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Interdisciplinary Integration

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
March 26-29, 2009 Lincoln, NE Multiple Speakers 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

Course Description

Day One: Dental Integration (Mike Hoefs, DDS)

Day Two: Vision Vestibular Integration (Ron Hruska, MPA, PT)

Day Three: Podiatric Integration (Paul Coffin, DPM & Ann Ringlein)

Day Four: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (Heather Engelbert, PT, PRC & Lori Thomsen, PT, PRC)

No pre-requisite courses!

To register for all four days ($725), click on Register above!
To register for daily seminars ($200/day), contact us!

Postural Restoration

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register

Course Tuition

Course Description

Postural Restoration is a customized course designed to meet the level, needs, and focus of each individual attendee. This one day review, demonstration, and lab course provides a number of PRI resources that are related to concepts covered in Myokinematic Restoration - An Integrated Approach to Treatment of Patterned Lumbo-Pelvic-Femoral Pathomechanics or Postural Respiration - An Integrated Approach to Treatment of Patterned Thoraco-Abdominal Pathomechanics. Prior attendance of the aforementioned courses is required. Courses are instructed by PRI certified therapists with extensive PRI clinical experience.

Learning Objectives

  • Apply clinical treatment skills and improve patient outcomes derived from PRI principles and philosophies.
  • Recognize appropriate timing and advance application of PRI manual techniques.
  • Design specific sequenced home programs following proper progression of PRI non-manual techniques.
  • Enhance expertise in PRI assessment, implementation, and advancement which will assist in preparation for Postural Restoration Certification (PRC).

Course Agenda

Course agendas will be designed to meet the attendees requests! Once registered, you will have the opportunity to list areas you would like to see covered. Agendas will be determined on a course by course basis. An example agenda is as follows:

7:30-8 Registration & Light Breakfast
8-9 Review of Anterior Interior Chain (AIC) Pattern & Myokinematic Influences-or-Review of Brachial Chain (BC) Pattern & Postural and Respiratory Influences
9-10 Demonstration of Examination Tests and Manual Techniques per attendee request
10-10:15 Break
10:15-12 Practice of Manual and Non-Manual Techniques per attendee request
12-1 Lunch (on your own)
1-3 Continuation of Lab, Discussion of Appropriate Utilization of Manual and Non-Manual Techniques
3-3:15 Break
3:15-5 Case Study Examples with Integration of Techniques

Continuing Education Credits

  • Approved by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy for Category 1 continuing education credit. 7.5 CE hours awarded. Course approval #3137. January 18, 2008 through January 17, 2009.

Advanced Integration

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
December 4-7, 2008 Lincoln, NE Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

Course Description

This four-day advanced lecture and lab course is structured so that clinicians will gain an appreciation for the relationship between pathomechanic patterns. It is highly advanced and interactive and reflects PRI concepts covered in both the Myokinematic Restoration and Postural Respiration courses in an integrative fashion. We will explore in detail both non patho-compensatory and patho-compensatory issues as they related to the Left AIC and Right BC pattern. Anatomy, examination tests, algorithms and lab with be presented with integration as the focus rather than separated by regions of the body.

* - Prior attendance of Myokinematic Restoration and Postural Respiration is required.

A certificate for 30 contact hours will be awarded to registrants upon completion of the course.

Course Agenda

Day One: “Synchronous Breathing”

7:30-8:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00 Introduction
10:15-12:00 Paradoxical Breathing and Diaphragmatic Breathing; Top Concepts in Restoring Left AF IR; Top Concepts in Restoring Right BC, and Left ZOA
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-3:00 Top Activities to Promote Integration of Left AF IR with Right Apical Expansion; Pathology Overview
3:15-5:00 TMCC Overview

Day Two: “Tri-Planar Activity”

7:45-8:00 Sign-In & Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00 Pelvic Floor and Diaphragm
10:15-12:00 Frontal Plane Assessment; Overview of Adduction and Abduction Concepts; Rotation Reflects Sagittal Sequence
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-3:00 Coloring Correlations (Myokinematic, Postural, TMCC)
3:15-5:00 Overview of Integration Non-Manual Techniques (CD ROM)

Day Three: “Integration”

7:45-8:00 Sign-In & Continental Breakfast
8:00-10:00 Continuation of Demonstration and Overview of Integration Non-Manual Techniques
10:15-12:00 Review of Manual and Non-Manual Integration in Treatment of Flat Back
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-3:00 Review of Updated BC and Thoracic-Scapula Non-Manual Techniques
3:15-4:30 Algorithms and Hierarchies of Treatment Related to Non-Pathologic and Pathologic: Hip Impingement, Piriformis Syndrome, SI Joint Dysfunction, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Shoulder Impingement and Instability
4:30-6:00 Professional Integration Guest Speaker-Dr. Paul D. Coffin, D.P.M. Medical, Surgical & Orthopedic Treatment of the Foot, Podiatric Sports Medicine

Day Four: “Curvature of the Spine”

