Today I speak with Dr. Ginger Garner, PT, DPT, ATC/L. She is a clinician, author, educator, and longtime advocate committed to improving access to physical therapy services. She is the CEO of Living Well Institute, which has trail blazed interdisciplinary training in Therapeutic Yoga and Functional and Lifestyle Medicine since 2000. She also owns Garner Pelvic Health, a private practice located in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Garner specializes in chronic pelvic pain including endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, prolapse, incontinence, peri- and menopause, and also serves the performing arts and public speaking community with “voice to pelvic floor” therapy, as well as post hip arthroscopy rehab.  Ginger tells us about her experience as a singer and how her pregnancies and postpartum periods affected her abilities. You don't what to miss what she has to say! We talk about: -finding pelvic floor physical therapy -the voice and the pelvic floor -how singing changes with pregnancy and postpartum -recovering from a birth injury -connection to sounds and pelvic floor symptoms -post hip surgery horseback riding -coming back better after childbirth -evidence based practice Time Stamps 1:00 introduction 2:50 first pregnancy expectations 6:30 getting into care with a pelvic floor PT 11:29 connection to singing and pelvic floor 16:50 common patterns with singing 19:40 working towards function patters 25:55 birth injuries and riding horses 33:34 early pelvic floor physical therapy 39:40 walking moms through the process 48:01 learning from those who went before us 57:00 rapid fire questions CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com CONNECT WITH GINGER IG: https://www.instagram.com/drgingergarner/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-well-podcast-with-dr-ginger-garner/id1678127480 The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)