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PRC/PRT Conference & Updates
Over 30 PRC and PRT individuals attended the Annual PRC/PRT Conference that was held in Lincoln on Saturday, April 21st. This annual event allows collaboration among colleagues and this year’s conference included presentations by Curt Johnson, Kyndy Boyle, Sarah Petrich, Christie Thames, Mike Cantrell, Jason Masek, and Jen Gloystein. For those who like to plan ahead, next year’s conference will also be held in Lincoln on Saturday, April 13th! Look for upcoming emails from the planning committee as they develop next year’s conference agenda. The Quarterly PRC/PRT Update was emailed today, so check your inbox! If you did not receive it, we may need updated contact information from you. Contact if you have an new email address. You can also view the the quarterly update by logging into the Members Only section of the website. If you missed this year’s PRC/PRT Conference, you can view and print the available presentations on the Update Email or on the Members Only webpage!
Cycling and Faulty Breathing Mechanics
Click here to check out a recent blog written by PRC therapist Steve Cuddy on the influences of cycling and faulty breathing mechanics. If you are a cyclist or work with patients who enjoy cycling, this is an excellent read!
Story Featured on the Today Show Has Ties to PRC Therapist
Check out this video from the Today Show featuring a 13 year-old patient being treated by Holly Spence, PT, PRC. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
New Interview!
Be sure to check out the latest Featured Interview with our own Jen Gloystein.
Introducing Postural Restoration to the Sports Clinician
Zach Nott, CSCS, SCCC, PRT and Julie Blandin, PT, ATC, CSCS, PRC provided THIS article to SportsRehabExpert.com. Be sure to check it out!
Recent Article on the Jaw
Jason Masek, MSPT, ATC, CSCS, PRC recently wrote an article on the jaw. You can read it HERE!
In Depth: Tech NeckIn Depth: Tech Neck: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com PRC Therapist, Carrie Langer, was recently featured on her local news station discussing posture and “Tech Neck”.
Patient Testimonial“I would just like to give some positive feedback. I have taken 3 of your courses, and had been working with left hip pain issues for several years. I made progress on my own using your techniques, but still faced significant impingement pain. I am seeing Sangini Rane, PT, PRC presently to work on those, and she has done a wonderful job helping me. Over several weeks, the pain that I have had for many years is diminishing. She is a great therapist - willing to work with me so that I understand your techniques in even more depth. Not only are your techniques incredibly effective, but I believe that your practitioners meet very high standards, and I am very grateful.”
Clarity = clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding
Michael Mullin, ATC, PTA, PRC sent us a testimonial he titled “Clarity” on his experience with PRI over the past few years. “I have been fortunate enough to have spent the last 10 years growing and learning through the PRI “process”, and an incredible process it has been. Over those years, I have remembered and made notes of some key phrases which at times I would just stare at Ron, James or Mike and it might not really register what they were trying to get across. As I have become more proficient and gained an enriched knowledge of PRI, some of these statements have come through with such clarity that I feel like at times I have an “Ah-ha!” moment which only further enriches my understanding.” To read more, CLICK HERE!
Posture Explained
Check out Jason Masek’s latest blog discussing Postural Restoration! The saying “squared away” means that one is in an adequate position for whatever has to be done next. This saying has nothing to do with something actually being squared in shape or form. It means: everything is in order; everything is arranged/ positioned and taken care of. On the other hand, when you look at the human body, you can shape it by creating or arranging it to determine its form. Postural Restoration Institute® concepts/principles are governed by posture, position and patterns. In every moment we are shaping our bodies into a posture that corresponds to the demands placed upon it. Something that arranges and repeats itself in a predictable way is a pattern. The body is shaped by how we use it and patterns govern how we function. We all fall into patterns which create postures that reflect our body’s overall shape and/or position. READ MORE.
Weightlifting Considerations
David Drummer, DPT, PRC recently posted this blog on the topic of squatting. Often I have patients who enjoy lifting weights ask me: “When can I squat again?” They ask because they’ve been educated to know that a large part of the reason they’re in our clinic seeking treatment is because they have a forwardly tilted pelvis and a strong tendency to arch their backs backward, and that doing resisted squats with a barbell on their shoulders will make it difficult to get out of this position. This is because when they do squats with a barbell on their shoulders, they have to arch their backs, which is not something we want when going through a PRI physical therapy program. I think many postural restoration therapists would tell a weight lifter that they should NEVER perform a resisted squat. As a former power-lifter, a former patient at the Hruska Clinic, and now a certified PRI therapist at the Hruska Clinic, I have a slightly different perspective, though don’t misunderstand what I am about to say. Don’t tell people that Dave at the Hruska Clinic says its okay to squat, if you don’t inform them of the parameters REQUIRED before I allow them to squat. READ MORE.
Leonardo DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man
Thanks to Josh Olinick for sending us this email… Just in case you guys don’t have this yet…(I keep realizing {and envying} the brilliance) Vitruvius, the architect, says in his work on architecture that the measurements of the human body are distributed by Nature as follows that is that 4 fingers make 1 palm, and 4 palms make 1 foot, 6 palms make 1 cubit; 4 cubits make a man’s height. And 4 cubits make one pace and 24 palms make a man; and these measures he used in his buildings. If you open your legs so much as to decrease your height 1/14 and spread and raise your arms till your middle fingers touch the level of the top of your head you must know that the centre of the outspread limbs will be in the navel and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle. The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height. From the roots of the hair to the bottom of the chin is the tenth of a man’s height; from the bottom of the chin to the top of his head is one eighth of his height; from the top of the breast to the top of his head will be one sixth of a man. From the top of the breast to the roots of the hair will be the seventh part of the whole man. From the nipples to the top of the head will be the fourth part of a man. The greatest width of the shoulders contains in itself the fourth part of the man. From the elbow to the tip of the hand will be the fifth part of a man; and from the elbow to the angle of the armpit will be the eighth part of the man. The whole hand will be the tenth part of the man; the beginning of the genitals marks the middle of the man. The foot is the seventh part of the man. From the sole of the foot to below the knee will be the fourth part of the man. From below the knee to the beginning of the genitals will be the fourth part of the man. The distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose and from the roots of the hair to the eyebrows is, in each case the same, and like the ear, a third of the face.
4th Annual PRC/PRT ConferenceThe 4th Annual PRC/PRT Conference will be held Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The conference follows Interdisciplinary Integration and will be held at the Postural Restoration Institute. If you have earned the designation of PRC or are scheduled to complete the PRT credentialing process in January then this conference is for you! Please contact to sign-up, request to present, or share your ideas for presentation topics. The PRC conference is planned by a group of PRC volunteers each year. This year’s committee includes Liz McCulley, Scott Pruitt, Raulan Young, and Jen Poulin.
The Importance of Exhalation
One of our newest PRC clinicians, Jen Gloystein, DPT, ATC, PRC, wrote a blog on the importance of exhalation. You can read it HERE!
Featured Interview
Check out our latest interview with Karen Jiran, MPT, PRC by clicking HERE!
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