Dr. Ginger Garner

Dr. Ginger Garner Garner Pelvic Health | Living Well Podcast
Functional, Integrative, Lifestyle Medicine Educator & Ortho Pelvic PT Want to be seen as a patients or client?

Our Certifications & CEU's are for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and similar healthcare providers who want to transform their clinical practice and self-care routine, while getting better patient outcomes in shorter time frames with longer-lasting results. CEU/Certifications:
Professional Yoga Therapist
Integrative Lifestyle Medicine

CEU Courses:
Differential Diagnosis & Integrative Management of the Hip
Voice to Pelvic Floor Rehab
and more...

Our Classes have reached 6 continents and thousands of people:

Living Well Institute teaches Medical Therapeutic Yoga, Pilates, and fitness and wellness workshops and classes. Visit www.integrativelifestylemed.com to learn more. Visit www.garnerpelvichealth.com -
We offer telehealth and in-person visits and offer online classes. Your first consult is free.

01/05/2026

There is no single cause for hypermobility flares. The load is shared, which is why it’s important to treat systems, rather than chase symptoms. Comprehensive physical therapy should:

✅ Evaluate hormone status
✅Evaluate and treat inflammation
✅Assess and customize a stress management plan that works for your life, stressors, and goals
✅Evaluate and treat joint and tissue laxity - This also includes tissue laxity which impacts post-op healing (for those of you post-op endo excision, this is KEY), gastrointestinal function (constipation can be common), and day to day functioning.
✅Just because you are hypermobile, does not mean you’ll FEEL flexible. On the contrary, you may feel tight everywhere. MSK ultrasound imaging is part of the critical assessment to determine which joints and tissues are actually being recruited properly, versus the ones that aren’t doing their job.

🫶This isn’t a comprehensive list, but it’s a bare bones basics start to taking your life back when you have hypermobility, especially if you are experiencing hormonal shifts that come with perimenopause, prenatal, or postpartum.

When symptoms don’t fit into one box, it’s not coincidence—and it’s not “in your head.” 🧠✨Research shows overlap between...
12/26/2025

When symptoms don’t fit into one box, it’s not coincidence—and it’s not “in your head.” 🧠✨

Research shows overlap between POTS, hypermobility/EDS, and endometriosis—especially in women. Seeing one should prompt screening for the others. Whole-system care matters. 🔗🩺

Save this. Share it! 🔁

12/24/2025

This space is for you if you’re dealing with endometriosis, hypermobility, and pelvic pain - no matter what season of life you’re in.

I support women navigating through every stage of life - including perimenopause and menopause (surgical or otherwise) when it seems like support can be the hardest to find.

If your body just needs more care and understanding right now, I’m here to help, and I have a range of resources:

🎁First consults are free
🎄Low cost YouTube Membership at 2 levels (14.99 for general and 29.99 for Endo support)
🎉Highly individualized 1 on 1 care that is integrative and functional medicine driven, guided by advanced MSK ultrasound imaging - addressing every aspect of your health and wellbeing, not just the pelvic floor.

Endo is a whole body disease not just a pelvic problem. And your physical therapy and care should reflect that. Care should treat systems and not chase symptoms.

Link in bio to all services including YouTube, where you can check out my Endo Playlist

12/23/2025

Double tap if winter pain is real for you.

With and/or the cold weather struggle is real.

Movement may feel counterintuitive when you’re in pain or tired - but gentle stability-based yoga and/or a brief walk can really shift the balance.

Get all the stability based yoga you need on my YouTube channel (link in bio) at free or low cost, plus consider 2 more simple tips below:

🎁Wear layered compression. Compression. It only helps you stay warm, but it provides a measure of vascular and mechanical stability for your body.

🎄If morning’s are worse, try applying a moist heat pack to your sacrum or a warm towel at the base of the neck. The moist heat relaxes muscles and calms the nervous system - putting you back into rest and digest mode.

Share this with that friend who is always cold 🥶- even on a warm summer day. (Yep, that can sometimes be me too!)

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12/22/2025

If you have endometriosis or pelvic pain, traveling can feel like a full-time endurance sport. But here’s the thing….

💪One tiny action = feels doable even in pain
🤩Nervous system language = is validating + trauma-informed for you
🧑‍🎄 Nothing to buy! = yay!
😌Normalize endo travel pain = reduce shame and destigmatize pain experience

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🎁 Getting our Merry (and bright) Christmas 🎄 started! Happy holidays!
12/21/2025

🎁 Getting our Merry (and bright) Christmas 🎄 started! Happy holidays!