7:45-8:00 Sign-In & Continental Breakfast
8:00-12:00
Continuation of Algorithms and Hierarchies
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-3:00 Roto-Scoliosis; Non-Pathologic Curve; Pathologic Curve
3:15-4:00 Integrated Stretching; Concluding Remarks

Continuing Education Credits

  • #2820 Approved by the MN Board of PT for Category 1 CE credit. May 3, 2007 - May 2, 2008

Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
November 15-16, 2008 Lincoln, NE Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
January 24-25, 2009 Tulsa, OK Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
April 25-26, 2009 Lancaster, PA Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

  • Early Registration Fee: $395
  • Late Registration Fee: $425

Course Review Guide

Course Description

This advanced lecture and lab course is structured so that clinicians will gain an appreciation for the relationship between cervicobrachial, cervicocranial and craniomandibular dysfunction and disorders. The focus of this course will be to evaluate, treat and manage joint compression and instability dysfunction as it relates to the upper quarter asymmetry. Information will be presented that anatomically addresses and supports sequential treatment approaches that are introduced in the clinic and oriented for carryover by the patient. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnosis such as “TMJ”, headaches and facial pain.

* - Prior attendance of Postural Respiration is required.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize and evaluate contributing influences of cervicobrachial, craniocervical and craniomandibular compression disorders.
  • Distinguish cranial versus mandibular adaptation patterns of TMD.
  • Design a strengthening and stabilization program for cervical, brachial and craniomandibular instabilities.
  • Identify appropriate management sequence of TMD and cervical dysfunction.

Course Agenda

Saturday

7:30 - 8:00 Registration & Light Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Opening Remarks
8:30-10:00 Review of AIC and BC Tests and Techniques Relating to TMCC Examination
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Right Temporal Mandibular Cervical Chain (TMCC) Facial Observations and Characteristics
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:00 Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Functional Anatomy
2:00-3:00 Sphenoid and Lateral Pterygoid Orientation and Organization
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Cranial Flexion Manual Demonstration
4:00-5:00 Cranial Flexion Lab

Sunday

7:45-8:00 Sign-In & Light Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Review of TMCC Inhalation and Exhalation Correlations
8:30-10:00 Temporal and SCM/Temporalis Orientation and Organization
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Temporal Mandibular Cervical Chain (TMCC)
11:15-12:00 TMCC Respiration and Treatment Goals
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-1:30 Right TMCC Non-Manual Techniques
1:30-3:00 TMCC Tests, Fronto Occipital (Right), Sphenobasilar Flexion (Right) Demonstration and Lab
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Continuation of Lab
4:15-5:00 Mandibular Temporal Joint Integrative Management

Continuing Education Credits

  • Approved by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy for Category 1 continuing education credit. 15.0 CE hours awarded. Course approval #3136. January 18, 2008 through January 17, 2009.

Impingement & Instability

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
October 25-26, 2008 Minneapolis, MN - FULL COURSE! Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
February 7-8, 2009 Yankton, SD Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
July 25-26, 2009 Bismarck, ND Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

  • Early Registration Fee: $395
  • Late Registration Fee: $425

Course Description

This advanced lecture and demonstration course will explore issues of impingement and instability as they relate to the Left AIC and Right BC pattern. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnoses such as calcaneal instability, knee instability, hip impingement, ilium instability, scapula instability, shoulder impingement, and multidirectional HG and FA instability. Guidance will be offered in assessing ‘instability’ and ‘impingement’ as related to early and late pathologic function following the asymmetrical human developed patern (Left AIC/Right BC) of unilateral dominance, habit , and consistent hand and foot usage.

* - Prior attendance of both Myokinematic Restoration and Postural Respiration is required.

Course Agenda

Saturday

7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-10:00 PRI Concepts of Impingement and Instability
- Associated Compensatory Patterns
- Contributing Factors
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Assessment of Impingement and Instability
- PRI Tests and Test Outcomes
- Conventional Tests and Test Outcomes
- Sagittal vs. Salamander
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Calcaneal Instability - Patellar Instability
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Pelvic Instability - Hip and Groin Impingement

Sunday

7:45-8:00 Sign-In
8:00-10:00 Hip and Groin Impingement (Contd) - Multidirectional Femoral-Acetabular Instability
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Thoracic Instability - Scapular-Thoracic Instability
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Right Brachial Chain Scapular Position - Humeral-Glenoid Impingement
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Multidirectional Humeral-Glenoid Instability

Continuing Education Credits

  • Approved by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy for Category 1 continuing education credit. 15.0 CE hours awarded. Course approval #3133. January 18, 2008 through January 17, 2009.

