Hello and welcome!
I’m so glad you stopped by to get to know me. Let me introduce myself.
I am an integrative PT, educator, and longtime advocate committed to making physical therapy services accessible, affordable, and equitable, especially for pelvic health. I am the CEO of Living Well Institute which I founded in 2000 to teach therapists how to use integrative therapies (Yoga, Functional and Lifestyle Medicine) in clinical and health promotion practice. I am the author of Medical Therapeutic Yoga, published in Italian and English and slated for 3 more foreign translations. I am an international speaker, having presented at over 2 dozen conferences worldwide and taught continuing education coursework in Yoga, Lifestyle & Functional Medicine across a range of topics impacting the pelvic girdle in the US, Canada, and Europe.
I am a two-time graduate of UNC Chapel Hill (Go Heels!), where I received my Master and Doctorate degrees in Physical Therapy. I also completed graduate studies at the UNC School of Public Health. I have specialized training in pelvic health, board certification in Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, Dry Needling, Visceral Mobilization, Manual Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, and Pilates and have spent 26 years designing best-evidence integrative physical therapy programs.
I am an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA NC Chapter and a Key Congressional Contact for the Private Practice Section. My latest projects are a chapter contribution to Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan and an upcoming textbook on Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine in PT Practice.
I own and operate a pelvic and orthopedic private practice, EudeMOMia®, in Greensboro, NC where I live with my 3 sons, partner, and rescue Labrador, Scout Finch.
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Patient Care – EudeMOMia® Integrative Physical Therapy is located in Greensboro, NC inside the historic Revolution Mill. I offer pelvic and orthopaedic therapy services in-person and virtually, where I focus on delivering therapy through an integrative, whole-person lens. Click here to learn about the conditions I treat.
Education & Classes – Living Well Institute – In 2001 I founded Living Well Institute and created the Professional Yoga Therapist Certification, Integrative Lifestyle Medicine Certificate, & the Medical Therapeutic Yoga Method in order to help transform healthcare delivery through Integrative Therapies. LWI offers continuing education and certification in Integrative Therapies (Yoga, Lifestyle, & Functional Medicine) for PT, OT, and ATC’s, as well as online classes for the public in Medical Therapeutic Yoga, Pilates, and related healthcare topics.
DR. GARNER’S EDUCATION & TRAINING
- The University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1995 – Licensed Athletic Trainer (BA, ATC/LAT)
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1998 – Master of Physical Therapy (PT, MPT)
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2016 – Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
- Certifications & Specialty Training – Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine (DipACLM) Professional Yoga Therapist (PYT), Pilates, Ayurvedic Practitioner, YACEP, ERYT500, Dry Needling (CIDN), Visceral Mobilization, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction & Sexual Dysfunction, Prenatal & Postpartum, Incontinence, Rectal & Bowel Dysfunction, Endometriosis, Interstitial Cystitis, Integrative Manual Therapy, Women’s Health, Mindfulness, MBSR, Trauma-Informed Care, Chronic Pain Care, Lumbopelvic Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging, Vocal Performance
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Dr. Ginger Garner is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, National Athletic Trainers Association, International Pelvic Pain Society, and Yoga Alliance. She has served as secretary and board member for the US National Committee for UN Women NC Chapter, and is currently the Legislative Chair for the American Physical Therapy Association NC Chapter (APTANC) and Congressional Key contact for the APTA Private Practice Section. She is a former Charter School member of IAYT and founder of the first international yoga therapy school for medical providers.
MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY – HOW I CAME TO BE A PT THROUGH YOGA
“I’ve been using Yoga & Pilates, combined with physical therapy, since the 1990’s, long before it was cool or trendy. It’s just a far more effective combination. I began to document my methods on this integrated approach, which ultimately gave birth to two things: my textbook, Medical Therapeutic Yoga, and creation of the first yoga certification for licensed healthcare professionals in 2001, the Professional Yoga Therapy Institute,® which in 2020 became Living Well Institute.”
MY PERSONAL JOURNEY – A MOTHERS RETURN TO WORK STORY
“Cultural conditioning has taught us to inadvertently misuse the word “work” by reserving it for activity that only happens outside the home. That marginalizes the great work of caregiving, whether for the young or old. The truth is…I’ve never really stopped working, so telling my “return to work” story means acknowledging a bigger societal issue: After a woman gives birth, using the phrase “return to work” implies that she wasn’t working when she grew that new human being and birthed him or her– and that devalues the work of mothering and hurts us all.”
