Postural Restoration Institute logo

Select A Site:

      

Postural Respiration

      

Course Review Guide

Course Schedule

Date Location Speaker Time Register
February 20-21, 2010 Grayslake, IL James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
March 13-14, 2010 Columbus, GA James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
April 10-11, 2010 Reno, NV James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
May 1-2, 2010 St. Louis, MO James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
May 15-16, 2010 Omaha, NE James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
June 4-5, 2010 Sioux Falls, SD (Friday/Saturday) James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
July 24-25, 2010 Richmond, VA James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
September 18-19, 2010 Mount Prospect, IL Ron Hruska 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
September 18-19, 2010 Rochester, NY James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register
November 6-7, 2010 Ft. Worth, TX James Anderson 8:00am to 5:00pm Register

Course Tuition

  • Early Registration Fee: $415
  • Late Registration Fee: $445

Discounts

  • Groups of 5 or more attending from the same organization receive a 10% discount
  • Repeat a course within 3 years and receive a 20% discount
  • Register for 2 courses at the same time and receive a 20% discount on the second course. Payment for both courses must be received in full. Excludes Advanced Integration and Interdisciplinary Integration

*Discounts cannot be combined

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.

Educational Level: Advanced

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

Day One

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)

Day Two

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