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Meet Dr. Ginger Garner


(c)2005. Ginger Garner. Prenatal Yoga.

Overview

Education
DPT – Doctor of Physical Therapy 2016
MPT – Master of Physical Therapy 1998
BA – Exercise Science & Athletic Training 1995
Yoga & Ayurveda Studies – 1992 to present

Credentials
PT – Physical Therapist
ATC/LAT – Athletic Trainer
PYT – Professional Yoga Therapist
ALC – Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor
ERYT500 -Yoga Alliance Registration
CPI – Certified Pilates Instructor

Founder

  • Professional Yoga Therapy Institute (2000), the first interdisciplinary, medical yoga program in the world. Also established the first doctoral level medical yoga curricula,  now adopted by medical schools throughout the US and Canada.
  • Author, Professional Yoga Therapist Certification for licensed health care professionals.
  • Mission: To transform healthcare through interdisciplinary partnership, community empowerment, and transformative dialogue; and to decrease global barriers to integrative medicine through a culturally sensitive lens.

Books

  • Author, Medical Therapeutic Yoga: Biopsychosocial Rehabilitation and Wellness Care Handspring Publishing, Ltd. Edinburgh, UK. 2016.
    • Korean translation (exp. pub 2017)
    • Italian translation (exp. pub 2017)
    • Chinese translation (exp. pub 2018)

Book Chapters

  • Garner, G. Foundations for Yoga Practice in Rehabilitation in Telles, S., & Singh, N. (2018). Research-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga (pp. 1-456). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2788-6
  • Garner, G. The Role of Relationship in Creativity. in Taylor, M. Fostering Creativity in Rehabilitation. Nova Publishers, NYC. 2014. DOWNLOAD THE FREE CHAPTER

Abstracts

  • Goldeen, R., and Garner, G. Medical Therapeutic Yoga: An exploration of how to use yoga as a therapeutic modality with clients across the lifespan, in varied settings (acute to out-patient) and with cultural sensitivity. World Federation of Occupational Therapists. WFOT Congress. Capetown, South Africa, May 21-25, 2018.
  • Clinton, S, and Garner, G. Are you Listening to your Patients? What the Voice Reveals about Dysfunction. American Physical Therapy Association, Combined Sections Meeting. New Orleans, LA. February 21-24, 2018.
  • Garner, G,  Jonely H, Elliott M, Shaheed H, Langshaw W, Clinton S. Global Maternal Health Crisis: Delivering a Biopsychosocial Model of Care involving Women’s Health Physiotherapy in the Postpartum Period at World Congress on Physical Therapy. Capetown, South Africa, July 2, 2017.
  • Garner, G. Yoga in Healthcare: Tenets for Safe, Effective Use & Theory for Healthcare Reform. The Yoga Therapy Conference, Amsterdam. May, 2017.
  • Garner, G., Traush, L., Foster, S., Drake, J., Raffo, P., Stewart, T., and Razzino, S. Poster Presentation: Diastasis Rectus Abdominis: A Narrative Review. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting 2016, Anaheim, CA.
  • Garner, G. Vocal Liberation: Maximizing Your Potential. Montreal International Symposium for Therapeutic Yoga. March 2016.
  • Garner, G. Hip Preservation, Yoga Reconsidered. Montreal International Symposium for Therapeutic Yoga. March 2016.
  • Garner, G. Combining Vestibular Rehabilitation with Integrative (Yogic) Medicine. North Carolina Athletic Trainers’ Association Fall Symposium, Raleigh, NC 2013.
  • Pathak-Shelat, M., Mrabet, Y., Garner, G., Young, V., Young Mie Kim. Cyberactivism: Slacktivism or Digital Citizenship. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. August 8-11, 2013
  • Garner, G. National Athletic Trainers’ Association 64th Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposia. Yoga Pulls Double Duty: Establishing Controlled Flexibility in Athletes. Las Vegas, June 24-27, 2013.
  • Garner, G. Safe Prescription of Yoga in Rehabilitation: An Orthopaedic Focus. North Carolina Athletic Trainers’ Association Fall Symposium, Raleigh, NC 2012.
  • Garner, G. Safe Prescription of Yoga in Physical Therapy in Women’s Health – The Bladder Matters. Mountain Pose Medicine and Yoga Symposium. Copper Mountain, CO. August 2012.
  • Garner, G. Safe Prescription of Yoga in Physical Therapy in Orthopaedics. Mountain Pose Medicine and Yoga Symposium. Copper Mountain, CO. August 2012.
  • Garner, G. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Practice: Using Evidence Based Yoga to Evaluate the Athlete. National Athletic Trainers’ Association National Convention. Philadelphia, PA. June 2010.

