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Last weekend was the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration Course here at PRI. Among other things, the attendees briefly covered the importance of splint therapy. “A Gelb Splint is a mandibular splint with acrylic coverage over the posteriors. A metal lingual bar is usually the major connector, which allows for plenty of tongue room. Occlusion on the Gelb splint is upper lingual cusps touching a lower flat or indented occlusal pad. This splint is usually made to a repositioned bite, bringing the mandible slightly forward.” Here is a video of a gentleman with and without his Gelb Splint. Notice his change in gait once he removes the splint and looses contact:
Posted November 20, 2008 at 9:07am by Bobbie Ninneman.
Categories: Videos
We recently added a new area on the PRI products page titled “Manuals”. For those of you interested in purchasing a re-print of a course you attended a few years back or for those interested in purchasing a course manual to a course you have not attended, click here! Additions and updates are continually added to all course material. If you register for a course, you will be given an updated manual at the time of the course!
Posted November 17, 2008 at 2:32pm by Bobbie Ninneman.
Categories: Website
We have picked a date for our one day clinical course, Postural Restoration, in Woodbury, Minnesota! Mark your calendars for March 28! This one day review, demonstration, and lab course provides a number of PRI resources that are related to concepts covered in Myokinematic Restoration and Postural Respiration. Space is limited, register early!
Posted November 14, 2008 at 3:35pm by Bobbie Ninneman.
Categories: Courses
A while back we referenced an article titled, “Vertical Facial Dimensions Linked to Abnormal Foot Motion”, by Brian A. Rothbart. I received an email from Professor Rothbart after he saw this reference and suggested we also take a look at his website. Professor Rothbart’s site has great information that is very similar to the information presented in PRI courses. Some of this information has been referenced throughout the Impingement and Instability course and also the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course. To check out his website, click here!
Posted November 13, 2008 at 11:29am by Bobbie Ninneman.
Categories: Clinicians
With all the people studying for certification this year, we have been getting some great questions! Yesterday, I received this question: “What is PRI’s stance on pec minor vs. pec major”. When discussing the pec minor vs. pec major you have to consider the right pec minor vs. the left pec major. The pec minor on the right side in a right BC pattern acts as an internal rotator with the right latissimus. The right pec minor pulls your shoulder forward and compresses your right chest wall decreasing the abilitly to get right apical expansion. When performing a right subclavious technique, you are also trying to inhibit the right pec minor. Once you have restored right humeral glenoid internal rotation, you then retrain the right subscapularis to perform right internal rotation without compensation from the right pec minor and right latissimus. In a right BC pattern, because of the orientation of the spine, the left pec major becomes tight, pulling the sternum and the shoulder girdle together. On the left, you are working to inhibit the pec major by performing a left pectoralis stretch. What a great question!
Posted November 12, 2008 at 9:22am by Bobbie Ninneman.
Categories: Science
Heather graduated from the College of St. Catherine with her Master of Physical Therapy degree in 1999. She has worked in outpatient orthopedics since and has had extensive training and education in the areas of pelvic dysfunction and manual release and mobilization techniques. She has been a women’s health therapist for 9 years and appreciates the complexities of the human body.