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Inhibiting the Anterior NeckWhile working on the new Non-Manual Techniques CD-ROM we realized that we only have 5 activities that inhibit the anterior neck. It is extremely difficult to shut off an anterior neck in an upright position, therefore, the only position you can place the patient in is supine. Since you can’t expect your patient to live their life in supine, Visual Integration becomes necessary for individuals who are unable to inhibit their anterior neck during upright, dynamic activity. This will be heavily discussed in the upcoming Postural-Visual Integration Dysfunction - LEVEL 1 course! To register for this course, CLICK HERE!
PRI Courses in North Carolina
Today we posted our first date/location for 2012. James Anderson will present Impingement & Instability at Brevard College in Brevard, NC on June 23-24, 2012. Please be reminded that prior attendance of both Myokinematic Restoration and Postural Respiration are required. For those looking to complete these introductory courses in preparation for Impingement & Instability, you’ll want to keep in mind that Postural Respiration is coming soon to Boone, NC - July 23-24, 2011. Watch for more 2012 courses to be posted to the website soon!
Course CancellationsWe are cancelling the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course in Bismarck, ND on June 11-12 due to the recent flooding. We will be rescheduling this course for later this year or beginning of next year. We will also be cancelling the Pelvic Floor Restoration Course in Salem, OR on July 31-August 1 due to a scheduling conflict. We will be rescheduling this course for later this fall. Please check back on our website for the new course dates!
IMG Performance Institute to Host Myokinematic Restoration!
IMG Performance Institute in Bradenton, Florida is the newest site for PRI courses! James Anderson will be instructing Myokinematic Restoration on June 25-26. We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with this organization! Myokinematic Restoration explores the biomechanics of contralateral and ipsilateral myokinematic lumbo-pelvic-femoral dysfunction. The human body is not symmetrical. This course will explain patterns of asymmetry and offer techniques for assessment and treatment with consideration for neutrality, position, and respiration. Postural Restoration concepts are key factors in performance of athletes from all ages and abilities. Click HERE to register for this course! From Trevor Moawad, Director, IMG Performance Institute. “We have a comprehensive approach to injury management and rehabilitation at the IMG Performance Institute. We feel that it is necessary for our clinicians to practice the best pathways towards returning our youth, elite and professional athletes back to their sport as quickly and safely as possible. That is why we are excited to have our clinicians go through the Myokinematic Restoration course.”
AOTA Survey
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recognizes PRI as an Approved Provider of continuing education (AOTA Provider #6596). This approval currently applies to PRI live courses and does not include Home Study. As part of the AOTA Approved Provider 4-year renewal process, AOTA is requesting that participants of our live courses complete a short online survey about your continuing education experience. Completing this survey will also enter you into a quarterly drawing for a $100 voucher for AOTA publications or continuing education. To access the survey CLICK HERE! Thank you for your participation!
Right BC PRI Treatment GuidelinesAt the start of 2011, Ron Hruska, Michael Cantrell, James Anderson and Jen Gloystein got together and revised the PRI Treatment Guidelines for the Right BC Pattern. This handout can be found in both the Postural Respiration and Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course manual. If you have been to either of these courses in the past, you will find this updated handout very helpful! Right BC PRI Treatment Guidelines
Athletes’ Performance
We are thrilled to be teaming up for the first time with Athletes’ Performance! Jen Poulin is scheduled to present Myokinematic Restoration on July 16-17 at the facility in Phoenix. Athletes’ Performance is known as the preferred and premiere place for elite athletes to train, as well as a leader in applied research and innovation to advance human performance. Athletes’ Performance offers programs and services for professional, amateur, tactical, collegiate, high school and youth athletes, business executives, and industry professionals. Founded in 1999 by Mark Verstegen as a refuge for professional and elite athletes, Athletes’ Performance provides training, nutrition, and physical therapy programs seamlessly integrated under one roof by teams of specialists. From the first facility built in Tempe, Arizona, Athletes’ Performance has grown to operate out of four world-class facilities in Phoenix, Arizona; Carson, California; Gulf Breeze, Florida; and Frisco, Texas; as well as supporting various professional teams domestically and internationally. Click HERE to register for this course! Convenient lodging accommodations are available through the Residence Inn - Marriott. Click HERE for rates and details. Features include:
Interdisciplinary Integration - Hotel ReservationsA reminder to those attending our upcoming Interdisciplinary Integration course - please make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. The hotel blocks set aside for course attendees will soon be released. Chase Suite Hotel by Woodfin New Victorian Inn & Suites
Curricular Considerations: Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular RestorationRon Hruska has limited his teaching schedule over the past couple of years but remains the only instructor for Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration. His passion for cranio-mandibular dynamics and dysfunctional management date back to his first years of practice as a physical therapist and even his initial and temporary decision to enter dental school. Attending this course offers an opportunity to learn from Ron, the founder of PRI, on a personal level and interact within a small group atmosphere. Because this course requires prior attendance of Postural Respiration and is attended by those with advanced knowledge of Postural Restoration principles, the setting is generally an intimate atmosphere and a great deal of time is spent addressing the specific questions or concerns of the group. This past weekend was a prime example of such a course. With 15 attendees in the northern suburb of Chicago, Ron felt that each attendee advanced their skills tremendously and gained answers to general PRI related questions of a personal agenda. Comments from course evaluations: Remaining 2011 Cervical courses:
Interdiscplinary Integration - Space is Limited!We are thrilled that so many of you are planning to attend the upcoming Annual Interdisciplinary Integration course! The course is filling up quickly. With just 4 seats remaining, I encourage you to register soon to ensure your seat at the course. You won’t want to miss this opportunity!
