Statistics and facts
• Self-diagnosis test for hypermobility
• Protecting your joints
• Exercising safely

Tune in to the episode to catch all the details.

Resources mentioned:

• Altered balance control in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis during obstructed gait. JR Engsberg, LG Lenke, K Vanderborne, et al.
• A simple questionnaire to detect hypermobility: an adjunct to the assessment of patients with diffuse musculoskeletal pain. AJ Hakin, R Grahame
• A framework for the classification of joint hypermobility and related conditions. Marco Castory, Brad Tinkle, Howard Levy, Rodney Grahame, Fransiska Malfait, Alan Hakim
• Joint hypermobility and genetic collagen disorders: are they related? Rodney Grahame
• The 2017 international classification of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. Fransiska Malfait, Clair Francomano, Peter Byers, John Belmont, Britta Berglund, James Black, Lara Bloom, Jessica M. Bowen, Angela F. Brady, Nigel P Burrows, Marco Castori, et al.
• Significant association between parent-child hypermobility in idiopathic scoliosis: support for the connective tissue-laxity theory. C Barrios, C Pérez-Encinas, JI Maruenda, M Laguía
• Whole-exome sequencing identifiers a rare variety in CHST3 associated with familial scoliosis. JS Bae, HS Lee, UK Kim, et al. 
• Identification and novel in-vitro functional testing of a naturally occurring AVPR2 variant causing X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. EE Baschal, CI Wethey, K Swindle, et al.
• The Scoliosis Movement Bootcamp