About the Workshop

This workshop is taught by Dr. Ginger Garner, PT, DPT, ATC/L, an internationally recognized expert in the field of hip injury and hip arthroscopy rehab.

Is Psoas Speaking Creating Your Hip Pain? How to Tell & What to Consider



Note: The replay of this workshop course will be available to you for 3 months after purchase.

On the heels of the Snarky Psoas workshop, which is a wonderful compliment to this course, comes the Psoas Speaking workshop, which is all about learning how to identify and tame snarky hip flexors and related muscles that can cause hip pain. 

This 60+ minute workshop is for anyone with hip or back pain, labral tears, hip impingement, or people facing or recovering from hip arthroscopy. It is especially helpful if you have had a hip arthoscopy and aren’t back to where you want to be yet, and you feel like the hip flexors could be part of the problem. You will learn how to identify the multiple variables which drive hip flexor pain, and what to do. 

What does “psoas speaking” mean? It means the psoas is essentially firing (or feels like it is) all the time, is always tight, or causing a pain that feels like it radiates up into your abs, low back, and down into the upper thigh. It can be worse with prolonged sitting, driving, or standing, but even walking can aggravate it, because it never feels like the muscle relaxes. If this sounds familiar, then this workshop is for you.  


When

This workshop is self-paced and available on-demand. It will be available for you to watch 3 months after purchase. An optional LIVE 15 minute Q&A with Dr. Garner, takes place weekly on the invitation only FB Hip Labral Injury & Impingement PT Group. Please stay tuned to this group for regular live Q&A's with Dr. Garner. Please make SURE to join this group to participate! 



You Will Learn 

  • How to know if the psoas is “speaking," how it causes pain, and what can help 
  • How to sort through pain drivers that could be coming from the neck and shoulder area
  • How to handle myofascial restriction as a pain driver 
  • Variables which influence regaining your core and hip strength, for example, how the shoulder can influence core stability if you can’t move your hip well 
  • Sleep positions for optimizing hip relaxation 


Bonus!

You will also get a curated Bonus Handout. This will come AFTER the workshop, so we can field your questions and curate the best handout for you. 


What You Need to Participate

  • Yoga mat
  • Myofascial ball or small kids squishy ball that's about 4-6 inches in diameter (not a lacrosse ball; tennis balls are too small)
  • Yoga belt, strap or at least a scarf or long belt
  • Bolster or firm pillow  
  • Computer or smartphone and internet connection 
  • Zoom downloaded onto your computer or smartphone

Need some help? Get in touch with us!

Course curriculum

    1. Workshop Overview

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. COMPLETE ME FIRST! RELEASE FORM - REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE

    3. Free Preview

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...I'd love to get to know you!

    1. The Workshop

    1. Your Bonus Handout

    2. Before you go...

About this course

  • $54.99
  • 8 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Bonus material

Additional Content & Resources

  • Bonus Handout

    You will also get a Bonus Handout of curated resources to help you navigate endometriosis.

Meet Your Instructor

Executive Director, Living Well Institute Dr. Ginger Garner

Dr. Garner, PT, DPT, ATC-Ret 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 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, and incontinence, and also serves the performing arts and public speaking community with her unique "voice to pelvic floor" therapy, as well as post hip arthroscopy rehab. Dr. Garner is the author of multiple textbooks and book chapters and has presented at more than 2 dozen conferences worldwide about integrative physical therapy and health promotion across a range of topics impacting pelvic and orthopaedic health. She is an adjunct and guest lecturer for several DPT programs worldwide on topics related to advocacy, as well as endocrinology and pelvic health; and she also teaches for Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute. She is an active member of APTA, serving as the Legislative Chair for APTA NC Chapter, a Key Congressional Contact for APTA Private Practice, and a member of the Prenatal & 4th Trimester Task Force for APTA Academy of Pelvic Health. She most recently launched her new podcast on advocacy, the Living Well Podcast. Ginger lives with her family in Greensboro, NC. Visit her at www.integrativelifestylemed.com, www.garnerpelvichealth.com, and on Instagram and YouTube @drgingergarner

What People Are Saying

Ginger Garner has a wealth of knowledge and experience!

Dr. Stéphanie Thibault-Gagnon, PhD, PT

In this practical workshop on the "Snarky Psoas" Dr. Garner shares with us her clinical pearls to enable us to relieve tension, regain motion and optimize function in our hips. The information delivered and the exercises are easy to understand and applicable for both the person living with hip dysfunction and the treating clinician. Thank you Ginger from myself and my clients!

Awesome! Thank you so much!

Jo Anna Kloster

You are an incredible wealth of knowledge and provide such an understanding of the body.  I am so grateful to have you in my life. 

Very educational! In this short workshop I learned so much!

Marita Goetz

Thank you so much! This was my first workshop with Dr. Garner - I loved it! I hope one day I can join you for an in person workshop as well. So very greatly appreciated that you share your knowledge, there's so much more I want to learn. With kindness and gratitude, Marita

Precisely the right amount of information!

Carol Stillman, Yoga Teacher

Thank you soooo much for the workshop! The information was incredibly useful for me as I am dealing with a hip issue.  I also love the Bonus Handout idea! Would love to take another workshop with you. You had precisely the right amount of information sequenced in a very logical fashion.

The sleep tips...are magic!

~ Massage Therapist, Greensboro, NC

Let me tell you I did the pillow sleeping tricks you shared yesterday and whaaatt....it's magic~ ! I have been sleeping with my hips in the worst position. 

Everyone should work with Dr. Garner

Katie Estridge, PT, MPT

I would recommend that everyone work with Ginger Garner. She is without a doubt the best physical therapist I have ever worked with. She understands the human body like no one I have ever met.

Feel better than I've felt in years, AND that's during the pandemic!

Dr. Michelle Walendowski PT, DPT

I’ve been practicing everything I learned from Dr. Garner on an (almost) daily basis, and I have to say I feel healthier and just generally better than I have in years. And that’s during a pandemic!

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