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…
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…
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.,…
Feel busy? Overwhelmed? Like you need more hours in the day? This post, a Yogic Breath Practice for Women’s Health, is for you! Women, let’s face it, we need more than 24 hours in a day to accomplish all that is expected of us. We manage the majority of households in the US, perform the…
Hip Preservation, Not Hip Openers In my previous post “Hip Openers” in Yoga? Please, Stop the Madness., I discussed the importance of asana evolution. My book, Medical Therapeutic Yoga, is step 1 in Asana Evolution, with its dedication to preventing and treating injury, which includes injuries that arise from sketchy yoga posture practice. Using the…
Earth (Day) is Our Common Ground Science & Compassion Converge to Save a Life April 22 is Earth Day, and in 2017, it is also March for Science day in Washington D.C. This day is enormously important to me because it is also the same day that my son’s life was saved – because of science. Michael’s…
Yoga During & After Pregnancy Benefits Mom & Baby, Research Shows The number of Americans practicing yoga is at an all time high. In a recent national health survey “approximately 21 million Americans were noted to practice yoga during the past year” 1. The reasons people cited for participating in yoga were increasing energy, enhancing…
Why Language Matters and Safety is Sovereign Rehabilitation isn’t just science, it’s also art. Thanks to Dr. Joe Tatta for inviting me to speak up about my first love – blending science and story. In this podcast I discuss the art and science of what we do in yoga, why polyvagal theory is critical for healing…
Hip on Yoga: Three Golden Rules for Happy Hips The scientific landscape of what we know about the hip joint has vastly changed in the last 10-15 years, especially in the last five, which means there is quite a bit we can do to achieve happy hips. Medical innovation has led to improvements in noninvasive…
Creating Space to Heal with Yoga Kendra Wilks is a physical therapist of 22 years and orthopedic and pelvic health specialist. She is a wife and a mother of two children. She’s also battled cancer, more than once. Undergoing treatment for cancer provided Kendra the opportunity to re-evaluate the origins of “true health” and what that looks like. In…
Questions to ask your Surgeon before Hip Arthroscopy The decision to undergo hip arthroscopy surgery is not an easy one to make, and it should consider several questions. Some may include – How do I maximize my long-term hip health? How do I get the best rehab for my hip? What are the pros and…
Burnout: Turning a Taboo Topic into a Healing Conversation There I was on my yoga mat, finishing a much-needed practice. I was feeling both exhausted and exhilarated at the same time, a characteristic that pretty much nails the perpetual energy required of me the last 3 years. For those of you who don’t know me,…