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Recent Article
“Industrial product design wastes away the competition” is an article sent to us by Peggy Johnson, PT that was published in the Arizona State University newsletter. This article discusses a new toilet design concept, “Go With the Flo”, designed by a team of ASU College Design students. This toilet compliments our stance on squatting! To read this article, click HERE!
New ArticleWe are excited to share this article with you from the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. “Bilateral Functional Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Collegiate Football Player”, written by Jason Robey, ATC and Kyndall Boyle, PT, PhD, OCS, PRC discusses treatment of a collegiate football player using Postural Restoration. “Unique therapeutic exercises developed by the Postural Restoration Institute were used to optimize respiration/posture via muscle activation and inhibition.” Check it out HERE!
Learning to Walk
Shaun Huls CSCS, SCCC in Norfolk, VA recently sent us a link to a website that discusses various phases of gait. Some great figures are provided that go over heel contact with each phase. Take a look at this website HERE!
Latissimus “The Secret Player”
Here is a great article written by Michael Cantrell, MPT, PRC. “There is another player in the postural restoration world that should be looked at more closely. The latissimus dorsi muscle can be a dominant force in preventing repositioning of a patient.” To read this article, click here!
Curvature of the SpineWe have updated the reference section under the Advanced Integration course. After a couple requests for research, we realized that we didn’t have a section dedicated to “Curvature of the Spine”. Ron Hruska spent some time digging out his favorite supportive literature for this topic and we have placed it on the website! You can access the articles by going HERE!
Relationship Between Stomatognathic System & PostureIf you are planning on attending the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course anytime soon, you will want to check out this article: Cuccia A, Caradonna C. The relationship between the stomatognathic system and body posture. Clinics 2009;64(1):61-6. This article was just handed to us by a PRC therapist and Ron Hruska can’t wait to discuss it this weekend in Sioux City, Iowa. This article compliments a NEW ACTIVITY that will be introduced at the course this weekend. To read this article, click here!
Must Read Article
We recently came across an article in the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine on breathing, that cited an article published by Ron Hruska. This is a fantastic article on dysfunctional breathing that we highly recommend you read! “Breathing affects motor control and postural stability and plays several roles in physiological and psychological regulation. Breathing becomes dysfunctional when the person is unable to breathe efficiently or when breathing is inappropriate, unhelpful, or inefficient in responding to environmental conditions and the changing needs of the individual”. To view the abstract and purchase the article, click here! To get a copy from PRI, contact us!
Girl Sees Fine With Half a BrainThis article was sent to us by Jennifer Gloystein, DPT, ATC from the Hruska Clinic! “Just thought you all might enjoy seeing this. I have been reading the Brain That Changes Itself and after talking about the book with my old neuro professor, he sent me this article that he found just this last week. Very interesting!” To read the article, click here!
An article to share with your patients
Patients often have questions about Postural Restoration and dental integration. We’d like to share with you an article that explores the ALF appliance construction, application, rational, indications for use, and results. It’s a quick read that provides an excellent overview and is sure to be an article you’ll want to keep on hand. To access the entire article please click here! The ALF (Advanced Lightwire Functional Appliance) Creating Facial Beauty and Balance by Edwin Delz, DDS. Int. J. Orthodontics 20:2:23-27:2009.
Interesting!
While traveling, we came across an article written in the Scientific American Mind. The article is about the “hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner”. The first half of the article is interesting but it’s the last section of the article on “Lopsided Love” that caught our attention! To read the entire article click here!
New Suggested Journal ReadingsFor those of you preparing for certification this year, we have added a few more suggested journal articles to the list on the application. Over the last few months we have found interesting articles published in these journals:
If you are interested in certification, you can read more about it here! If you would like to view the application, click here!
Latest Article Added to the Cervical Cranio Mandibular Course Reference List
Correlation between signs of temporomandibular (TMD) and cervical spine (CSD) disorders in asthmatic children published in the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry is the latest article being added to the Cervical Cranio Mandibular Restoration course reference list. “Neck accessory respiratory muscles and mouth breathing suggest a direct relationship among asthma, Temporomandibular (TMD) and Cervical Spine (CSD) Disorders.” This article even sites the article written by Ron Hruska, Influences of Dysfunctional Respiratory Mechanics on Orofacial Pain. To read the abstract or to purchase this article click here!
Left vs. Right
Why Righties and Lefties? Scientists Have Hands Full, written by David Brown, is an article published in The Washington Post, March 2009. This is a fun article that speculates on why some individuals become left handed. One area of discussion is on lateralization: “Lateralization saves space and, therefore, working capacity, by not requiring that both hemispheres do the same thing. It diminishes the chance of interference and confusion, which might arise if each side of the brain independently analyzed the same input from the environment and came up with its own decisions about what to do about it.” This article also ties in so many areas that we have been currently discussing at PRI, such as, eye dominance: “Prenatal effects are much clearer in chickens, where lateralization is largely determined by which eye is exposed to light coming through the shell during incubation. In most chick embryos, it’s the right eye. That produces adult birds that are better at identifying food and prey using the right eye (with the information processed on the left side of the brain), and better at detecting predators and sexual advances using the left eye (and right side of the brain).” To read the entire article, click here!
Asymmetry of the Face in Orthodontic Patients…...is the latest article being passed around PRI! Following a great weekend in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, covering Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration, Ron Hruska wanted to let you know about this fantastic article he came across: “The results showed that 79.7% of subjects with facial asymmetry had a wider right hemiface and that 79.3% of the subjects with chin deviation showed left-sided laterality. Laterality in the normal asymmetry of the face is consistenly found in Japenese orthodontic patients. The right sided dominance of the face was independent of sex, age, and skeletal jaw relationships. In this regard, the proportion of subjects with a wider right hemiface was larger at earlier ages than at later ages, while the proportion of subjects with a wider left hemiface was larger at later ages than earlier.” - Haraguchi S, Iguchi Y, and Takada K. To access this article, click here!
Management of a Female with Chronic Sciatica and Low Back Pain: A Case Report.
This is the most recent published article written by Kyndy Boyle, MSPT, OCS, PRC. This case report is a great article that outlines the positive outcomes of Postural Restoration. “After noting limited improvement, the intervention plan was revised for 13 additional weeks (10 visits) to include the following exercises to reposition and stabilize the pelvis: muscle activation of the left hamstrings, adductors, gluteus medius, abdominals, and right gluteus maximus; stretching the left posterior hip capsule; and muscle inhibition for the paraspinals.” To read the entire article, click here!
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