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New Course Date!Lori Thomsen will be traveling to Phoenix two weekends in a row! Due to high demand, we have added a second course date for Pelvis Restoration in Phoenix. Course Dates Registration for February 25-26 is now open! If you are currently registered to attend the course on February 18-19 and would prefer to attend the following weekend, please email Paige to transfer your registration. Adding a second date will allow for two smaller courses and more one-on-one time with Lori!
Advanced Lightwire Functional in the Treatment of TMD, Orthodontics, and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Craniofacial Pain Center of Nebraska, Michael Hoefs, DDS is offering for Dentists and Orthodontists a two day in office hands on course: May 10th & 11th, 2012 Click HERE for all the details!
Save the Date - Philadelphia, PA
Be sure to mark your calendars and contact all your friends. Today we confirmed a new course for our 2012 schedule that is not listed in our brochure. We are teaming up with Kevin Neeld and Endeavor Sports Performance to bring Myokinematic Restoration to the Philadelphia area. Endeavor Sports Performance is located in Pitman, NJ, about 20 minutes east of Philadelphia. All of us here at PRI are excited for this opportunity and our speaker, Jen Poulin, hopes to see you there!
PRI Course Scheduled in Hong Kong
Today we are excited to announce that Myokinematic Restoration will be presented in Hong Kong in partnership with HEMAX Health Products Company, Ltd. James will be traveling to Hong Kong to present the course on July 21-22, 2012. We look forward to another opportunity for expanding the concepts of PRI to health professionals worldwide! Details are available HERE.
2012 Brochure
Our 2012 brochures were mailed on December 19th. If you did not receive a brochure by mail, please email us with your updated contact information. You can also CLICK HERE and HERE to view an electronic version. Be advised that our 2012 brochure is 30 pages so fill up your ink supply before printing! Or save the ink and print our 2-page calendar. Please note that the information provided on page 25 of the brochure concerning PRT is subject to update.
Save the Date!Airway & The Anterior Neck Our 4th Annual Interdisciplinary Integration course brings together six highly regarded professionals to share their expertise on the subject of airway and the anterior neck. This symposium will include interactive discussion on the anatomy, neurology and mechanics of the airway and the anterior neck. Emphasis will be place on how to manage the nasal and oral airway both during sleep and upright function. Upper airway obstruction and influences on respiratory and laryngeal function, from asymmetrical torsional alignment of the cranium, neck and thorax, post-traumatic vertigo, cervical trauma, postural pathomechanics and respiratory imbalance will be offered. Speakers: CLICK HERE to register!
Pelvic Floor Restoration - Speaker ReflectionsIt’s been a fun year teaching the newest introductory course through PRI, ”Pelvic Floor Restoration – An Integrated Approach to Treatment of Pubo-Sacral Pathomechanics”. I have loved the feedback and interaction with other professionals across the country. What has been the most rewarding for me has been getting individuals to “think outside the box” when it comes to the pelvic floor. For some, they “turn and run the other way” when they see the title and others come expecting what they have learned from other pelvic floor courses. I feel the course has exceeded expectations from these thought processes by the feedback we have received. If you treat back pain, hip pain, SI pain, breathing disorders, gait, etc., then I challenge you to consider that you also treat the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor does not do the same thing on the left side in the stance phase of gait as it does on the right side during swing phase. Not even to mention if you don’t have frontal plane control of an hemi-pelvis you will not get the pelvic floor in the proper position for alternating reciprocal function. Every patient needs to walk so every patient needs a pelvic floor. Have you ever wondered why athletes have pelvic floor symptoms when they have never had children or surgery? Poor synchronization of breathing, poor inhibition of the anterior inlet/posterior outlet, poor frontal plane control of an inlet and outlet of the hemi-pelvis and again poor reciprocal alternating function. This course integrates Myokinematics and Postural Respiration. You are missing a piece in the Left AIC and PEC chains without the pelvic floor component and it may be why your patient can only get 80% better with their current PRI program. I welcome any additional feedback from PRCs and PRI veterans who have attended this course. - Lori Thomsen, MPT, PRC
One Course Attendee Shares Her Experience
“Sometimes, perhaps, we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.” ~ Robert Brault Recently, I felt very lost. My instinct was telling me I needed to search deeper for an answer and time was not on my side. I was facing a major surgery, scheduled within 3 weeks and could not find a compelling argument against having it, other than it just didn’t feel right. Then karma stepped in and gave me a map. Fate is a very slippery step to rest upon. Drawing too many conclusions just might find one lying flat-on-your-back in a cold, wet stream. Believing too much in signs can heighten your hopes and lead to disappointment. But when events fall into place as smoothly as the past weekend did for me, it’s hard not to feel like you’re standing on the Rock of Gibraltar. On my drive to Lincoln, NE, to attend my second seminar through the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI, this one on Postural Respiration), CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE…
Directions and Parking - Minneapolis
For everyone registered to attend our Myokinematic Restoration course this weekend in Minneapolis, please click on the documents below for information regarding parking and directions. Allina Commons Parking Directions As a reminder the course is being hosted by Allina Health Systems at the following location: Allina Health Systems
Maryland SportsCare & Rehab
We are excited to be teaming up again next year with Maryland Sports Care & Rehab! On February 18-19 the Urbana Clinic will host Postural Respiration. James Anderson will be instructing the course. Please register early as we anticipate a full class.
