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The Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) was established in 2000 to explore and explain the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles.
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Functional Cortical Dominance from the left hemisphere of our brain can often be hard to overcome.
Our right sided compression and heightened sensory awareness of it, make leaving these sites of Impingement difficult.
When your sense of self, your identity to YOU, are directed via the lateralized hemispheric activity that we are all designed to have, it makes sense that many people would rather function from this state than leave it for another.
But this reliance often causes our right hemispheric activity to be minimized, leading to over activity on one side of the body. Relying on a state of compression, and instability to move forward in life.
This is Impingement & Instability driven by our functional cortical dominance and neurologic patterning.
Give it a try: If you’ve never looked at the bottom sole of your shoes, take a look. What is the information from the GROUND UP providing you? Is it equal on both sides? What can these wear patterns tell us? Better yet, what are they telling you?
Jan 13
Functional Cortical Dominance from the left hemisphere of our brain can often be hard to overcome.
Our right sided compression and heightened sensory awareness of it, make leaving these sites of Impingement difficult.
When your sense of self, your identity to YOU, are directed via the lateralized hemispheric activity that we are all designed to have, it makes sense that many people would rather function from this state than leave it for another.
But this reliance often causes our right hemispheric activity to be minimized, leading to over activity on one side of the body. Relying on a state of compression, and instability to move forward in life.
This is Impingement & Instability driven by our functional cortical dominance and neurologic patterning.
Give it a try: If you’ve never looked at the bottom sole of your shoes, take a look. What is the information from the GROUND UP providing you? Is it equal on both sides? What can these wear patterns tell us? Better yet, what are they telling you?
RETHINK POSTURE
In the webinar titled ‘A Historical Perspective and Rationale Behind the Hruska Adduction Lift Test’, I discussed dissymmetrical asymmetry, as related to human posture and postural control. All of us have different horizontal planes of rotary function at different regions along our spinal column. I have outlined these levels and regions in the Advanced Integration course.
Depending on the degree of polyarticular chain influence on our spinal movement, our spinal curvatures
in all three planes reflect neuromuscular balance, or imbalance, generated usually during early ages of
development in the pre-adolescent and adolescent years. Refinement or modification of this movement
continually limits function in areas where freedom to rotate is limited as we age and adapt to patterns
of habit, desire and adaptation.
Human dissymmetrical asymmetry reflects the organization of neuromodulation, visceral and
integumental location, gravitational influence on hemi-cavities that are over or under compressed.
There are normal ranges of physiologic, neurologic and physical movement at these horizontal levels or ‘sections ’of the body that correspond to rotational forces that are above or below these ever-changing
regions. Movement of these regions, such as the area between T1 and T8, require concomitant anti-rotational forces above and below T1 and T8, for isolated function that neuromechanically is responsible for nonpatterned outcomes. The Postural Restoration Institute®, relates undesirable functional outcomes to patterned neuro-mechanics that do not isolate one region or section of the body from one below or above it.
-Ron
Jan 7
RETHINK POSTURE
In the webinar titled ‘A Historical Perspective and Rationale Behind the Hruska Adduction Lift Test’, I discussed dissymmetrical asymmetry, as related to human posture and postural control. All of us have different horizontal planes of rotary function at different regions along our spinal column. I have outlined these levels and regions in the Advanced Integration course.
Depending on the degree of polyarticular chain influence on our spinal movement, our spinal curvatures
in all three planes reflect neuromuscular balance, or imbalance, generated usually during early ages of
development in the pre-adolescent and adolescent years. Refinement or modification of this movement
continually limits function in areas where freedom to rotate is limited as we age and adapt to patterns
of habit, desire and adaptation.
Human dissymmetrical asymmetry reflects the organization of neuromodulation, visceral and
integumental location, gravitational influence on hemi-cavities that are over or under compressed.
