Brace Yourself: The Masterful Art Of An Orthotist

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak with Jenna Holz - Orthotist and owner of Brackish Bracing! She takes us on a deep dive into life as an orthotist. Basically she has the dream job of a host on Mythbusters mixed with changing people's lives with custom made orthoses. From Forest Gump leather and metal knee braces to high-tech killer robot mech warrior exoskeleton suits! There is nothing Jenna won't tackle.

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Yuso, a digital producer at Ideas, the podcast that likes to feed your curiosity.
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0:33.7	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.8	This is a CBC podcast.
0:43.6	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:47.3	This week's guest is Jenna.
0:49.1	She's the owner of brackish bracing and is an orthodist.
0:54.3	An orthotist? An orthotist?
0:56.2	Orthotist?
0:57.4	Tune into the episode to find out how to pronounce that.
1:00.3	Let's talk about it.
1:05.5	This is going to be really fun because we're sitting here talking to our new friend, Jenna.
1:15.1	And you know what?
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