12/20/2025

Wind down with me tonight with this gentle Christmas meditation—Silent Night (all parts sung by yours truly). ❣️🎄
May your evening be peaceful, your breath slow, and your body at ease.

Love to you all, and to all a good night ✨

12/19/2025

Stress, the Pelvic Floor, and the Holidays…
Your pelvic floor isn’t a secret Grinch… it just hates holiday stress.
Stress → increases guarding → contributes to and/or causes painful se* or pelvic floor pain/leakage/tension/bladder urgency/urination frequency
Watch as I demonstrate (yep, on myself, that’s my pelvic floor) with ultrasound imaging how the pelvic floor stretches and relaxes with a 6-second inhale (belly breathing is KEY).
When you are feeling stress - give your pelvic floor a little holiday compassion!
Try this before bed tonight (before se*, or anytime you are feeling stressed, even if you don’t have pelvic pain.)

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12/19/2025

Endo belly loves to drop in uninvited at holiday meals.

Simple strategies can be your bestie.

12/17/2025

3rd tip below 👇 plus comment if holiday hot flashes or poor sleep is a thing for you.

✅ Make sure you’re getting enough protein. Have a small protein-forward snack before family events to regulate blood sugar and avoid snacking on highly processed junk food when you arrive because you’re hangry and anxious.

Give yourself the empowering reassurance and permission you need to experience the holidays on your terms.

Turn off the fawning and people pleasing mode (caregivers esp moms, tell me I’m wrong) and take good care of yourself this season. You won’t regret it. But you will regret making everyone else happy at the expense of your sleep, your hormones, and your health.

This is especially important at if you have and are going through or

Need more customized support?
You have 3 options:

1. Work with me 1 on 1. First consult free. Link in bio.
2. Join our YouTube community - free version. 3. Join our YouTube memberships - 2 options, both low cost.

Info and links in bio!

12/16/2025

Got hip hypermobility? Endo, menopause, or perimenopause can drive hip microinstability or instability and pain, and it’s no joke.

At the holidays, even something as benign as a long sit on grandma’s couch can feel like a gnarly mistake for your hip.

Check out this and way MORE Hip Hacks at my YouTube channel. Link in bio or visit Dr. Ginger Garner on YouTube

12/15/2025

More on counter pressure below 👇

Why do they help?

✅Muscle Pump: Contracting muscles (like in legs, arms, abdomen) squeezes veins, helping push blood upward toward the heart and brain.

✅Increased Sympathetic Drive: These actions increase the sympathetic nervous system activity, boosting blood pressure.

✅Reduces Blood Pooling: By increasing pressure in the lower body, they counteract the pooling of blood in the legs that causes POTS symptoms.

Other techniques:

✅Leg Crossing: Cross one leg over the other and squeeze the muscles in your legs, buttocks, and abdomen.

✅Arm Tensing: Grip one hand with the other and pull them against each other, or clench a fist tightly.

✅Squatting: Lower into a squatting position, tensing leg and abdominal muscles.

✅Rocking on Toes: Rock up and down on your toes to engage leg muscles.

✅Bending Forward: Bend forward with hands on knees, which compresses the abdomen and brings the head closer to heart level.

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Get to Know Me

I am a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trained doctor of physical therapy (DPT), a licensed athletic trainer (LAT, ATC) professional yoga therapist (PYT), and am board certified (DipACLM) in Lifestyle Medicine. I’ve spent 25 years studying and creating “best fit” Yoga, Pilates, & Integrative Lifestyle Medicine practices in healthcare and health promotion.

As a working mother of three, my passion is advocating for all women to have access to safe, effective and affordable healthcare. I am the CEO of Living Well, Inc., founder of Professional Yoga Therapy Institute®, now Living Well Institute, and author of Medical Therapeutic Yoga, slated for 4 foreign translations. The MTY textbook was born from 25 years of practice in combining yoga and physical therapy for patient care.

I own and operate EudeMOMia Integrative PT & Lifestyle Medicine in Greensboro, NC, where I focus on in-person and telehealth Lifestyle Medicine & health coaching for women, including pelvic pain, hip labral tears and impingement recovery, and safe, effective yoga practice. See the list of conditions I treat here. Book telehealth & in-person appointments & take virtual classes here.

What do I in my spare time?