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 Lifestyle 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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Ayurvedic (Marma Point) Self-Massage
Ayurvedic Marma Point Self-Massage Ayurveda, the Indian system of Yogic medicine, has long supported that marma points are vital areas of energy in the body where two major systems meet – blood vessels and bone, nerves and ligaments, tendons and their blood supply, for example. The word “marma” means “vital”. Marma massage (similar to acupressure)…
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Finding Hope after a Natural Disaster (A Live Meditation on the Beach Post Hurricane Florence)
I wrote this post about 10 days after Hurricane Florence hit eastern North Carolina. I live on Emerald Isle, which bore the brunt of Florence’s northeast quadrant along with New Bern, as she made landfall over Wilmington, NC. It was the worst storm I’ve seen in my 20 years here, the worst flooding event of…
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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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Be a Labrador, Not a Lizard (for vagal’s sake)
Be a Labrador, Not A Lizard (for vagal’s sake) Happy-Waggy-Lovey Life Disclaimer: First admission, I am a dog person. Second admission, you don’t have to be a dog person to appreciate the little tidbit of neuroscience I’m about to share with you. Why? Because it will, unfailingly, help you be better at being, well, you….
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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…
