Breast Health, Maternal & Child Health, Prenatal/Postpartum, and Sexual Health
Want to try something new that may improve your pelvic health? Hypopressives, also known as Low Pressure Fitness, offers another dimension to pelvic health and overall wellness. This practice involves understanding and utilizing the concepts of breath, posture, and movement to create positive changes within the cavities of our bodies, particularly the intra-abdominal and intra-pelvic…
An Interview with Below the Belt’s Shannon Cohn Medical gaslighting and gender bias in the healthcare system is a pervasive issue that affects the lives of many individuals, particularly women. This bias is rooted in societal constructs that undermine women’s credibility and agency when it comes to their own bodies and health. In this podcast…
People may find themselves seeking pelvic health physical therapy for any number of reasons. Dr. Amanda Olson’s journey into the world of pelvic health physical therapy began with jumping off a 40 foot cliff. In this interview, Dr. Ginger Garner and Dr. Amanda Olson, both DPTs and business owners talk about entrepreneurship, parenting, work-life balance,…
In this podcast episode, we are tackling the topic of the mental health needs in motherhood. The pregnancy and postpartum periods can be filled with times of beauty, love, wonder, and awe….AND fear, anxiety, anger, loneliness, loss of identity, confusion, and many more challenging emotions and feelings. However, the latter feelings are often discarded or…
It’s somewhat astounding that in the year 2023, there is still a long list of taboo topics for women which our culture at large avoids talking about (or shuns you when you do). Whether it’s a miscarriage, painful periods, painful sex…it’s like there is a huge sign hanging in the sky over America that reads,…
Welcome to our 2nd season of Living Well, where we are passionate about giving a voice to change agents in healthcare. This season is all about creating safety in healthcare for women and all people who identify as female. Less medical gaslighting and policy gaps, and more women’s health and safety. We have so many…
The surest way to help yourself is to help others. The greatest jobs I have ever had were ones which paid me nothing. I have been the best version of my Self during those times of greatest personal sacrifice. Try it, and you just may walk away changed forever. Community…to learn and teach, help others…
I am still on medical leave, but while I am gone, please continue to enjoy the wonderful guest posts from BITL contributing authors. BITL Founder Ginger Garner during her first pregnancy way back when in 2005, supporting the likes of Shelly’s advice on keeping your “balance.” This week’s guest post is by physiotherapist and yoga…
I am on maternity leave a little longer, so please enjoy today’s post from my October publication in Yang Sheng magazine. Empowering Women in an Age of Illness, Part Two
I wrote the original post, which was published while I was on maternity leave in September 2011. To see the archived post, see the link at Yang Sheng magazine. Women’s Empowerment in an Age of Illness Health care in America needs a mother/woman-centered approach. American mothers and women are in great need of holistic, patient…
I am on maternity leave through August and September, so please enjoy today’s guest post by NAMC’s Advocacy Coordinator, Valerie Young. Valerie writes the popular blog for mother’s rights, Your (Wo)Man in Washington. BITL Founder, Ginger, in pursuit of “pushing back” in 2010, fundraising for women and children in Haiti through voice and song. Photo…
I am on maternity leave through August and September, so please enjoy today’s guest post by Stacey Curnow. BITL Founder, Ginger, standing on the precipice of a new life after leaving her job in conventional medicineto pursue her passion – improving health carethrough her grassroots education method in medical yoga/alternative medicine. It’s agonizing isn’t it?…