Ginger Garner

About Ginger Garner, _{PT, DPT}

Dr. Garner is an active clinician and educator with advanced training in therapeutic yoga, Ayurveda, lumbopelvic ultrasound imaging, pelvic health, Pilates, and functional and lifestyle medicine. She has been a grassroots advocate for health promotion and nontraditional physical therapy practice since the 90s, when her first hybrid practice/yoga studio opened. She founded Living Well Institute in 2001, whose mission is to transform healthcare by offering public classes and professional certification in medical therapeutic yoga, and integrative and lifestyle medicine. Her private practice, Garner Pelvic Health, is in North Carolina. Ginger is an international speaker, published author, and is active in policy creation at the state and federal level.

Discover the Living Well Institute

The Living Well Institute trains therapists, athletic trainers, nurses and doctors to implement integrative therapies through yoga, lifestyle and functional medicine; lower overhead and costs while improving patient outcomes with low-tech, low-cost, scientifically proven methods; expand a facility’s reach by offering cutting edge functional, yoga and lifestyle medicine programming; tackle the opioid and chronic pain and disease epidemic by being able to offer lifestyle and functional medicine and medical therapeutic yoga services; and more.

Learn more at integrativelifestylemed.com/all-about-living-well-institute.

Garner Pelvic Health

Garner Pelvic Health specializes in guiding people through periods of significant hormonal and life changes, addressing the complex interplay between hormones, injury and persistent pain. Their focus spans key life stages from prenatal and postpartum care through perimenopause and menopause, recognizing that hormonal shifts can induce muscular and joint pain, while physical injuries and imbalances can lead to altered movement patterns that exacerbate discomfort. Their mission is to help you navigate these challenges and live your best life, combining hormone management with specialized physical therapy, specifically using their voice-to-pelvic-floor approach.

Learn more at garnerpelvichealth.com.

PROtalks Webinars Featuring Ginger Garner

Answering the Call: Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy

The APTA now supports screening and using evidence-based integrative and lifestyle medicine (ILM) interventions in physical therapist practice and education. The key to effective application is to shift toward a patient-centered partnership model that addresses all the pillars of the ILM model. In this webinar, Joe Tatta, PT, DPT, and Ginger Garner, PT, DPT, ATC/L, explore how to implement ILM in practice in a sustainable way both inside and outside the insurance model.

WATCH NOW

The Voice to Pelvic Floor Connection

Pelvic health is not just about evaluating and treating the pelvic floor. Pelvic health requires a systems-based approach, and understanding the voice to pelvic floor connection is a critical piece of the biopsychosocial model of treatment. Join Ginger Garner, PT, DPT, ATC/L for this webinar on making the Voice to Pelvic Floor connection in your clinical practice, which is applicable for pelvic PTs, pelvic OTs, orthopedic PTs, and anyone who depends on their voice or anyone who wants to learn how to screen for voice to pelvic floor issues that impact musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, and mental health.

WATCH NOW