There are normal ranges of physiologic, neurologic and physical movement at these horizontal levels or ‘sections ’of the body that correspond to rotational forces that are above or below these ever-changing
regions. Movement of these regions, such as the area between T1 and T8, require concomitant anti-rotational forces above and below T1 and T8, for isolated function that neuromechanically is responsible for nonpatterned outcomes. The Postural Restoration Institute®, relates undesirable functional outcomes to patterned neuro-mechanics that do not isolate one region or section of the body from one below or above it.
-Ron
It’s time to “Think Again”
@adamgrant
Reanalyze, Reevaluate, Reweigh, Reappraise, Reprocess, Reconceptualize, Readdress, Revise, Reestablish, Reconsider, Reconceive, Rediscover, Reenvision, Reexamine.
See you in 2025! #prination
Dec 30
It’s time to “Think Again”
@adamgrant
Reanalyze, Reevaluate, Reweigh, Reappraise, Reprocess, Reconceptualize, Readdress, Revise, Reestablish, Reconsider, Reconceive, Rediscover, Reenvision, Reexamine.
See you in 2025! #prination
So proud of you @kimberlywilliamspaisley and the amazing team that helped you be able to share your cover story OUT LOUD!
Head to PEOPLE at the link in our bio to listen to the full interview as Kimberly explains the multitude of treatment approaches utilized in restoring her voice from the ground up!
In print and online today!
Dec 20
So proud of you @kimberlywilliamspaisley and the amazing team that helped you be able to share your cover story OUT LOUD!
Head to PEOPLE at the link in our bio to listen to the full interview as Kimberly explains the multitude of treatment approaches utilized in restoring her voice from the ground up!
In print and online today!
Some of us were a little rough around the edges but new skills don’t always come easy…….unless your @torinberge
Happy Holidays from our Clan to yours!
Dec 18
Some of us were a little rough around the edges but new skills don’t always come easy…….unless your @torinberge
Happy Holidays from our Clan to yours!
Advanced Integration Day 2 & 3
A deep dive on triplanar activity of the pelvic and thoracic diaphragms followed by the brachial chains influence on thoracic scapular kinematics and airflow leading to conditions like the superior T4 syndrome and others.
Dec 17
Advanced Integration Day 2 & 3
A deep dive on triplanar activity of the pelvic and thoracic diaphragms followed by the brachial chains influence on thoracic scapular kinematics and airflow leading to conditions like the superior T4 syndrome and others.
Congratulations to the PRC class of 2024!
PRC credentialing is the result of completing multiple advanced PRI courses, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the science through completion of the PRC application, and successfully participating in practical and analytical testing. Earlier this week, 7 clinicians earned the designation of Postural Restoration Certified™ (PRC) under the direction of Ron Hruska, Kasey Ratliff, Skip George, and Jennifer Platt.
Back Row: Robert “Skip” George, Yoshi Fujii, Marlyn Bravo, Desiree Parham, Joshua Speckman, Jennifer Platt
Front Row: Ron Hruska, Mayami Oyanagi, Brynn Babb, Saundra Brogan, Kasey Ratliff
The Postural Restoration Institute® established this certification process in 2004 as a way to recognize and identify those individuals with advanced training, extraordinary interest and devotion to the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polvarticular chains of muscles on the human body as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute. The PRC credentialing program is available to physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and chiropractors who have attended PRI courses, demonstrated a thorough understanding of the science through completion of the PRC application, and successfully participate in both clinical and analytical testing.
Dec 11
Congratulations to the PRC class of 2024!
PRC credentialing is the result of completing multiple advanced PRI courses, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the science through completion of the PRC application, and successfully participating in practical and analytical testing. Earlier this week, 7 clinicians earned the designation of Postural Restoration Certified™ (PRC) under the direction of Ron Hruska, Kasey Ratliff, Skip George, and Jennifer Platt.