Postural Respiration

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
October 11-12, 2008 Brownsville, TX - CANCELLED Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
October 25-26, 2008 Sioux Falls, SD - FULL COURSE! James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
November 15-16, 2008 Hancock, MI James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
January 17-18, 2009 Loveland, CO James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
March 21-22, 2009 Falls Church, VA James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
April 18-19, 2009 Chaska, MN James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
May 2-3, 2009 Hayden, ID James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
May 16-17, 2009 Lebanon, NH James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
June 6-7, 2009 Sun City West, AZ James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

  • Early Registration Fee: $395
  • Late Registration Fee: $425

Course Review Guide

Course Description

This advanced lecture and lab course is structured so that clinicians will 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. The focus of this course will be to “balance” polyarticular muscular chains through focused functional assessment of the upper-half. Integrated treatments using manual therapy and specific non-manual techniques to restore respiratory and rotational functions of the trunk will be covered. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnosis such as “fibromyalgia”, thoracic outlet syndrome and shoulder dysfunction. This course is recommended second when attending our complete course series.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize structural influences and breathing patterns of faulty postures.
  • Design a postural isolation and inhibition program that includes the integration of appropriate dynamics of respiration.
  • Release restricted polyarticular chains and torsional patterns of the trunk through specific manual and non-manual orientation of ventilatory muscle.
  • Restore thorax-scapular force couples, rib alignment and abdominal-diaphragm muscle integration.

Course Agenda

Saturday

7:30 - 8 Registration & Light Breakfast
8 - 9 Overview of Anterior Interior Chain (AIC), Brachial Chain (BC) and Zone of Apposition (ZOA)
9 - 10 Causes of Faulty Postures
10 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11 Polyarticular Chains:Anterior Interior Chain (AIC), Brachial Chain (BC), Posterior Exterior Chain (PEC)
11 - 12 Mechanics of the Thorax: Muscle and Structure, Rib Kinematics
12 - 1 Lunch (on your own)
1 - 3 Respiratory Function
3 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:30 Evaluation and Manual Assessment (Lab)
4:30 - 5 Left AIC Manual Restoration Techniques (Lab)

Sunday

7:45 - 8 Sign In & Light Breakfast
8 - 9 Overview of Thoracic Mediastinum
9 - 10 Postural Respiration Functional Relationships
10 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12 BC Restoration Tests and Manual Techniques (Lab)
12 - 1 Lunch (on your own)
1 - 2 Complete BC Manual Techniques (Lab)
2 - 3 Review of Right Low Trapezius and Right Tricep Program and Progression
3 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Review of Right BC PRI Home Program Treatment Guidelines
4:15 - 5 Questions and Review

Continuing Education Credits

Myokinematic Restoration

An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Patterned Lumbo-Pelvic-Femoral Pathomechanics

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
October 18-19, 2008 Lincoln, NE - FULL COURSE James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
January 10-11, 2009 Brookings, SD James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
January 24-25, 2009 Las Vegas, NV James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
February 21-22, 2009 Grayslake, IL James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
April 4-5, 2009 Durham, NC James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
October 3-4, 2009 Lincoln, NE James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

  • Early Registration Fee: $395
  • Late Registration Fee: $425

Course Review Guide

Course Description

This advanced lecture and lab course explores the biomechanics of contralateral and ipsilateral myokinematic lumbo-pelvic-femoral dysfunction. Treatment emphasizes the restoration of pelvic-femoral alignment and recruitment of specific rotational muscles to reduce synergistic patterns of pathomechanic asymmetry. Emphasis will be placed on restoration, recruitment and retraining activities using internal and external rotators of the femur, pelvis and lower trunk. Identification and isolation techniques to inhibit overactive musculature will enable the course participant to restore normal resting muscle position. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnosis such as “piriformis syndrome”, right SI joint dysfunction, and low back strain. This course is recommended first when attending our complete course series.

Learning Objectives

  • Outline biomechanical principles of lower half musculoskeletal dysfunction as they relate to rotational patterns of the femur, pelvis and lumbar spine.
  • Describe how musculoskeletal dysfunction relates to articular chain asymmetry and patterns of synergistic compensatory activity.
  • Describe how to examine and assess neuromuscular dyssynchrony and postural asymmetries that affect stability and function of the lower half.
  • Restore synchronous activity across the lumbo-pelvic-femoral complex and improve neuromuscular motor control of the muscles that stabilize these joints.

Course Agenda

Saturday

7:30 - 8 - Registration & Continental Breakfast
8 - 9 - Left Anterior Interior Chain (AIC) Pattern & Pelvic Joint Dynamics
9 - 10 - Lumbo-Pelvic-Femoral Capsuloligamentous Issues
10 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12 - Femoral Internal & External Rotators
12 - 1 - Lunch (on your own)
1 - 2 - Myokinematic Influences on the Pelvis & Femur
2 - 3 - Examination Tests & Assessment
3 - 3:15 - Break
3:15 - 4:15 - Examination & Assessment (Lab)
4:15 - 4:30 - Repositioning Through Integrated Isolation Demonstration
4:30 - 5 - Questions

Sunday

7:45 - 8 - Sign-In & Continental Breakfast
8 - 10 - Myokinematic Hierarchy
10 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 12 Left AIC Related Pathomechanics: “Piriformis Syndrome”, Right SI Joint Dysfunction, Low Back Strain
12 - 1 - Lunch (on your own)
1 - 3 - Left AIC Myokinematic Integration (Lab)
3 - 3:15 - Break
3:15 - 5 - Designing Specific Sequenced Home Programs

Continuing Education Credits