Non refereed articles

  • Garner, G. Read Biomechanical Precepts Define 21st Century Yoga. Lower Extremity Review.    March 2011 Vol. 3/No. 3.
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University affiliation(s)

  • Consultant for multiple physical therapy departments at universities across the US and Canada.
  • Lecturer, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Clinical Practice

  • Owner and clinician – Crystal Coast Integrative Medicine & Physiotherapy (2001).

Continuing Education Faculty

  • Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute
  • Allied Health Education 
  • Medbridge
  • Home CEU Connection 
  • Yoga U Online

Blog 

Read Ginger’s story: Every American Mother – Work is Work No Matter What  

Read Ginger’s story: My Yoga Journey through Physical Therapy 


Ginger is a member of the Caring Economy Coalition, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, American Physical Therapy Association, International Pelvic  Pain Society, International Association of Yoga Therapists, and Yoga Alliance. 


Image courtesy of Veronica WhetselMentors & Teachers

Dr. Riane Eisler stands as Ginger’s most influential teacher in changing the conversation to value caregiving in the US and abroad.  Her work in economics, and Ginger’s involvement as a Caring Economics Campaign member and Certified Conversation Leader in Caring Economics, has inspired Ginger to continue her mission in influencing health care policy and change in the US. Visit Caring Economy

Dr. David Frawley (Ayurvedic expert Pandit Vamadeva Shastri), Aadil Palkhivala, Sarita Shrestha (mother of Ayurveda in the west and Nepal’s first female Ayurvedic physician, female OB/GYN), and countless yoga teachers have directed Ginger’s path since 1992; however, the most influential would probably be Dr. Shrestha, because of her powerful testament to breaking the glass ceiling and empowering women in India.

Ginger Garner Yoga“I have learned the most about living my yoga, not from my education or experience, but from my mission/karma yoga projects, which include raising my own children They are my gurus.“

 

 

 

 

 

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Testimonials


Meagan Satinsky PT, PYT-C

Hi Ginger! After having some time to digest the (Professional Yoga Therapist) training last week at Emerald Isle I wanted to drop you a note…


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Barb Rabin, PT, ATC, PYT

That pink house on the beach was a safe haven where I met all these awesome caring friends and most of all you Ginger Garner…


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Dr. Tawna Wilkinson, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS

Ginger, Being in your presence the past several days (at Module 8/Yoga as Medicine I) has provided such a light for me for many reasons.…


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PYT-C from Module 8

Ginger is an amazing instructor and her passion is contagious. This program gives me hope for healthcare.


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Debbie Peel, Swansboro, NC

I couldn’t recommend Ginger enough! She saved me from a second shoulder surgery. I am very impressed with the way she blends Western medicine with…


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Brian C. Kittelson, PT, Minnesota

My wife and I both took your yoga PYT course in the 90s in Minneapolis Minnesota.  I just wanted to let you know that I…


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Shannon Miller, Swansboro, NC

I can’t thank you enough for ALL you have done for me. Your generosity is overwhelming. Dr. Mather is an excellent physician, and I am…


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Angie Cooper, Swansboro, NC

Thank you Ginger….thank you, thank you…..for introducing me to yoga. It has been the best thing I’ve ever done for my body and my mind…


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Ruth Hulette, DOM, PYT-C

Thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging feedback. I found myself feeling quite sad when I walked away today and realized I only have one…


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Wendy, PT, PYT-C

Thank you for revolutionizing healthcare — I am so honored and proud to be a part of this pioneering movement! Raleigh, North Carolina


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