A Powerful Testimonial from Alaska
James recently presented our Myokinematic Restoration course at the Alaska PT Association - Fall Conference. James had the privilege to speak to nearly 90 attendees as well as find time for some fishing. He shared with us this email from a course attendee…. Dear James, First I would like to personally thank you for coming to Alaska this past weekend to lecture on myokinematic restoration. Your course helped immediately relieve the frustration I have experienced for years regarding physical therapy protocols. My clinic has put into practice the skills we learned from your course from the very first patient of the day on Monday morning. We have not had a single patient leave the office without substantial improvement in their condition all week! The most dramatic cases include an elderly woman, 3 month post lumbar fusion, 6 year post bilateral hip replacement with pain of 8/10 VAS in her low back and hips. She was unable to stand from a chair without pulling herself up with her arms. In under 10 minutes, not only was she reporting pain of 0/10 VAS, but she was also able to stand from chairs of many different heights independently! Another patient was a 20 y.o. female, hurt her back at work and had received chiropractic and exercise therapy for 8 weeks without any improvement. Pain of 8/10 VAS when I first evaluated her Tuesday morning. When she left my office, after using the repositioning techniques and 2 exercises, her pain was 0/10 VAS and it held through her day of work! She SKIPPED into my clinic this morning for her 2nd appointment. Her worst pain since Tuesday was a 1/10 VAS. We are now working on getting her into better shoes (no more flip flops) and today she was able to walk with improved stride, stance, and even demonstrated arm swing; all with pain ratings of 0/10 VAS. Thank you doesn’t seem enough at this point. Thank you for validating our concerns with the status quo. Thank you for helping us be the physical therapists we wanted to be! We look forward to taking more of your courses in the near future.
Early Registration DeadlineThis Saturday is the early registration deadline for our Impingement & Instability course being held in Phoenix, AZ on November 5-6. James Anderson will be teaching this course and received the following reviews from his most recent presentation of this course in Chanhassen, MN: PRI continues to connect the dots and improve applicability to patient care. Thanks! This is an amazing course that really pull things together! Go PRI!!! The best Postural Restoration class I have ever taken (and I have taken many)!! I loved James’ emphasis on gait and reference centers. He related everything to gait and these reference centers, which helped me organize all the Postural Restoration classes I have ever taken, and I can use this to help my patients. Course Location Hope you can make it!
Early Registration DeadlineThis Saturday is the early registration deadline for our Myokinematic Restoration course being held in Oklahoma City, OK on October 8-9. In order for us to confirm the course, additional participants are needed by September 10th. Please register this week to receive the early registration rate and to ensure that this course will not be canceled. Thank you! Course Location This course is recommended first in our series of courses.
New Course Location
We’re excited to be teaming up with Physiotherapy Associates! James Anderson will present Postural Respiration on October 15-16, 2011 at their location in Herndon, Virginia. By attending this course you’ll gain an appreciation for the postural influences of rib torsion, asymmetrical oblique strength, inconsistent breathing patterns, habitual use of accessory respiratory musculature and a restricted diaphragm. Clinical assessment and management skills will be covered for treating diagnosis such as “fibromyalgia”, thoracic outlet syndrome and shoulder dysfunction. You’ll discover the value of having your patients and athletes blow up a balloon.
Alaska APTA Fall Conference
We are privileged to have been invited to present Myokinematic Restoration at the Alaska APTA Fall Conference on October 8-9, 2011. James Anderson will be teaching the course at the Hotel Alyeska in Girdwood, AK. Registration is NOW OPEN! To read more about James Anderson’s clinical experience, CLICK HERE!
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