33 - Postpartum Jaw Tension Was Never About Stress

The Cranial Doc | A Chiropractic & Cranial Mastery Show for Pediatric, Family, and Neurologically-based Chiropractors · Jul 6, 2026 · 38m

Your patient feels incredible after the adjustment. Two days later they're tight again, back on your table three times a week to maintain it. That's not your technique failing. That's a loop you only interrupted at one point.

This episode breaks down the actual neurology connecting the jaw and the pelvic floor, and why neither one resolves when you treat it in isolation.

What we get into:

The category two pattern: why an unstable pelvis ends with the jaw clamped shut as the terminal anchor

The two brainstem tracts (reticulospinal and lateral vestibulospinal) broadcasting one global tone…