News

It’s ready!  The Pelvis Restoration Home Study course will be arriving to our office tomorrow.  You can register for the course now and we will get it shipped out the beginning of next week.  Register HERE or contact us!

I have received some emails and questions regarding the squat with correct respiratory mechanics. This is discussed and explained in the Pelvis Restoration course. I am excited that people have the desire to understand the integration between the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms. I hope the attached document, The Squat and Respiration will help clear up any confusion. If not, please let me know.

I wanted to update everyone with our quest in getting the Asics Foundations back and available for our patients. Back in November we asked our patients, PRC’s & PRT’s, and others who are familiar with Postural Restoration® to sign a petition to Asics or send a letter to them requesting that they don’t discontinue the Foundations.  (Thank you Dave Drummer for writing the letter).  In the letter we sent to Asics, we also included a video of what we look for in a good shoe and showing them the difference with a “bad” heel counter and how our patients cannot stay neutral in their pelvis with PRI tests being positive and then a “good” heel counter and how the PRI tests changed and were negative and our patient was neutral.  It worked!!!  They contacted me back in February and were working on bringing the Foundation back. I requested the Foundation 8, as it is the more superior shoe I have found for our patients with excellent heel stability (the newer Foundations were good, but not great). They were trying to find the mold for the Foundation 8 and if they couldn’t find it they were going to try to reproduce it and were going to come to Lincoln. Good news….they found the old Foundation 8 mold and they are coming back to production and will be available January 1st, 2014!!!!!  Thank you to everyone who signed the petition and sent letters. Our teamwork paid off!

We compiled a video highlighting “PRI Integration of Power and Strengthening Concepts with Modern Day Equipment, Philosophies and Techniques” and are excited to share it with you.  These techniques are currently being carried out by Mike Arthur, Director of Strength & Conditioning at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Mike was one of our featured speakers at our annual Interdisciplinary Integration symposium. 

There is limited space available yet at the Postural Respiration course sponsored by the University of Michigan Health System Continuing Education Program. The course will be taught by James Anderson on April 27-28th in Ann Arbor, MI. To register for this course, contact Amelia Hippler at 734-936-4376.

Be sure to check out this month’s featured interview with Kevin Neeld! Kevin is the President, COO, and Director of Athletic Development at Endeavor Sports Performance in Pitman, NJ. Since becoming introduced to the science of Postural Restoration® in 2010, he has completed several courses, and earned the designation of Postural Restoration Trained (PRT) in January, 2013. Kevin is a former collegiate hockey player, and continues to have a strong passion for working with hockey players. He is the author of Ultimate Hockey Training, a comprehensive resource on long-term player development and year-round off-ice training methods. Recently, Kevin has joined the US Women’s National Hockey Team as a Strength and Conditioning Coach, and has been an invited guest to NHL training camps to assist in the testing and training of the players.

To read Kevin’s full interview, CLICK HERE!

We had a great two days discussing Athletic Performance at our 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium! It was by far our largest group with over 115 attendees. A big thank you to all those who attended and the speakers who contributed to the integrative learning: Mike Arthur, Ken Crenshaw, Heidi Wise, John Cook, Dr. Kris Berg, Eric Cressey, Drew Marchesi, and Ron Hruska!

A few testimonials from course attendees:
“Thank you so much – always such a great course, really enjoyed the content – great mix of speakers, topics.”

“I was looking forward to the content and it exceeded my expectations. The only thing is that I wanted more!!”

“This was a wonderful integration of biomechanics with physiology to allow athletes and practitioners to communicate and breathe.”

In addition, we had several requests for the Sweet Crispix Chex Mix recipe, so HERE it is!

Pitman, NJ (Pelvis Restoration) – “Had a great time back at Endeavor Sports in New Jersey teaching Pelvis Restoration. Kevin Neeld is a great host and it is always great to see Strength and Conditioning Specialists hungry to learn more about PRI. I even got the opportunity to do some lifting after Saturdays course work! It was fun to have Athletic Trainers and Strength and Conditioning professionals from points north (Montreal, Canada) and south (Miami Dolphins )represented. PRI is not only for PT anymore!”  – Jen Poulin
 
Dallas, TX (Pelvis Restoration) – “This past weekend in Dallas was awesome.  It was a great weekend with passionate practitioners learning to integrate PRI into their practice.  We also had quite a few newbies that held their own.  I felt as a class they were enlightened with how powerful the respiratory and pelvic diaphragm work together.  The need for these two areas to work together is necessary for reciprocal alternating function such as gait to occur. We are ALL pelvic floor practitioners. Great weekend and a great class.  You guys rocked it! – Lori Thomsen

Due to the lengthy wait list we have for the April 20-21, 2013 Seattle, WA Pelvis Restoration course, Lori Thomsen will be teaching again June 8-9, 2013! If you are interested in attending this date, please register or contact me today! Spots are limited so register today!

Course Location:
Olympic Physical Therapy
515 Minor Avenue, Ste. 22
Seattle, WA 98104-2138

Lucy McKee, who is currently in one of her final physical therapy clinical rotations at the Hruska Clinic did a wonderful job of explaining how Postural Restoration is evidence based in our treatment approach with the A-B-A single subject experimental design in her recent blog. I couldn’t agree more with Lucy, and her patient case examples are great. CLICK HERE to read more about why testing and re-testing is so important in our assessment and treatment!

This week’s featured speaker for the 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium is Andrew Marchesi. Drew is a physical therapist at East Valley Spine & Sports Medicine Center in Chandler, Arizona. In addition to his interest and knowledge of Postural Restoration, Drew is a Fellow of Applied Functional Science through the Gray Institute and a Nike Golf Performance Specialist.

“I am excited for Drew to share how he integrates Postural Restoration concepts with his training in Applied Functional Science through the Gray Institute, as well as his experience as a Nike Golf Performance Specialist. Tri-planar activity must occur at many joints during the golf swing, and Drew will highlight considerations for evaluation, golf swing analysis and integrative treatment of the golfer. He will have us all prepared to treat those summer golf injuries!” –Ron Hruska

There is still seating available for the Symposium being held in Lincoln on April 11-12th. CLICK HERE to register!

Lucy McKee is a third year DPT student at A.T. Still University, and is currently doing a clinical rotation at the Hruska Clinic. She has been submitting weekly blog stories sharing her experiences during her clinical rotation. “Although I am still a novice in applying Postural Restoration® concepts and techniques, it is my hope that sharing some of the “ah-ha” moments that I experience during my internship will be helpful to other PRI therapists.” – Lucy