5 Tips! Building Better Relationships during the Holiday (10th anniversary post)
5 guidelines from therapist and mother, Dr. Ginger Garner, on how to navigate conflict during the Holiday Season.
Integrative Medicine
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Protect Your Happy Place: Where Stress is Positive & Your Core is Strong
Where is your Happy Place? It is a place where you are resilient, have a strong core and low back, and you can slay stress like a champion. This post is all about building a healthy “Pressure System.” The Pressure System is a a “3D Approach” to protect that “happy place.” The science of stress…
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Inspiring Women and Girls to Claim Their Power
On November 8th I was invited to speak at the North Carolina Executive Mansion as part of a panel for the NC Chapter of the UN Women. What an amazing experience it was, and an honor and privilege to be able to sit on a panel with so many qualified women. In fact, every woman…
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Day 48 (Week 6+): The 1 Crutch Walk, Why I Chose Hip Arthroscopy, & What Does A Made Bed Have To Do With Progress? (Post 13)
If you haven’t been following the entire series, get it here: Post 1 – https://gingergarner.com/resurfacing-hip-labral-surgery-post-1/ Post 2 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postsurgical-musings-post-2-2/ Post 3 – https://gingergarner.com/post-surgical-musings-days-4-5-post-3/ Post 4 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postoperative-rehab-day-6-post-4/ Post 5 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postop-integrated-rehab-day-7-mantras-edema/ Post 6 – https://gingergarner.com/yoga-hip-labral-rehab/ Post 7 – https://gingergarner.com/days-11-18-a-turning-point-hip-preservation-post-op/ Post 8 – https://gingergarner.com/post-op-days-19-27-hip-labrum-rehab-milestones/ Post 9 – https://gingergarner.com/5470/ Post 10 – Day 35, Week 5 –…
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Yoga for New Moms: Breastfeeding & Caregiving
Yoga for New Moms: Breastfeeding & Caregiving Did you know that in a study of 500 first time moms followed for 3 months after birth, 92% of them reported issues and concerns with breastfeeding? The study concluded that all mothers need support after hospital discharge, and yet, most do not receive it in the US….
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Day 47 (Week 6): Snarky Psoas Shutdown & the Importance of Social Support (Post 12)
Day 47 (Week 6): Snarky Psoas Shutdown & the Importance of Social Support  (Post 12) If you haven’t been following the entire series, get it here: Post 1 – https://gingergarner.com/resurfacing-hip-labral-surgery-post-1/ Post 2 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postsurgical-musings-post-2-2/ Post 3 – https://gingergarner.com/post-surgical-musings-days-4-5-post-3/ Post 4 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postoperative-rehab-day-6-post-4/ Post 5 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postop-integrated-rehab-day-7-mantras-edema/ Post 6 – https://gingergarner.com/yoga-hip-labral-rehab/ Post 7 – https://gingergarner.com/days-11-18-a-turning-point-hip-preservation-post-op/ Post…
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Downward Facing Dog: Not A Beginner Pose
Downward Facing Dog: Not A Beginner Pose Downward facing dog is perhaps the most commonly used (and abused) yoga posture. That makes the chance of overuse injury in this pose pretty high, especially from my vantage point as a licensed clinician who has both studied and practiced yoga for more than 25 years and taught…
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Day 40 (5+ weeks): Sharp Shooting – Dry Needling Begins (Post 11)
Day 40 (5+ weeks): Sharp Shooting – Dry Needling Begins (Post 11) If you haven’t been following the entire series, get it here: Post 1 – https://gingergarner.com/resurfacing-hip-labral-surgery-post-1/ Post 2 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postsurgical-musings-post-2-2/ Post 3 – https://gingergarner.com/post-surgical-musings-days-4-5-post-3/ Post 4 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postoperative-rehab-day-6-post-4/ Post 5 – https://gingergarner.com/hip-labrum-postop-integrated-rehab-day-7-mantras-edema/ Post 6 – https://gingergarner.com/yoga-hip-labral-rehab/ Post 7 – https://gingergarner.com/days-11-18-a-turning-point-hip-preservation-post-op/ Post 8 – https://gingergarner.com/post-op-days-19-27-hip-labrum-rehab-milestones/…
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Triangle Pose & Femoral Version in the Hip: Why It Matters
Triangle Pose & Femoral Version: Why It Matters Let’s talk hip health in yoga postures. Specifically, let’s discuss femoral version. Femoral version is a term that has been around for decades, but the utility of it really wasn’t relevant, or so we thought, until the advent of better diagnostic technology that allowed the scientific community…
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Day 35, Week 5 – Tough Tissue a Great Teacher (Post 10)
Day 35, Week 5 – Tough Tissue a Great Teacher (Post 10) If you haven’t been following the entire series, get it here: Post 1: Day 1 Post-Op Recovery Post 2: Day 2 Post-Op Recovery Post 3: Days 4-5 Post-Op Recovery Post 4: Day 6 HLI Rehab Post 5: Day 7 HLI Rehab: Mantras and Edema Management Post 6: Day 10…
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Global Maternal Health Crisis: What Physical Therapy Can Do for Postpartum Mothers
Global Maternal Health Crisis: What Physical Therapy Can Do for Postpartum Mothers World Congress on Physical Therapy 2017: Dr. Ginger Garner presents Global Maternal Health Crisis: Delivering a Biopsychosocial Model of Care involving Women’s Health Physiotherapy in the Postpartum Period On July 2 I had the honor of presenting our research on the global maternal…
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Hip Arthroscopy Rehab: The First Month Post-Op
Hip Arthroscopy Rehab: The First Month Post-Op Acetabular labral tears are reported to be a major cause of hip dysfunction in young to middle-age patients and a primary precursor to hip osteoarthritis. The management of hip injuries in the athletic population “…has rapidly evolved over the past decade with our improved understanding of mechanical hip pathology.” (Lynch et al.,…
