Postural Respiration Home Study Course

Check out a clip from our Postural Respiration Home Study Course!

Posted February 9, 2010 at 8:44am by Bobbie Rappl.
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Dental Integration

We are getting ready for our Dental Integration course being held here at PRI April 15th!  This course will be presented by Dr. Michael Hoefs, DDS and Ron Hruska, MPA, PT.  Upon the completion of this course, course participants should:

• Understand the symptoms of craniofacial pain and the anatomical structures involved
• Identify patients with craniofacial pain symptoms
• Understand the relationship of craniofacial pain to posture
• Have a better understanding of sleep disordered breathing /compromised airways and their relationship to posture, orthodontics and pain
• Be able to integrate PRI techniques with dentists trained in the treatment of craniofacial pain, sleep disordered breathing and cranial osteopathy

If you are interested in attending this course, you can register HERE!  If you have any questions surrounding this course, contact us!

Posted February 8, 2010 at 8:44am by Bobbie Rappl.
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Foot Integration

As the Interdisciplinary Integration course approaches, we want to provide some timely input and updates.  Our speakers are excited about this event and are working on each of their presentations.  If you attended the course last year, you’ll see that the agenda has been changed for 2010 so that April 14th is unique in this way…

Ron will start the morning with an update on the influences on gait and foot mechanics from Left AIC, Right BC and Right TMCC patterns. Curt Johnson will then review anatomical and myokinematics of the foot followed by an introduction to the Left AIC patterned foot. In addition to pelvis influences on the Left AIC foot and vice versa, skeletal and muscular characterstics of each foot will be discussed in three independent planes during midstance, push off and heel strike phases of the Left AIC gait pattern. Dr. Paul Coffin will provide an update on biomechanical influences on gait and the lumbar-pelvic-femoral-tibial complex from the ground up. New this year is also a panel discussion for 2 hours after lunch.  The panel discussion will focus on the following:

1. What leg, ankle and foot issues can be treated successfully using only PRI non-manual techniques?
2. When can you successfully treat leg, ankle and foot issues using clinical materials such as scaphoid pads, heel wedges, shoe inserts, metatarsal pads, etc?
3. When are orthotics indicated and necessary to successfully treat leg, ankle and foot issues?
This panel will offer their individual treatment perspectives, theories and recommendations regarding some of the more common leg, ankle and foot patterned disorders and dysfunction.

Following the panel discussion, case studies and video analysis will take place. To end the day, Lori Thomsen will share her passion for shoe selection. She will discuss what to look for, consider and compare when choosing a shoe for PRI function. You won’t want to miss this day!

Posted February 5, 2010 at 4:30pm by Janie Ebmeier.
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What we’re working on!

For those of you that have taken the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course, you will be happy to know we are updating the coloring section!  Although this area has served it’s purpose, we felt that we could really improve on this section!  We are excited to unveil this project at the next course in Virginia Beach, VA!  If you are interested in attending this course, you can REGISTER HERE!

Posted February 5, 2010 at 8:28am by Bobbie Rappl.
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Left SCM Hyperactivity

Posted February 3, 2010 at 2:08pm by Bobbie Rappl.
Categories: Videos