There is extensive evidence for how movement and lifestyle changes are beneficial for improving a person’s experience of pain, and the same is also true for using these tools to help people manage diabetes through physical therapy. Irregardless of age, the lifestyle choices we make today can dramatically impact our health now and moving forward…
The number of people who have died due to drug overdose in this country is absolutely astounding…but most of us can’t relate to a number of that magnitude. Despite the common occurrence of addiction, there is still an overwhelmingly shameful stigma of substance abuse in America. I want you to think of someone you know…
Why do we need to start using prevention and wellness in orthopedic physical therapy? Well, to start, the science overwhelmingly supports it. The research continually tells us that being proactive with your health can reduce likelihood of pain and dysfunction both now and later in a person’s life. However just having science to support prevention…
Christine Robenalt PT, MPT is a physical therapist who is leading the way for treating pediatric physical therapy patients by implementing integrative care. By working with children in an integrative and holistic manner, she can better address their current impairments while also reducing the likelihood of unnecessary disease developing later in their lives. Christine is…
Building equality in physical therapy for marginalized communities is a challenging and complicated problem in our country, which will require cooperation across the political spectrum to solve. Whether the people in these communities are identified by their race, their sexual orientation, or their religion, each one deserves a safe space for receiving healthcare. To start,…
If there was one thing we want you to take away from the tools of Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine, it’s this: improving your patients’ sleep is essential in physical therapy. Too many people assume that poor sleep is simply a fact of life or of aging, rather than something that can be fixed or changed….
An Interview Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Dean All too often the field of physical therapy is an afterthought in healthcare, but PTs have a real opportunity to be the most powerful health profession in the world. Physical therapists just need the right tools to transform the health of our patients and our communities. Dr. Ginger…
Pain science and integrative and lifestyle medicine can effectively fill in the gaps of manual therapy and exercise prescription for your physical therapy patients. Isn’t it frustrating how your manual therapy skills and exercise prescription work great for one patient…and barely move the needle for your next one? This feeling of hopelessness was also familiar…
How do we go about influencing behavior change in physical therapy? In our own life? Relationships are an integral part of our lives, and deep listening skills are essential for both building relationships and successful patient outcomes. Dr. Ginger Garner interviews Dr. Janet Bezner and Dr. MarySue Ingman, co-author the behavioral change chapter in Dr….
The Living Well Podcast, hosted by Ginger Garner, PT, DPT, AT-Ret, is all about ending medical gaslighting and improving access to pelvic health services, but in a specific way – to improve access to scientifically proven integrative whole-person care. Healthcare is incredibly expensive and siloed in America today, and in other countries as well, and…
