Living Well – The Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Blog is where Dr. Garner curates research, resources, and shares her experience as a longtime physical therapist, athletic trainer, Lifestyle Medicine practitioner, and professional yoga therapist. As a mother of 3 who is self-employed & self-made, Dr. Garner shares what she has learned about how to stay fit on a budget, how to eat well, sleep better, and manage stress. Ginger practices what she preaches, and her blog is a true reflection of that. Having gone through several surgergies, injuries, and hardships, Ginger’s story is a raw and real portrait that many of us share – one of overcoming big obstacles to build resilience, strength, and find eudemonia. Eudemonia translated means, a place beyond happiness. The Living Well blog, and Ginger’s clinical practice, EudeMOMia, an Integrative PT & Lifestyle Medicine practice for women, are a testament to Ginger’s ability to persist through difficult circumstances, overcome burnout & the threat of poverty, to speak to her passion – Living Well.
Wisdom Defined: knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action (Dictionary.com). For far too long, women’s health issues have been ignored and dismissed. We have all suffered long enough. This episode brings us a dose of women’s health wisdom. What is women’s health wisdom? First, it’s a bold voice standing up…
Advice for managing menopause has been mostly useless for the past several decades. Things like grab a glass of wine, avoid Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), or just “wait and see” have caused far more harm than good, because they are all flat out BAD advice. In 2023, we have amazing evidence and science for how…
Chronic or persistent pelvic pain needs more than a simple band-aid medication or complicated surgical intervention, and Dr. Jorge Carrillo, MD has followed his passion to show the world how to more effectively treat these conditions. His work also fits right in line with what we teach through the principles of Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine…
Better pelvic healthcare starts now. If you’ve been one of the many women (or men) who struggle with pelvic health conditions, you’ve likely been cast aside or medically gaslit. These events are all too common in our medical system today, and leave you with continued pain or dysfunction and without answers or tools to make…
While the rising maternal mortality rates in America are both staggering and shocking, we wanted to spend our time with this interview focusing on the people doing work which are actually saving women’s lives. Dr. Katherine Sylvester is a physical therapist that is doing that work. She has created a company, Operation M.I.S.T., providing support…
In this episode, Dr. Ginger sat down with Dr. Sara Reardon, better known as The Vagina Whisperer (to all you followers on IG). She has set about to improve the lives of women through teaching them about their bodies and pelvic health, with a passionate and light-hearted attitude. As you’ll find her dressed up in…
It’s not common to hear physical therapy and cancer together in a sentence, but Dr. Mary Lou Galantino and Dr. Nicole Stout are both adamant that we should hear this combination more often. Integrative physical therapy can significantly improve the lives of people who are undergoing cancer treatment or who have survived cancer and are ready…
Dr. Ginger Garner sat down to chat with Diana Florio about using yoga in healthcare as a physical therapist. Yoga is still not being utilized to the extent it could be in healthcare and oftentimes it centers around a belief that yoga isn’t safe for people who are sick or injured. However, we learn through…
If we really want to see a better world, we need to take care of our mothers and reduce maternal mortality here in America. The rise of maternal mortality rates are a pressing issue that demands attention and action, as they highlight the inequality in healthcare as well as the lack of evidenced based care…
It’s true – we all have a pelvis. Unfortunately, most of you probably weren’t taught how to truly know your pelvis. What better reason to write a book except to teach women about their pelvises and to end the shame, stigma, and suffering that women endure with the mysteries that surround caring for conditions of…
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…