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Our website page “Find a Provider” has been updated to include only those clinicians who have earned the designation of Postural Restoration Certified (PRC). These individuals have attended a required number of PRI courses and successfully completed testing of postural restoration concepts in written and practical format. We feel strongly that their achievement should be recognized and considered for patient referral and professional collaboration. Our previous list also included those who have attended at least two PRI courses and requested to be listed. While this has proven to be a valuable resource, it also has been difficult to determine the accuracy of the list and the level of Postural Restoration expertise of each individual clinician. Therefore, we will reserve this listing solely for those who have earned credentialing through our Institute.

Next year, this listing will be expanded to include Certified Athletic Trainers and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists who earn the designation of Postural Restoration Trained (PRT). More details to come!

Jen Gloystein has been asked to present at the 2011 Nebraska State Athletic Trainers Association – Summer Workshop on Saturday July 9th. For one hour Jen will discuss PRI and the influence of the thorax on the shoulder in athletic injuries. To attend Jen’s presentation on the overhead athlete, click here!

Click HERE to watch Lori Thomsen’s video blog discussing neutrality.

IMG Performance Institute in Bradenton, Florida is the newest site for PRI courses! James Anderson will be instructing Myokinematic Restoration on June 25-26.

We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with this organization! Myokinematic Restoration explores the biomechanics of contralateral and ipsilateral myokinematic lumbo-pelvic-femoral dysfunction. The human body is not symmetrical. This course will explain patterns of asymmetry and offer techniques for assessment and treatment with consideration for neutrality, position, and respiration. Postural Restoration concepts are key factors in performance of athletes from all ages and abilities.

Click HERE to register for this course!

From Trevor Moawad, Director, IMG Performance Institute.  “We have a comprehensive approach to injury management and rehabilitation at the IMG Performance Institute.  We feel that it is necessary for our clinicians to practice the best pathways towards returning our youth, elite and professional athletes back to their sport as quickly and safely as possible.  That is why we are excited to have our clinicians go through the Myokinematic Restoration course.”

David Foo, PT, LAc, CSCS, PRC recently wrote a blog entry on Posture for his website Healthy Body and Mind.  This is a great example of how David used information from PRI to help market himself in his area as a Postural Restoration Certified Therapist.  Check out his blog HERE!

It’s raining here in Nebraska and as I walk on the slippery, wet surfaces I can’t help but reflect on how our patient’s must feel when they can’t feel their heels strike or sense what centering over a lower extremity is all about, because of uni-planar learned behavior and lateralization in their attempt to move without falling.  What a difference left heel strike made on the waterlogged path I was on this morning.  I could walk from place to place and dodge the wettest surfaces without locking up my back, my knees or my spatial perspective.  I feel blessed to understand the importance of left AF IR and right trunk rotation so that my reciprocal respiration and peripheral vision can remain peripatetic. 

This is the most recent article being added to PRI’s library.  This article was just published in the JOSPT journal in May.  “This article reported on patients with clinical evidence of an acetabular labrum tear, confirmed with MRI.  All patients responded well to a nonsurgical program that emphasized hip and lumbopelvic stabilization, correction of muscular imbalance, and sport-specific functional progression.”  If you are a member of the JOSPT, you can access the article HERE!

Over the past twelve years we’ve collaborated with countless private practice clinics, hospitals, medical centers, and universities to bring PRI courses to clinicians across the country (and beyond!). If you have hosted a PRI course we want to feature you! Email me photos of your building or staff, stories of PRI course material implementation, or other information you’d like to share. We look forward to learning more about your organization and sharing it with our viewers!

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) recognizes PRI as an Approved Provider of continuing education (AOTA Provider #6596). This approval currently applies to PRI live courses and does not include Home Study.

As part of the AOTA Approved Provider 4-year renewal process, AOTA is requesting that participants of our live courses complete a short online survey about your continuing education experience. Completing this survey will also enter you into a quarterly drawing for a $100 voucher for AOTA publications or continuing education. To access the survey CLICK HERE!

Thank you for your participation!
Please note that the assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

In case you haven’t heard….PRI has a Facebook page! Visit our page for continued updates on what’s happening at the Institute. We would also like to encourage you to post stories of your own onto our Facebook page! This could include: anonymous case studies, photos (if permission is received), and questions for your colleagues. Let’s take advantage of this online networking opportunity to grow and learn with your PRI colleagues! 

Scott Pruitt, PT, PRC is helping to educate PTA students about Postural Restoration Institute concepts. Here he is instructing students at Wallace State Community College in north Alabama.

PRI is now on Facebook!  You can visit our page by clicking HERE or by clicking on the Facebook icon in the top right corner of our home page.  Friend us, like us, or just visit us!  We will use this page in addition to our website to share the latest updates in PRI.