Testimonial from Dr. Caroline Withall When I decided to write about progress of my hip arthroscopy rehab, I promised to be truthful and real about my experiences. Without a doubt, this last month has been exceptionally tough, particularly mentally. As ever, there have been more of the extreme highs and lows that really do seem…
A Great Voice (& Core) Can’t Happen without a Great Pelvic Floor For those of you interested in the voice to pelvic floor connection – or if you are just learning about it, here’s a brief overview, plus lots of resources, on how the voice and pelvic floor are dependent on each other. Voice to…
by Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret We are long overdue in the physical therapy profession to ditch the phrase “home exercise program.” Give me 3 minutes and I will explain why and how. As therapists we play a vital role in helping folks navigate vulnerable and distressing situations. We don’t often consider the obvious –…
For any of you who have hip pain or are considering hip arthroscopy AND your surgeon is suggesting a hip intra-articular diagnostic injection or just a plain old hip intra-articular injection – Listen UP – this video is for YOU! Â The point of an intra-articular diagnostic steroid injection of the hip is to help…
This pose of the week is all about how to know if you are Psoas Speaking. This pose of the week can help you identify if your vocal problems could be coming from the pelvic floor, or vice versa. One of the chief ways to tell is by taking a closer look at one of…
This week’s Pose of the Week is the Wall Warrior Twist. It’s a pose to help you work smarter not harder in your yoga posture practice. Work Smarter, Not Harder in Yoga with the Therapeutic Wall Warrior Twist What does this posture offer? I’m so glad you asked! The Wall Warrior Twist is a posture…
Before I launch into my top tips for avoiding burnout, let me introduce myself first. My name is Ginger Garner. I’m a doctor of physical therapy, among other things… I’m a wife Mother of 3 amazing sons, ages 15, 13, and 10 Owner of 2 small businesses Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine nerd Author Activist and…
What is the Umbrella Breath? The Umbrella Breath is an accessible, if not easier, way to strengthen your core and pelvic floor using the voice and the breath. Building core strength requires that you raise or create intra-abdominal pressure to create spinal stiffness. Doing this helps a person safely transfer a load that is beyond…
Mindfulness vs. Meditation – What is the difference between the two? Well for starters, they don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Mindfulness can be actually be an entry point for meditation. Plus, you don’t need to be doing yoga to practice either one (just in case yoga isn’t your thing). Jon Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as follows:…
What is a tight pelvic floor? In 2012 Dr. Stephanie Faubion from the Mayo Clinic wrote a scientific article on recognition and management of the “nonrelaxing pelvic floor,” at the time and probably still, an under-recognized and under-treated problem in women. The wonderful thing about this article was that it brought attention to a problem…
Today’s pose of the week is about how to know your hip motion limits for hip preservation in yoga. In short, it’s about hip preservation over hip opening, folks. I want to teach you how to know your hip range of motion boundaries through to beginning to understand how to screen your own hip morphology. …
Pose of the Week is all about tackling hip and pelvic issues in yoga postures. The goal is to make a yoga pose fit your body, rather than trying to force your body to fit a yoga pose. Visit my blog to see the other Posts of the Week and sign up for my newsletter…