Back Row: Robert “Skip” George, Yoshi Fujii, Marlyn Bravo, Desiree Parham, Joshua Speckman, Jennifer Platt
Front Row: Ron Hruska, Mayami Oyanagi, Brynn Babb, Saundra Brogan, Kasey Ratliff
The Postural Restoration Institute® established this certification process in 2004 as a way to recognize and identify those individuals with advanced training, extraordinary interest and devotion to the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polvarticular chains of muscles on the human body as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute. The PRC credentialing program is available to physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and chiropractors who have attended PRI courses, demonstrated a thorough understanding of the science through completion of the PRC application, and successfully participate in both clinical and analytical testing.
A decade later and “Retro” is finally being Re-explored!
Standing Integration (104)
“Retro Walking” ca. 2012
Article available via @womenshealthmag
Dec 10
A decade later and “Retro” is finally being Re-explored!
Standing Integration (104)
“Retro Walking” ca. 2012
Article available via @womenshealthmag
❇️25% off in 2025❇️
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TWO people will randomly receive 25% off their next course in 2025!🏷️
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Dec 2
❇️25% off in 2025❇️
Like this post 💜
&
Comment with the date or location you are most interested in attending next year. 🗓️
TWO people will randomly receive 25% off their next course in 2025!🏷️
#prination
The non-manual techniques within this lifetime collection began in 1980 with a 90-90 Supported Left Hemibridge as a way to unload the temporomandibular joint by facilitating a left hamstring in patients who demonstrated compensatory forward head posture.
With over 600 techniques to choose from there is something to address all your patients positional needs!
And there is no better time to expand your library than NOW!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of #prination
Nov 27
The non-manual techniques within this lifetime collection began in 1980 with a 90-90 Supported Left Hemibridge as a way to unload the temporomandibular joint by facilitating a left hamstring in patients who demonstrated compensatory forward head posture.
With over 600 techniques to choose from there is something to address all your patients positional needs!
And there is no better time to expand your library than NOW!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of #prination
“This is the why. This is why I work the way that I do and why I feel so passionate about being able to deliver a program with the right team around me in the most complete way for the patient.
This is personal for me and bringing this to as many people I can is my way of showing gratitude to the people who have helped me and have made all the difference in my personal and professional life. @posturalrestoration @hruska_clinic
Thank you to @thevideoartists for their amazing work (and patience with me 😄) filming a ton of content over a period of days, and beautifully editing it, which I will be posting periodically to showcase to kind of work we are doing @renaissance_pt .
Thank you to past, current and future clients for their trust. Stay tuned for more!”
#repost
@renaissance_pt 💚
Nov 21
“This is the why. This is why I work the way that I do and why I feel so passionate about being able to deliver a program with the right team around me in the most complete way for the patient.
This is personal for me and bringing this to as many people I can is my way of showing gratitude to the people who have helped me and have made all the difference in my personal and professional life. @posturalrestoration @hruska_clinic
Thank you to @thevideoartists for their amazing work (and patience with me 😄) filming a ton of content over a period of days, and beautifully editing it, which I will be posting periodically to showcase to kind of work we are doing @renaissance_pt .
Thank you to past, current and future clients for their trust. Stay tuned for more!”
#repost
@renaissance_pt 💚
“Results: The results showed a significant difference between the QoL, pain intensity, function, and PROM of left hip adduction in the group with PR exercises with and without core exercises and control (P=0.000). In the PR group with core exercises (P=0.001) and without core exercises (P=0.001), a significant increase was observed in the adduction of the left hip. There was no significant difference between the function (P=0.850), pain (P=0.120), QoL (P=0.328), and PROM (P=0.094) in the intervention groups.
Conclusion: PR exercises with and without core stability are equally effective in reducing pain and improving function, QoL, and hip adduction range of motion in women with left anterior interior chain patterns”
Nov 20
“Results: The results showed a significant difference between the QoL, pain intensity, function, and PROM of left hip adduction in the group with PR exercises with and without core exercises and control (P=0.000). In the PR group with core exercises (P=0.001) and without core exercises (P=0.001), a significant increase was observed in the adduction of the left hip. There was no significant difference between the function (P=0.850), pain (P=0.120), QoL (P=0.328), and PROM (P=0.094) in the intervention groups.
