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🚨 NEW EPISODE — ‘Ballet Dancer With Scoliosis ft. Ellie Klein’ — AVAILABLE NOW! 🔗 in bio This week on Calling in Sick I’m sitting down with Ellie Klein — founder of Jelliebend, former elite ballet dancer, contortionist, and someone who has been navigating scoliosis and hypermobility since childhood. This conversation made me rage, cry, and cheer — sometimes in the same minute. We get into what it was like to grow up as a ballerina with a body that didn’t fit the mold — the brace, the teachers who used her as the bad example in class, leaving home at 13 for an elite ballet school, and all the things she tried to feel better. Then the pivots, lastly to building Jelliebend — the chronic illness and pain support tool you’re about to add to cart. AND come back Wednesday — because Ellie is back to myth-bust the worst advice ever given to scoliosis and hypermobility patients. Including whether hypermobility actually causes fatigue, whether sleeping in a hard brace is “no problem,” and the gaslight yourself vs. over-prove dilemma every chronic illness patient knows too well. 👀 New episode is live — link in bio! 🎙️ #Scoliosis #Hypermobility #Jelliebend #ChronicIllness #CallingInSickPodcast

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Look… having a leg length discrepancy is no joke, and comes with a slew of issues. BUT… And please just indulge my silver lining reach here… it has also served as a constant workout for my glutes. Apparently the iconic Marilyn Monroe gave herself a leg length discrepancy on PURPOSE for that exact reason!!!! #marilynmonroe #funny #leglengthdiscrepancy #gluteworkout #podcastclips

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In a world where ONLY the “bikini zone” get’s medical research dollars and private investment funding… oh wait, that’s this world!!!! When we ask for more dollars to flow to women’s health, we mean towards our WHOLE bodies! Can you imagine what the world would look like if women’s health was funded equally to men’s health?! #womenshealth #medicalresearch #venturecapital #healthtech #podcastclips