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Women's voices and pelvic health matter. Discover the powerful connection between your voice and pelvic floor—and how it shapes your well-being and resilience. Join us for empowering conversations on holistic, evidence-based pelvic health care, as we advocate to end medical gaslighting and misogyny.
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Send us Fan Mail Do you depend on your voice? Do you enjoy your pelvis working correctly - for everything from sexual function to core strength? Then Season 3 of the Living Well Podcast is for YOU! This season is all about Unlocking Peak Performance and learning how Voice to Pelvic Floor Self-Care is essential for whole health. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Relationships are an integral part of our lives, and deep listening skills are essential for both building relationships and successful patient outcomes. Dr. Ginger Garner interviews Dr. Janet Bezner and Dr. MarySue Ingman, co-author the behavioral change chapter in Dr. Garner and Dr. Joe Tatta’s new book, Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine and Physical Therapy. They discuss how their stories and experiences in physical therapy impacted their research and why physical therapy...
Send us Fan Mail Pain science and integrative and lifestyle medicine can effectively fill in the gaps of manual therapy and exercise prescription for your physical therapy patients. Isn’t it frustrating how your manual therapy skills and exercise prescription work great for one patient…and barely move the needle for your next one? This feeling of hopelessness was also familiar […] The post Pain Science and Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine Go Together Like Birds of a Feather appeared first...
Send us Fan Mail An Interview Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Dean All too often the field of physical therapy is an afterthought in healthcare, but PTs have a real opportunity to be the most powerful health profession in the world. Physical therapists just need the right tools to transform the health of our patients and our communities. Dr. Ginger […] The post Why Would You Not Want to be in the Most Powerful Health Profession in the World? appeared first on Living Well Institute. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail If there was one thing we want you to take away from the tools of Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine, it’s this: improving your patients’ sleep is essential in physical therapy. Too many people assume that poor sleep is simply a fact of life or of aging, rather than something that can be fixed or changed. And this misconception is negatively impacting the health of our society. In order to understand why sleep is essential in physical therapy, you must know that sleep problem...
Send us Fan Mail Building equality in physical therapy for marginalized communities is a challenging and complicated problem in our country, which will require cooperation across the political spectrum to solve. Whether the people in these communities are identified by their race, their sexual orientation, or their religion, each one deserves a safe space for receiving healthcare. To start, there are systemic issues that need to be acknowledged and addressed. Did you know that as ...
Send us Fan Mail Christine Robenalt PT, MPT is a physical therapist who is leading the way for treating pediatric physical therapy patients by implementing integrative care. By working with children in an integrative and holistic manner, she can better address their current impairments while also reducing the likelihood of unnecessary disease developing later in their lives. Christine is the author of the pediatric chapter in the Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy te...
Send us Fan Mail Why do we need to start using prevention and wellness in orthopedic physical therapy? Well, to start, the science overwhelmingly supports it. The research continually tells us that being proactive with your health can reduce likelihood of pain and dysfunction both now and later in a person's life. In this podcast, Dr. Ginger Garner sits down with Dr. Anne Söderlund PT, PhD a professor in Physiotherapy with behavioral medicine profile at the School of Health, Care...
Send us Fan Mail The number of people who have died due to drug overdose in this country is absolutely astounding…but most of us can’t relate to a number of that magnitude. Despite the common occurrence of addiction, there is still an overwhelmingly shameful stigma of substance abuse in America. In this episode, Dr. Ginger Garner sits down with Dr. Eric Chaconas to talk about an important and ignored topic of addiction and substance abuse and how it relates to the field of physical the...
Send us Fan Mail There is extensive evidence for how movement and lifestyle changes are beneficial for many aspects of a person’s health, which also happens to be the case for helping people manage diabetes through physical therapy. And regardless of age, the lifestyle choices we make today can dramatically impact our health now and moving forward in our lives. Inevitably, the reason for improving a person’s health is about improving their life, not just getting their weight down or the...
Send us Fan Mail Whether reading this blog, or reading the Neurology chapter in the Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy book, there are 2 main factors we want you to consider when using integrative medicine in neurological physical therapy care. How can we be more inclusive in our clinical settings? And how can we use the proper intensity to support an individual's recovery from neurological injuries. Now, those aren’t the only keys to maintaining a healthy nervous system, ...
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our 2nd season of Living Well, where we are passionate about giving a voice to change agents in healthcare. This season is all about creating safety in healthcare for women and all people who identify as female. Less medical gaslighting and policy gaps, and more women’s health and safety. We have so many amazing people lined up for interviews this season and we are so excited to be launching the first episode of Season 2 on September 12, 2023. Stay tuned! ...
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of our second season of this podcast, Dr. Ginger Garner starts off by sitting down with Bonnie Gross and Nancy Boyd, Producer and Director of Lady Parts, the film. The film covers the real life scenario that Bonnie Gross experienced as she tried to find help for her persistent vaginal pain. It's a wonderful conversation which highlights the serious and sometimes painfully comedic side of the state of healthcare for women today. We also discuss ho...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into the challenges faced by new moms in the realm of mental health and the expectations placed on them to bounce back quickly after having a baby. Our guest, Amanda Hall, Occupational Therapist in Ontario, Canada shares her personal and professional experiences and discusses how we can all improve healthcare for perinatal and postnatal women and families. Tune in to gain valuable insights and discover ways to empower yourself as a new mom in th...
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ginger Garner sits down with Dr. Amanda Olson PT, DPT, PRPC about being a mom and an entrepreneur, the myth of work-life balance, the most challenging part of pelvic health therapy, and how the voice and pelvic floor are connected. Join us for a lighthearted conversation despite the heavy topics we discuss! Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Ginger interviews Shannon Cohn, filmmaker, attorney, and social impact producer, about her new PBS documentary, "Below the Belt." Shannon shares her personal journey with endometriosis and her motivation to create meaningful change in women's healthcare. They discuss the taboo surrounding endometriosis, gender bias in healthcare, and the need for better education and awareness. Together, they buss common myths about endometriosis and empathize with ...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Ginger sits down with Becky Keller, a pelvic PT to discuss the incredible benefits of low pressure fitness, also known as hypopressives. Becky shares her personal journey with pelvic health and how she discovered the transformative power of low pressure fitness after undergoing a hysterectomy. They delve into the various applications of low pressure fitness, including its effectiveness in pelvic health, post-surgical recovery, and even in the perfor...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Maureen Mason, a physical therapist who spealizes in pelvic health, joins Dr. Ginger to discuss various aspects of pelvic health and how it changes throughout our lives. Dr. Mason shares her personal journey into pelvic physical therapy and highlights the benefits of simply getting to know your pelvis. They discuss common conditions such as urinary incontinence, constipation, pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, and sexual health, and th...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Ginger interviews Dr. Rebecca Seagraves, a physical therapist specializing in women's health in an unusual location - in the hospital. This brings on the important discussion of rising rates of maternal mortality here in America, AND gives tools and guidance on what we can do to change that. The main way we can do that is by prioritizing postpartum pelvic healthcare and compassionate and integrative care during pregnancy, labor, and throughout the first y...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Living Well Podcast, Dr Ginger Garner interviews Diana Florio, a physical therapist and yoga teacher. They discuss the integration of yoga and healthcare, bridging the gap between the two disciplines. They delve into the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga, as well as the pushback and misconceptions they have encountered in blending yoga and physical therapy. The conversation explores different types of yoga, finding the right yoga community, ...
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