Conclusion: PR exercises with and without core stability are equally effective in reducing pain and improving function, QoL, and hip adduction range of motion in women with left anterior interior chain patterns”
“If the inlet is in ABDuction, the outlet is in ADDuction on the same side”
Pelvis Restoration Livestream
@jenpoulinpt x @jmillermtpt
November 15-16th, 2024
Check out the FREE webinars on the Hruska Abduction & Adduction Lift Tests for more frontal plane mechanics! (Available on our webinars page)
Nov 19
“If the inlet is in ABDuction, the outlet is in ADDuction on the same side”
Pelvis Restoration Livestream
@jenpoulinpt x @jmillermtpt
November 15-16th, 2024
Check out the FREE webinars on the Hruska Abduction & Adduction Lift Tests for more frontal plane mechanics! (Available on our webinars page)
“Cervical Revolution is the conduit to introducing bottom up as well as top down concepts from the cervical spine, cranium, and occlusal system that first require an understanding of the most important neurologic articulation in the body called the atlas and occipital bone. This is where the brainstem is located and is highly sensitive to pressure and movement especially pressure from a head that is forward on a neck that has lost it’s normal 30 degrees of lordosis. If that 30 degrees is lost, then 30 degrees of mid-cervical lateral flexion and 30 degrees of rotation is lost as well.”
- Robert “Skip” George
Nov 14
“Cervical Revolution is the conduit to introducing bottom up as well as top down concepts from the cervical spine, cranium, and occlusal system that first require an understanding of the most important neurologic articulation in the body called the atlas and occipital bone. This is where the brainstem is located and is highly sensitive to pressure and movement especially pressure from a head that is forward on a neck that has lost it’s normal 30 degrees of lordosis. If that 30 degrees is lost, then 30 degrees of mid-cervical lateral flexion and 30 degrees of rotation is lost as well.”
- Robert “Skip” George
Movement requires us to remain IMBALANCED!
If you help individuals move through space you might want to check out the FLM concepts to help them become limitless!
Thanks to everyone who joined us from around the world for this 2 day discussion on Forward Locomotor Movement.
Nov 12
Movement requires us to remain IMBALANCED!
If you help individuals move through space you might want to check out the FLM concepts to help them become limitless!
Thanks to everyone who joined us from around the world for this 2 day discussion on Forward Locomotor Movement.
“It was a world champion kind of weekend in Scottsdale as 3 attendees were part of the LA Dodgers organization! We had a variety of attendees from chiropractors, ATCs, strength & conditioning/personal trainers, and physical therapists. The morning started off learning the intricacies of the terminology (based on osteopathic terminology) when discussing position of the pelvis and femur and how significant this can be before initiating treatment.
I love that this course offers so much lab time to test and discuss the objective measures to confirm the didactic material from the morning. Learning the Hruska Adduction Drop Test was our confirmation bias for the left anterior chain pattern as identified in all attendees this weekend. We ended the day with repositioning techniques and learning about respiration and the value of an exhalation.
The next day, the Hruska Adduction lift test humbled most as we assessed the ability to be able to “shift” successfully in the frontal plane. We discussed treatment at all levels of this lift test to be able to prescribe treatment appropriately. I took a “patient” through the myokinematic hierarchy and it was valuable seeing the progress in the ability for the patient to obtain neutrality and improve on the lift scores within just a few techniques. The power of PRI never ceases to amaze me. Thank you to our gracious host @dprphysicaltherapy and Brennan Hodge for the awesome hospitality.“
-Kasey
Nov 11
“It was a world champion kind of weekend in Scottsdale as 3 attendees were part of the LA Dodgers organization! We had a variety of attendees from chiropractors, ATCs, strength & conditioning/personal trainers, and physical therapists. The morning started off learning the intricacies of the terminology (based on osteopathic terminology) when discussing position of the pelvis and femur and how significant this can be before initiating treatment.