Pre-Reading Recommendations
Ron Hruska and Dr. Wise are diligently working on the Interdisciplinary Integration course this morning! As a result, I now have in hand, four pre-reading recommendations for your weekend enjoyment:) Astigmatism…with a Twist by Steve Gallop, OD
The eye is integration.After having countless meetings, integrative discussions and patient co-assessment and co-treatment interventions with Dr. Heidi Wise and Dr. Bob Edwards, I thought I would give an overview of the upcoming Annual PRI Interdisciplinary Integration course being held in April. Dr. Wise, Dr. Edwards and I are excited about interacting together and with you as we cover up-to-the-moment clinical advances and evidence-based successes in improving visual functional integration, using PRI positional and neurological principles. We will discuss and demonstrate how neurological input and output to the eye interacts with vestibular, postural-related autonomic function. For the PRI Therapist, attending this course will help you assess a patient who is having difficulty in achieving or maintaining neutrality. We will offer an overview of the autonomic system, spatial awareness, binocularity, visual accommodation, orbital orientation, and patterns of postural adaptation resulting from the asymmetrically challenged vestibular system. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how eyewear can help or hinder a PRI intervention. Additionally, patient management strategies to facilitate visual integration will be presented, including PRI program sequencing to maximize integrated outcomes. For those of you who know me, you know I’ve had a passion for the eye for a long time. The eye is integration. Our balance, our reference centers, our autonomics, our spatial patterns, and our learned behaviors are all reflected and revised by the visual system and visual cortex. This course will address this descending input and cortical interference by identifying ascending treatment intervention limitations and ruling out other system influences. This course will identify up-to-date clinical information on global-orbital and orbital-global mechanical patterns, frontal plane limitations of the head and neck on the thorax as a result of visual influences on the sagittal and transverse planes, and postural imbalances as a result of visual-vestibular (spatial neglect) challenges. These include influences of un-corrected or corrected astigmatism on orbital position and ocular muscle, and autonomic-accommodation on system extension. The three days will offer anyone with an interest in vision or the vestibular systems an opportunity to learn how basic cranial, cervical and thoracic mechanics can be influenced not by what we see, but by where we have to put ourselves to see it. Achieving neutrality can be frustrating for a PRI Therapist if neutral vision is restricted. Future PRI Vision-trained optometrists will understand how to use the visual system and ocular kinematics to achieve a balanced, neutral oriented visual system. This futuristic integrated-minded course will offer all participants an opportunity to become active in this PRI Vision process. I’m very excited about it! - Ron Hruska
Course Schedule UpdatesWe have added the following courses to our 2011 schedule: May 14-15 September 17-18 September 24-25 November 5-6 (moved from September 17-18)
Impingement & InstabilityRon Hruska will be traveling to Virginia Beach on January 15-16 to present Impingement & Instability. We have confirmed the course with 11 attendees. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn in this small course environment. You’ll have ample opportunity for question and answer discussion. Specific guidelines will be offered for assessment and treatment of calcaneal instability, knee instability, hip impingement, shoulder impingement, and multidirectional HG and FA instability. Here are a few comments from previous attendees: Thank you for the Impingement and Instability course. I am glad you focused on the “system” and integrating it. I had an AHA moment and now I’m looking for what I should inhibit and use to get patients into neutral without any manual techniques. It’s faster and easier to look for what to turn off and shut down to start retraining. This course in some ways was more integrated than the Advanced Integration course. I found it very useful at “pulling” together a lot of ideas and concepts. The main concepts of calcaneal instability, patellar instability, pelvic instability and scapular instability are fantastic!
Postural Respiration in Arizona
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear two speakers at the Postural Respiration course being held January 22 & 23rd in Prescott Valley, Arizona! Ron Hruska will be joining instructor Mike Cantrell, for what may be the last time that Ron teaches the Postural Respiration course. Register HERE!
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