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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our 2nd season of Living Well, where we are passionate about giving a voice to change agents in healthcare. This season is all about creating safety in healthcare for women and all people who identify as female. Less medical gaslighting and policy gaps, and more women’s health and safety.   We have so many amazing people lined up for interviews this season and we are so...

Send us Fan Mail Whether reading this blog, or reading the Neurology chapter in the Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy book, there are 2 main factors we want you to consider when using integrative medicine in neurological physical therapy care. How can we be more inclusive in our clinical settings? And how can we use the proper intensity to support an individual's recovery...

Send us Fan Mail There is extensive evidence for how movement and lifestyle changes are beneficial for many aspects of a person’s health, which also happens to be the case for helping people manage diabetes through physical therapy.  And regardless of age, the lifestyle choices we make today can dramatically impact our health now and moving forward in our lives. Inevitably, the reason for improvin...

Send us Fan Mail The number of people who have died due to drug overdose in this country is absolutely astounding…but most of us can’t relate to a number of that magnitude.  Despite the common occurrence of addiction, there is still an overwhelmingly shameful stigma of substance abuse in America. In this episode, Dr. Ginger Garner sits down with Dr. Eric Chaconas to talk about an important and ign...

Send us Fan Mail Why do we need to start using prevention and wellness in orthopedic physical therapy?  Well, to start, the science overwhelmingly supports it.  The research continually tells us that being proactive with your health can reduce likelihood of pain and dysfunction both now and later in a person's life. In this podcast, Dr. Ginger Garner sits down with Dr. Anne Söderlund PT, PhD...

Send us Fan Mail Christine Robenalt PT, MPT is a physical therapist who is leading the way for treating pediatric physical therapy patients by implementing integrative care. By working with children in an integrative and holistic manner, she can better address their current impairments while also reducing the likelihood of unnecessary disease developing later in their lives.  Christine is the auth...

Send us Fan Mail Building equality in physical therapy for marginalized communities is a challenging and complicated problem in our country, which will require cooperation across the political spectrum to solve.  Whether the people in these communities are identified by their race, their sexual orientation, or their religion, each one deserves a safe space for receiving healthcare. To start, there...

Send us Fan Mail If there was one thing we want you to take away from the tools of Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine, it’s this: improving your patients’ sleep is essential in physical therapy. Too many people assume that poor sleep is simply a fact of life or of aging, rather than something that can be fixed or changed. And this misconception is negatively impacting the health of our society. In...

Send us Fan Mail An Interview Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Dean All too often the field of physical therapy is an afterthought in healthcare, but PTs have a real opportunity to be the most powerful health profession in the world. Physical therapists just need the right tools to transform the health of our patients and our communities. Dr. Ginger […] The post Why Would You Not Want to be in the Most...

Send us Fan Mail Pain science and integrative and lifestyle medicine can effectively fill in the gaps of manual therapy and exercise prescription for your physical therapy patients. Isn’t it frustrating how your manual therapy skills and exercise prescription work great for one patient…and barely move the needle for your next one? This feeling of hopelessness was also familiar […] The post Pain Sc...

Send us Fan Mail Relationships are an integral part of our lives, and deep listening skills are essential for both building relationships and successful patient outcomes. Dr. Ginger Garner interviews Dr. Janet Bezner and Dr. MarySue Ingman, co-author the behavioral change chapter in Dr. Garner and Dr. Joe Tatta’s new book, Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine and Physical Therapy . They discuss how...