I love that this course offers so much lab time to test and discuss the objective measures to confirm the didactic material from the morning. Learning the Hruska Adduction Drop Test was our confirmation bias for the left anterior chain pattern as identified in all attendees this weekend. We ended the day with repositioning techniques and learning about respiration and the value of an exhalation.
The next day, the Hruska Adduction lift test humbled most as we assessed the ability to be able to “shift” successfully in the frontal plane. We discussed treatment at all levels of this lift test to be able to prescribe treatment appropriately. I took a “patient” through the myokinematic hierarchy and it was valuable seeing the progress in the ability for the patient to obtain neutrality and improve on the lift scores within just a few techniques. The power of PRI never ceases to amaze me. Thank you to our gracious host @dprphysicaltherapy and Brennan Hodge for the awesome hospitality.“
-Kasey
It was great to be back in the Windy City teaching Pelvis Restoration. Thank you @donnapbyrne and Pilates Central for hosting us this past weekend.
It was a weekend filled with new course attendees and others expanding their journey in PRI. The “brain twists” this weekend:
1. The pelvic diaphragm (floor) has a left and right side.
2. Muscle don’t have origins and insertions, but rather attachment sites and can influence the position of bones.
3. The frontal plane importance of our ability to move side to side.
4. The concept of compression and decompression with position and airflow.
5. How the pelvis influences the spine all the way up to the neck and all the way down to the foot and ankle.
The energy and enthusiasm for this science was high and the quest to learn more from these practitioners was astounding.
Thank you for the gift of time and allowing me to teach!
-Lori
Nov 8
It was great to be back in the Windy City teaching Pelvis Restoration. Thank you @donnapbyrne and Pilates Central for hosting us this past weekend.
It was a weekend filled with new course attendees and others expanding their journey in PRI. The “brain twists” this weekend:
1. The pelvic diaphragm (floor) has a left and right side.
2. Muscle don’t have origins and insertions, but rather attachment sites and can influence the position of bones.
3. The frontal plane importance of our ability to move side to side.
4. The concept of compression and decompression with position and airflow.
5. How the pelvis influences the spine all the way up to the neck and all the way down to the foot and ankle.
The energy and enthusiasm for this science was high and the quest to learn more from these practitioners was astounding.
Thank you for the gift of time and allowing me to teach!
-Lori
ADVANCED INTEGRATION 2024 is one month away!
Register by the end of the day tomorrow to receive the early registration rate!
4 Days
7 Presenters
30 Contact Hrs.
December 5-8th
Live or Live-streamed from around the world.
If you`ve completed the Primary Courses but haven`t quite solidified how they should be integrated together to maximize success, it`s time to take a deeper dive!
Can’t wait to see you all for the last course of the year!
#prination
Nov 7
ADVANCED INTEGRATION 2024 is one month away!
Register by the end of the day tomorrow to receive the early registration rate!
4 Days
7 Presenters
30 Contact Hrs.
December 5-8th
Live or Live-streamed from around the world.
If you`ve completed the Primary Courses but haven`t quite solidified how they should be integrated together to maximize success, it`s time to take a deeper dive!
Can’t wait to see you all for the last course of the year!
#prination
Episode 36 with @yoshi.mitsuyama is live! Yoshi has a unique experience, spanning from working with collegiate and professional soccer athletes, singers in Nashville and individuals who are just trying to get out of bed each day!
Whether trying to maintain performance at a high level, or attempting to overcome stressors that limit us from standing, individuals on both sides of the spectrum often get labeled with the same dysautonomia diagnosis and can benefit from similar reprogramming.
Nov 6
Episode 36 with @yoshi.mitsuyama is live! Yoshi has a unique experience, spanning from working with collegiate and professional soccer athletes, singers in Nashville and individuals who are just trying to get out of bed each day!
Whether trying to maintain performance at a high level, or attempting to overcome stressors that limit us from standing, individuals on both sides of the spectrum often get labeled with the same dysautonomia diagnosis and can benefit from similar reprogramming.
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