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New Featured Interview

New Featured Interview

Our latest interview features Michael Cantrell, MPT, PRC.  Currently, Mike is one of the instructor’s for the Myokinematic Restoration course.  Next year he will also be instructing Postural Respiration.  If you’ve had the opportunity to be taught by Mike, you’ve experienced the fun, energetic personality that Mike brings to the course.  We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful speaker!  Read more about Mike HERE!


Interdisciplinary Integration - Case in Point

Interdisciplinary Integration - Case in Point

Postural Restoration Certified Therapist, Jeanna Viramontes, was recently featured in the newsletter of Health Centered Dentistry. Jeanna and Dr. Laughlin exemplify a successful model for Interdisciplinary Integration. Click here to read Jeanna’s interview on the second page of the The Whole Tooth!


2010 MATA ANNUAL MEETING & CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM

2010 MATA ANNUAL MEETING & CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM

This weekend, PRI Associate Faculty and PRC Therapist Jason Masek will be presenting in Mankato, MN at the MATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium. Jason’s presentation on Postural Restoration & Athletic Injuries will offer guidance on specific injuries seen typically by athletic trainers. Postural Restoration tests and treatment techniques will be discussed. For more information about the conference, click here!


Vision/Perception Considerations: A Personal Account

Vision/Perception Considerations: A Personal Account

Joe Belding, PT, PRC recently attended the Interdisciplinary Integration course.  In the story below, he shares with us a personal story of what the Vision-Vestibular-Integration day did for him and his family…

I returned from the Interdisciplinary Integration course in Lincoln, Nebraska a few days ago.  I thought long and hard about whether or not I should attend this course. For me, it involved personal expense, and time spent away from my family.  However, taking all of that into account, I still feel that I received the bargain of the century!  Read more…


New Speaker for 2011

New Speaker for 2011

It is with much excitement that PRI announces a new speaker for 2011. Jen Poulin, PT, PRC joins our team of Faculty and will teach Myokinematic Restoration next year.  We recently interviewed Jen, you can read all about her HERE!


Last Days at Christian Medical Center in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India‎

Last Days at Christian Medical Center in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India‎

Joyce Wasserman recently returned from Christian Medical Center in Vellore where she has spent many hours teaching Postural Restoration. She concluded her trip by sharing her final thoughts and observations with us. Click here to read!


New Featured Interview!

This month we are featuring Julie Hereford, DPT.  Julie will be presenting at the Rest Integration course on April 17th!  Julie will be teaming up with Dr. J. Paul Rutledge to cover sleep disorders!  To read about Julie, click here!  To register for the course, click here!


New Featured Interview

New Featured Interview

Read all about Estelle LeClair, MSPT, PRC from Essex Junction, Vermont in our Featured Interview section!


“Postural Restoration has been a Godsend”

A lot of great therapists are out there doing great work and seeing impressive results. Thanks to Sangini for sharing this testimonial!

“Postural Restoration has been a Godsend. I used to run marathons and lift weights daily until I injured my back in Iraq, resulting in multiple herniated discs and constant severe muscle spasms in my entire back. For two years I could not move without literally gasping in pain. I tried drugs, chiropractic, acupuncture, steroid shots, and every other type of physical therapy there was. At best, these didn’t help; at worst, they increased the pain. I was on the verge of getting discharged from the military and had resigned myself to a life of pain and extremely limited mobility. Finally, I moved back to NC and my primary care doctor recommended me to Apex Physical Therapy.  Within THREE visits, I no longer needed to take my pain medication daily!  I am infinitely better now, and am even training to swim the Ironman this year with the NC National Guard team! I honestly love everything about Apex Physical Therapy. Sangini gives me exercises to do at home, and customizes them for me based on what I need, so that I can use them on the road with no equipment when I need to. I never thought I’d sound like such a commercial, but I enthusiastically recommend that every single person with pain comes in to experience the transformation from just enduring every minute, to actually looking forward to each day!”


New Featured Interview!

New Featured Interview!

Read all about Mara Brandsoy, OTR/L, PRC this month!  Mara was the first occupational therapist to become certified in PRI!  To read her entire interview, click here!


New Case Study - Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Neuropathy

New Case Study - Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Neuropathy

Raulan Young, MPT, PRC has written a case study about the treatment Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Neuropathy using PRI!  To read this case study, click here!


PRI and Breast Cancer Rehabilitation

PRI and Breast Cancer Rehabilitation

This was the topic of the presentation given by Jeanna Viramontes, MPT, PRC to a breast cancer support group at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota“What better lymphatic pump is there than a ribcage and pelvic floor with ZOA”?  To access this presentation, click here!!


Sanford Sports Medicine Symposium

Sanford Sports Medicine Symposium

May 8-9, 2009 is the date for the Sanford Sports Medicine Symposium.  Among several individuals speaking at this conference, two of our certified clinicians, Joan Hanson MPT, PRC and Jill Honermann MPT, PRC, will be presenting “Evaluation of the Lumbar Spine: The Postural Restoration Approach”.  We are so excited for them and anxious to hear the feedback!  To check out the brochure for this course, click here!


News from James

News from James

Earlier this month James Anderson was invited to present at the 2009 (CCHA) Central College Health Association Annual Conference held at Creighton University, sponsored jointly by The Creighton University Center for Health and Counseling and Creighton University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Division. The stated purpose of this conference is to feature nationally recognized experts presenting topics relevant to college health. Those attending included College Health Personnel, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Public Health Personnel and other interested healthcare personnel associated with college health across the Midwest United States.

James shared with us his feedback…

“My presentation focused on the form, function and positional influence of the respiratory diaphragm and breathing on the collegiate back.  The title of my presentation was “Caring for the Collegiate Back”, but it was a PRI presentation on respiratory influences from start to finish.  This diverse group of medical professionals were overwhelmingly positive about the material and many stayed after the presentation with additional questions and comments.  They wanted to know things like, “where can I find someone in my area that practices PT like this?” and “how can I help local rehab professionals in my area get the needed training to evaluate patients like this?”. It turned out to be a great experience that had implications across many different disciplines and certainly put PRI in a favorable light in terms of being viewed as a specialized solution for evaluation and treatment of chronic difficult misunderstood cases.”


PRI Travels to Mumbai, India

PRI Travels to Mumbai, India

January 22-25, 2009 was the date for the World Confederation Physical Therapy (WCPT), Asian Western Pacific region (AWP), and India Association Physiotherapy (IAP) meeting.  PRI’s very own Kyndy Boyle, MSPT, OCS, PRC and Sangini Rane, PT, PRC presented a poster case study titled:  Postural Restoration Management of a Female with Right Pelvic Floor and Proximal Hamstring Pain.  The objective for this case study was to ”to describe unique therapeutic exercises (Postural Restoration) and the use of a Protonics Neuromuscular System® for a female soccer player with right sided pelvic floor and proximal hamstring pain”.  Congratulations Sangini and Kyndy!!



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