Dr. Ginger Garner

Dr. Ginger Garner Garner Pelvic Health | Host-The Vocal Pelvic Floor Podcast
CEO-Living Well, Inc. Visit www.integrativelifestylemed.com to learn more. Your first consult is free.

Pelvic & Orthopedic Specialist | Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine | Advanced Training in MSKUS, Functional, and Integrative Medicine, Menopause, Endometriosis, EDS, DN 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 shorte

r 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. Want to be seen as a patients or client? Visit www.garnerpelvichealth.com -
We offer telehealth and in-person visits and offer online classes.

09/04/2026

Your pelvic floor doesn’t always need to work harder. 👀

Sometimes the missing piece is coordination—not more strength.

If you’re constantly gripping, bearing down, or holding tension without realizing it, learning to lengthen, adjust pressure, and coordinate your pelvic floor with your breathing, core, voice, and movement can change everything.

🎤 Just like finding your head voice, pelvic floor function isn’t about forcing your way there. It’s about finding the right coordination.

✨ More effort ≠ better function.
Save this if you’re learning to listen to your body differently. 💛

Standing in the summer heat can feel so much harder with orthostatic intolerance or POTS. ☀️Heat, dehydration, and prolo...
09/02/2026

Standing in the summer heat can feel so much harder with orthostatic intolerance or POTS. ☀️

Heat, dehydration, and prolonged upright activity can magnify the challenge of maintaining blood flow when you’re standing.

The goal isn’t simply “stronger legs.” It’s improving circulating volume, venous return, muscle-pump function, thermal management, and cardiovascular reserve.

Save this post for your next hot day & share it with someone you know who struggles with this ❤️

📖 Garner, G. (2026). Why Do Standing and Exercise Feel So Much Harder in the Summer Heat? Garner Pelvic Health.

https://garnerpelvichealth.com/why-do-standing-and-exercise-feel-so-much-harder-in-the-summer-heat/

08/31/2026

Bendy isn’t always better. And yoga isn’t all about flexibility.

Head over to my YouTube channel for a free, no risk trial to my Membership levels! Two tiers - one general and one specific to and the integrative yoga based medicine and lifestyle medicine that supports it.

Link in bio or Dr. Ginger Garner on YouTube 💃

08/28/2026

Your experience of pleasure can change throughout your life—and that doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.

Surgery, injury, scar tissue, postpartum changes, pregnancy, perimenopause, and menopause can all affect sensation and sexual function.

Your body adapts to what it experiences. That means your sexual response may change, too.
So instead of asking, “Why can’t my body do what it used to?” try asking, “What is my body experiencing right now, and what does it need?”

Take the pressure off of having a certain kind of or**sm. There is no “better” one. There’s only your unique physiology, your experience, and what feels good for you. ❤️

Consider this your permission slip. 🍂To step away from the noise.To make space for yourself.To rest without feeling guil...
08/27/2026

Consider this your permission slip. 🍂

To step away from the noise.
To make space for yourself.
To rest without feeling guilty.
To say no to the things that can wait.
To spend a weekend simply being present.

We don't always need to do more. Sometimes we need a little room to breathe, move, laugh, connect, and remember what it feels like to slow down. That's what this weekend in the mountains is about. Not perfection. Not productivity. Just time to reconnect—with yourself, with nature, and with a community of women.

And maybe a little reminder that choosing yourself isn't selfish. ❤️

08/25/2026

Sound and breath can be powerful tools for helping the pelvic floor relax—but relaxation only happens when the body feels safe.

And when it comes to deep pe*******on, there are a lot of factors worth considering: pelvic floor tone, trauma history, endometriosis and systemic inflammation, hormonal changes, pregnancy/postpartum changes, and even where you are in your cycle.

If deep pe*******on is painful, uncomfortable, or feels threatening, don’t push through it. That pain is your body giving you information.
Talk to your partner. Listen to your body. And consider working with a pelvic health PT or OT to understand what’s contributing to the pain and what support you need.

Your body is not something you have to override. It’s something you can learn to listen to. 🌿

Three truths we need to keep saying:Endometriosis is not just a period problem.Hysterectomy is not a cure.Menopause does...
08/24/2026

Three truths we need to keep saying:

Endometriosis is not just a period problem.
Hysterectomy is not a cure.
Menopause does not end endometriosis.

No period ≠ no endometriosis.
No uterus ≠ no endometriosis.
Menopause ≠ cure.

When clinicians start with inaccurate assumptions about the disease, persistent symptoms can be dismissed instead of investigated.

Accurate information matters—not just for education, but for whether patients are believed.

08/21/2026

When the body is aroused, relaxed, and vascular (blood) supply is normal, pressure can feel completely different. But without enough arousal or with an overactive pelvic floor, that same pressure may feel like urgency, numbness, discomfort, or even pain.

And if you’re experiencing pain or difficulty with sexual function, there may be more going on beneath the surface—pelvic floor tension, endometriosis, hormonal changes, a history of UTIs, vestibulodynia, vaginismus, trauma, and more can all play a role.

Pain, urgency, or numbness are not things you simply have to push through. ❤️

A pelvic health PT or OT can help you understand what your body is communicating and work with you toward more comfortable, pleasurable experiences.

For the people I work with, including singers and performing artists, dysautonomia can become especially noticeable when...
08/20/2026

For the people I work with, including singers and performing artists, dysautonomia can become especially noticeable when the body is being asked to coordinate breath, pressure, posture, voice, and endurance simultaneously. And for those with , the issue can be compounded, or made worse by the lesions and adhesions that impact the body as a whole.

This is why I don’t treat POTS—or pelvic health—in isolation.

When the autonomic system is struggling to regulate blood flow, breathing, temperature, digestion, and stress responses, asking someone to simply “strengthen their core” or “exercise more” can completely miss what their body is dealing with.

Treatment has to consider the whole system:

circulation + hydration + breathing + movement + pelvic floor + nervous system regulation + progressive conditioning.

Because sometimes the pelvic floor problem isn’t just a pelvic floor problem. It's why the Voice to Pelvic Floor Approach is so critical in treating the whole person's whole problem.

08/19/2026

Your core might be working too hard 👀

If you’re constantly sucking in your stomach, gripping your abs, clenching your jaw, holding your breath, or tightening your pelvic floor, your body may be spending far too much time in a state of bracing.

And that matters for pelvic and sexual health.

Your core isn’t just about strength. It also needs mobility, coordination, pressure management, and the ability to let go.

Your abs don’t need to be “on” all day.
Your pelvic floor doesn’t need to be “on” all day.
And more tension does not always mean more support.

One of the simplest places to start is with your breath. 🌬️

Diaphragmatic breathing can help you notice where you’re holding tension and begin practicing something many of us are surprisingly bad at: releasing instead of bracing.
That ability to move between support and release matters—for movement, pain, continence, voice, and sexual function.

Want to practice it? I have several breathing practices on my YouTube
channel designed to help you reconnect your breath, core, and pelvic floor.

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