This was my 2nd time teaching in Valencia at the Henry Mayo Fitness and Health Center. Just like before, the staff and facilities are top notch and very welcoming to myself and the attendees as well. There was a mix of PRI experience among the attendees with half being their first PRI course and others that have multiple courses under the belt including Yoshi Fujii PT with 17 courses in his history. The local Californian, Locatelli Rao DPT, PRC, was my trusted lab assistant and he knew half the room. His insights clinically helped throughout the weekend and I’m grateful for his presence. This goes to show that reviewing primary course material is always still beneficial even after years of practicing PRI. We had a handful of chiropractors, PTs, PTAs, personal trainers, a chiropractor student, yoga and Pilates instructors, and overall an eager room of attendees. We began the morning with the didactic material and discussing the common pattern, the left anterior interior chain, and how it becomes dominant as we as humans center our body over our right half more often due to neuro respiratory demands and asymmetry of multiple systems beginning with the brain. After a morning of sitting, we hopped into lab and found some “money muscles” to help reposition the pelvis to close the day out. The second day was majority of lab and mastering the Hruska Adduction lift test, which we dove into being a gait assessment test. A humbling test for most but I saw all the wheels turning and improvements in test scores after we completed our treatment lab. Overall, a fantastic weekend and a good one to be inside as that part of California was in a heat wave. Being from Texas, I know heat, and it was HOT! Thanks to all who traveled and made it a memorable weekend of learning for me.
– Kasey Ratliff
