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Yoga During & After Pregnancy Benefits Mom & Baby, Research Shows

Yoga During & After Pregnancy Benefits Mom & Baby, Research Shows The number of Americans practicing yoga is at an all time high. In a recent national health survey "approximately 21 million Americans were noted to practice yoga during the past year" 1. The reasons people cited for participating in yoga were increasing energy, enhancing immune function, and health and disease prevention … [Read more...] about Yoga During & After Pregnancy Benefits Mom & Baby, Research Shows

Mom-Centered Mothering Resources

Good for Mother and Baby Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC/LAT, PYT is a longtime advocate for elevating the status of maternal health, promoting equality of women in the workplace, empowering women to achieve the birth experience right for them, and modeling how complementary and alternative health practices like yoga can drastically improve maternal wellbeing and pregnancy health outcomes. It was … [Read more...] about Mom-Centered Mothering Resources

Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy and Postpartum

Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy and Postpartum (Focus on Yoga for Pelvic Girdle Pain) Description This 2 day innovative Yoga Therapy course is given by Ginger Garner. Ginger is a trail blazer in integration of Yoga therapy into physiotherapy rehabilitation. This course on teaching clinicians the integration of Yoga as therapy for healthy pregnancy and for complex musculoskeletal issues arising … [Read more...] about Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy and Postpartum

Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy

Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy The Prenatal Care Problem Worldwide, maternal care can and must improve. In the United States, current standards of practice have been cited as a “human rights failure.”1 With a skyrocketing C-section rate at 33% in the US, and more than 50% in Brazil, far above the World Health Organization’s recommended 10% (for reducing mortality), prenatal care is in a … [Read more...] about Yoga as Medicine for Pregnancy

Yoga and Postpartum Physical Therapy: A Must for New Moms

Yoga and Postpartum Physical Therapy: A Must for New Moms This week's post outlines the critical importance of the inclusion of not only physical therapy in postpartum rehab for new mothers, but of the contemplative science of yoga as well. To learn more, visit the resources at the end of this post. Thanks for caring about mothers!  Yoga offers a compelling mind-body approach to maternal care … [Read more...] about Yoga and Postpartum Physical Therapy: A Must for New Moms

Seven Reasons Yoga + Pelvic PT Make Childbirth Easier

Seven Reasons Yoga + Pelvic PT Make Childbirth Easier Every mother imagines the moment when she meets her baby to be one of, if not the most, joyous and beautiful day of her life. As a mother of three, I know I did. And all three times, it was beautiful. However, that is not the case for many mothers, especially in the United States, where our country occupies the shameful status of … [Read more...] about Seven Reasons Yoga + Pelvic PT Make Childbirth Easier

Essentials of Women’s Health Nutrition Practice (Podcast Interview) with Jessica Drummond

Essentials of Women's Health Nutrition Practice in Healthcare Ginger's most recent interview is with Jessica Drummond, women's health nutrition guru and founder of The Integrative Pelvic Health Institute.  The interview focuses on women's health nutrition practice, and in it Jessica and Ginger discuss vital considerations in women’s health nutrition practice for health care and wellness … [Read more...] about Essentials of Women’s Health Nutrition Practice (Podcast Interview) with Jessica Drummond

Prenatal Yoga Offers Comprehensive Fitness During Pregnancy

Prenatal Yoga Offers Comprehensive Fitness During Pregnancy The ACOG recommends 30 minutes or more of moderate intensity exercise on most days of the week for pregnant women. The majority of women (92%) in the CDC’s report, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), assessed physical activities during pregnancy from 1999 to 2006, know they should be evaluated by a health care … [Read more...] about Prenatal Yoga Offers Comprehensive Fitness During Pregnancy

Improving Birth Means Improving Birth Language

Improving Birth Means Improving Birth Language The Yoga/Tao of Women-Centered Care The power of language is inarguable. The spoken word affects how we see, perceive, and interpret the world around us. Language can also influence our actions and behavior, especially toward people around us. The power of language in health care is not only important, but critical in prenatal health. The … [Read more...] about Improving Birth Means Improving Birth Language

Maternal Stress Management Critical for Passing on Healthy Genes

Maternal Stress Management Critical for Passing on Healthy Genes Research has long confirmed the effects of maternal health on fetal development and outcomes. But scientific inquiry into the genesis of disease processes in an adult with no apparent risk factors has been uncharted territory until the last few decades. The interrelationship between maternal stress and fetal “programming” was … [Read more...] about Maternal Stress Management Critical for Passing on Healthy Genes