Integrative Lifestyle Medicine

Days 11-18: A Turning Point Hip Preservation Post-Op (Post 7)

If you have missed the other posts in the series, catch them 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/ Day 11 A turning point. I took out my sutures yesterday, and edema continues to diminish. I have a…

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HLI Q&A Series: When can return to clinical practice after surgery?

When can I return to clinical practice after surgery? Question from Lane: Hi Ginger, I am an orthopedic PT scheduled for upcoming hip preservation/reconstruction. I came across your blogs in my scholarly and subjective research, they have been very helpful so far. I had a few questions for you regarding undergoing the procedure as a PT. First,…

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How Lady Gaga Can Optimize Her Hip Labral Repair Outcomes

How Lady Gaga Can Optimize Her Hip Labral Repair Outcomes Today’s post offers a sneak peak of some of the concepts presented in my upcoming text on yoga in rehabilitation (Handspring Ltd, UK est. 2016). Keep up with the news about it on subsequent blogs and on my website, www.gingergarner.com Lady Gaga recognizes the importance…

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Elevating the Status of Maternal Care through Yoga

Elevating the Status of Maternal Care through Yoga Yoga readily acknowledges the multi-faceted connection between mother and unborn child. The biomedical model can certainly benefit from the inclusion of yoga in mainstream maternal healthcare; (see my posts here on Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy) however, the benefits of yoga are being increasingly appreciated via building…

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Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy

Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy The Prenatal Care Problem Worldwide, maternal care can and must improve. In the United States, current standards of practice have been cited as a “human rights failure.”1 With a skyrocketing C-section rate at 33% in the US, and more than 50% in Brazil, far above the World Health Organization’s recommended…

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Day 10 Slow & Steady: The Yoga of Hip Labral Rehab (Post 6)

Day 10 Slow & Steady: The Yoga of Hip Labral Rehab If you have missed the other posts in the series, catch them 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/ Recovery is steady, but rehab is slow. Loyal to biopsychosocial yogic…

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Yoga and Postpartum Physical Therapy: A Must for New Moms

Yoga and Postpartum Physical Therapy: A Must for New Moms This week’s post outlines the critical importance of the inclusion of not only physical therapy in postpartum rehab for new mothers, but of the contemplative science of yoga as well. To learn more, visit the resources at the end of this post. Thanks for caring about…

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Why Work is Work No Matter What

Why Work is Work No Matter What A Mother’s Return-to-Work Story Today’s post is one I originally wrote for the National Association of Mothers Centers new branding, “MOM-MENTUM.” I was enormously flattered to be asked to pen this post for Mom-Mentum, hopeful that I could help and encourage other moms through sharing my story. And then,…

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Seven Reasons Yoga + Pelvic PT Make Childbirth Easier

Seven Reasons Yoga + Pelvic PT Make Childbirth Easier Every mother imagines the moment when she meets her baby to be one of, if not the most, joyous and beautiful day of her life. As a mother of three, I know I did. And all three times, it was beautiful. However, that is not the…

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Hip Q&A: Angry Adductors and the Snarky Psoas

Hip Q&A: Angry Adductors and the Snarky Psoas Question from Marsha: Why are the adductors and hip flexors so irritable with hip joint pain/pathology? Answer from Ginger: Great question Marsha! Here is my theory (albeit short version): There are several critical general variables that create a healthy joint. Those are form closure, force closure, motor…

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Hip Q&A: Postsurgical Positional Hip Pain

Hip Q&A: Postsurgical Positional Hip Pain Question from Lydia: I’m 7 months labral repair via scope. Here is the short story: I was sitting on chair with good right foot under the left buttock unconsciously – while paying bills. I couldn’t get up and needed help to walk. I could not put any weight on…

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Hip Labrum Q&A: Troubleshooting Painful and Frustrating Clicking Psoas

Hip Labrum Q&A – Troubleshooting Painful and Frustrating Clicking Psoas Question from Amy: I’m feeling frustrated. I noticed a little bit of snapping in my groin since surgery, depending on how I move. It’s some of the same snapping I had before surgery. I know it’s not the joint because it’s a different feel. Not…

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