Ron graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and matriculated to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, completing a degree in Physical Therapy. Following graduation from Physical Therapy school in 1980, Ron accepted a position as a staff PT at the Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center. In 1983, he was promoted to Assistant Chief and Clinical Educator. During this time, he also earned a Masters of Public Administration through the University of Nebraska, Omaha. In 1984, Ron accepted a position as Director of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation at St. Elizabeth Community Health Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he served in this role until 1997. In 1997, he began working with Inverse Technology Corporation as Director of Clinical Services. During this time, Ron was teaching courses across the country on “Patella-Femoral Dysfunction and Protonics”, as well as the first Postural Restoration® courses. In 1999, Ron opened a private practice physical therapy clinic, Hruska Clinic Restorative Physical Therapy Services, in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2000, as a result of his extensive clinical and professional experience, he established the Postural Restoration Institute®, to explore and explain the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles.
Ron has developed a strong interest in myokinematic, biomechanical, occlusal and visual influences on postural and peripheral adaptation patterns. Over 35 years of clinical experience assists him with direct patient interventions based on specific examination and evaluation data that best reflects neuromechanical stability, trunk symmetry and respiratory balance. In his earliest clinical practice at the Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center, he recognized asymmetrical patterns that were influencing posture and movement, which led to the beginning of the science which is now Postural Restoration®. He lectures extensively and consults regularly with physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, optometrists, dentists, and other health care and fitness professionals across the United States and internationally on patterned postural position and pathology and his approach of restoring symmetrical balance using Postural Restoration® principles. As a result of his clinical experience and interdisciplinary evidence-based integration, patients and healthcare professionals travel from across the country and internationally to the Hruska Clinic in Lincoln, Nebraska for consultation and treatment. These patients are usually experiencing symptoms of movement dysfunction associated with neuro-muscular, respiratory and sensorial asymmetry.
Throughout his entire career as a physical therapist, he has remained a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, where he has served on the Judicial Committee, Reference Committee, and House of Delegates. Ron has served as President of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. He has also served on the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, where he was one of five individuals to be selected on the Model Practice Act Task Force. Ron has also served on the Nebraska Department of Health Physical Therapy Board, where he was appointed by the governor to Chairman of the Board of Examiners in Physical Therapy. Ron is co-inventor of the Protonics Neuromuscular Training System. Ron has also invented and patented the Prism and Priori PRI Aquatic systems.
Over his career, Ron has presented at several national and state American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) conferences, the American Academy of Physiologic Medicine and Dentistry (AAPMD) Annual Airway Summits, the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) Convention, as well as National Strength and Conditioning (NSCA) and National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) national and local conferences. Ron has authored articles published in journals including; Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinics of North America, Dental Clinics of North America, The Journal of the American Dental Association, and EXPLORE.
Ron is the founder of the Postural Restoration Institute®, where he continues to teach around 20 courses each year across the country and internationally. He currently consults at the Hruska Clinic, Restorative Physical Therapy Services and Hohl Orthodontics in Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition, Ron serves as a Biomechanical Consultant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through the Division of Athletic Medicine.
Courses Taught by Ron: Impingement & Instability, Cervical Revolution, Advanced Integration, Cranial Resolution, Occlusal Cervical Restoration, Voice Box Resonation, Forward Locomotor Movement, and Primary Non-Manual Techniques Workshop
Financial Disclosures: Ron Hruska owns the Postural Restoration Institute LLC. He does not have any affiliation or financial interests in any other corporate organizations involved with products to which he refers to in any of the continuing education courses that he teaches.
Non-financial Disclosures: None
Publications
- Management of Pelvic-Thoracic Influences on Temporomandibular Dysfunction
- Influences of Dysfunctional Respiratory Mechanics on Orofacial Pain
- Prevalence of Upper Extremity Neuropathy in a Clinical Dentist Population
- Cough Variant Asthma: Responsive to Integrative Management and Postural Restoration
In the News
- Breathe – Article in Men’s Health Issue (Mar 2015)
- Sportsrehabexpert.com Audio Interview – 2014
- Afternoon Chat with Mike Arthur and Ron Hruska Discussing the “Arthur Squat Model”
- Sportsrehabexpert.com Audio Interview – 2012
Writings
- Rethink Posture
- Forward Locomotor ‘Transition’
- Dental-Orthodontic Orthopedic Consideration to Treatment of Cervical-Occipital Occlusal Malalignment
- Common Neuro-Patterned Physiologic and Distinguishable Cranial Occipital Characteristics
- Short Seated vs Long Seated Position as Related to PRI Neurological Repatterning
- The Benefits of Lateral Fitness Equipment Such as the Skier’s Edge and Aeroski 2.0 Ski Fitness Machines, On Hemi-Body Support and Hemi-Balance Stability
- Pelvic Floor and Plantar Floor Resistance Influences on Laryngeal Regulation (Speech and Singing)
- The Asymmetrical Nose and Its Influence on Emotion and Hemi-Brain Activity
- Airflow and the Mandibular Orthotic – The Reasoning and Rationale for PRI Recommendations
- The PRI Benefits of Using a Mandibular Versus a Maxillary Appliance
- PRI Recommended Proprioceptive Occlusal Orthotics
- “Chewing Considerations” From a PRI Perspective
- History of PRI – The Foundation of the Postural Restoration Institute (August 2008)
Presentations
- Postural Restoration: A New Tool for the Coaching Tool Box (2013 NSCA Coaches Conference)
- Orofacial Myological Disorders (OMD) Relationship to Postural Asymmetry (2018 IAOM Convention)
- The Cervical Revolution: The Role of Cervical Structure and Function in Re-establishing Airway Function (2018 AAPMD Airway Summit)
- PRI Approach to Chiropractice Alignment of the Spine: Patterned Respiratory Positions Influence on Spinal Alignment & Objective Testing (ACA Rehab Council 2019 Symposium)
- An Overview of Temporal Bone and Fascia Influence on Anterior Neck Pattern Function and Airway Restriction (2019 AAPMD Airway Summit)
- Airway Management: “Implementing Interdisciplinary Concepts Associated with Forward Locomotor Movement” (AAPMD Webinar, May 2020 – Handouts)
- Postural Interplay Between the Torso, Throat, Tongue and Teeth – A Novel Model of Interdisciplinary Integration (AAMS Virtual Congress 2020)
- The Role of Physical Therapy in the Management of the Obstructed and Unaligned Airway (2020 AAPMD Virtual Conference)
- Malposition of Airway Axial Alignment and Stomatognathic Common Compensatory Conflict (2021 AAPMD Collaboration Cures)
- Peripheral Visual Cortical Influence on Central Ventilation (2021 AAPMD Collaboration Cures)
