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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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McPhee Physical Therapy is a small, outpatient clinic in Anacortes, WA currently looking for PRI trained or curious providers. Our...
I had such a great time with everyone at University of the Incarnate Word just outside of San Antonio, Texas....
On April 24-25, 2025 we celebrated our 25th year as an institute by welcoming 13 speakers to present their “stories”...
Congratulations to Louise Kelley, DPT, PRC and Frank Mallon, PT, DPT, PRC for receiving the PRI Directors Dedication Award as...
I had the distinct pleasure of furthering my Pelvis Restoration faculty training at the home field in Lincoln, NE under...
As James Taylor sang, Carolina was in everyone’s mind this past weekend and “there ain’t no doubt in no one’s...
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Visit us next week in Orlando at Booth 1502 and check out Jason’s presentation at this years 76th NATA Clinical Symposia!
#repost @hruska_clinic
Jason is off to Florida next week to present at the NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association @nata1950 ) Clinical Symposium on Femoroacetabular Impingement. He will be helping introduce @posturalrestoration on concepts to assist with the management of hip impingement in athletes. He has spent quite a bit of time delving into some of the more recent research related to hip impingement (as he always does) and will have a great perspective to give. If you are there look him up!
#posturalrestoration #prination #fai #hipimpingement #nata #physicaltherapist #athletictraining
Jun 18
Visit us next week in Orlando at Booth 1502 and check out Jason’s presentation at this years 76th NATA Clinical Symposia!
#repost @hruska_clinic
Jason is off to Florida next week to present at the NATA (National Athletic Trainers Association @nata1950 ) Clinical Symposium on Femoroacetabular Impingement. He will be helping introduce @posturalrestoration on concepts to assist with the management of hip impingement in athletes. He has spent quite a bit of time delving into some of the more recent research related to hip impingement (as he always does) and will have a great perspective to give. If you are there look him up!
#posturalrestoration #prination #fai #hipimpingement #nata #physicaltherapist #athletictraining
Let`s face it... Summer is BUSY! But, you can still check those CE hours off your TO DO list this summer. Home Study courses are a great option and popular during the summer, as they offer a flexible option to complete CE hours when your schedule allows. Swipe through to learn more, see what others are saying, and visit our website to register for a home study course today!
Jun 13
Let`s face it... Summer is BUSY! But, you can still check those CE hours off your TO DO list this summer. Home Study courses are a great option and popular during the summer, as they offer a flexible option to complete CE hours when your schedule allows. Swipe through to learn more, see what others are saying, and visit our website to register for a home study course today!
We need YOU to submit an abstract!
The continued success of our annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit depends on YOU!
Hearing how you incorporate this science into what YOU do, strengthens us ALL!
Consider sharing your story at next year’s Summit on April 23-24th. Abstracts are due on July 15th, more information regarding this speaking opportunity can be found in our bio link!
#prination
#justdoit
Jun 12
We need YOU to submit an abstract!
The continued success of our annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit depends on YOU!
Hearing how you incorporate this science into what YOU do, strengthens us ALL!
Consider sharing your story at next year’s Summit on April 23-24th. Abstracts are due on July 15th, more information regarding this speaking opportunity can be found in our bio link!
#prination
#justdoit
Episode 38: Michael Pedersen, DPT, PTA, PRC
Michaels journey through PRI started off in a clinical PTA setting and through mentorship and exploration led him to undergo the PRC certification in 2022. From there Michael wanted to treat each patient in front of him individually, addressing their whole system from a PRI perspective. This led him to PT school and as he finishes up his last rotation with the @hruska_clinic he shares some of the insight he’s received as a student along the way!
Jun 6
Episode 38: Michael Pedersen, DPT, PTA, PRC
Michaels journey through PRI started off in a clinical PTA setting and through mentorship and exploration led him to undergo the PRC certification in 2022. From there Michael wanted to treat each patient in front of him individually, addressing their whole system from a PRI perspective. This led him to PT school and as he finishes up his last rotation with the @hruska_clinic he shares some of the insight he’s received as a student along the way!
The PRI Credentialing Scholarship Deadline is approaching soon! If you are interested in applying for this FULL scholarship towards either PRC or PRT credentialing, please submit your essay by June 15th!
The PRI Credentialing Scholarship is available to candidates who may otherwise be dissuaded from applying for PRC or PRT credentialing solely by their current financial circumstances. Candidates must be eligible to submit an application for PRI Credentialing this year.
In your essay, please share your story of how you got to where you are (i.e. how you became interested in PRI, do you have any mentors or colleagues supporting you on this education journey, etc.), your current professional and financial situation, what PRI credentialing means to you, and why you feel you are deserving of the scholarship. If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please email your essay to platt.jennifer@posturalrestoration.com, no later than June 15th.
Essays will be reviewed by the Board of Directors, and the scholarship recipient will be notified by July 15th. If the recipient does not accept the scholarship and complete the credentialing application and testing that year, the scholarship will be awarded to an alternate. Depending on the number of applications received this year, the Board of Directors may choose to select more than one scholarship recipient.
Jun 4
The PRI Credentialing Scholarship Deadline is approaching soon! If you are interested in applying for this FULL scholarship towards either PRC or PRT credentialing, please submit your essay by June 15th!
The PRI Credentialing Scholarship is available to candidates who may otherwise be dissuaded from applying for PRC or PRT credentialing solely by their current financial circumstances. Candidates must be eligible to submit an application for PRI Credentialing this year.
In your essay, please share your story of how you got to where you are (i.e. how you became interested in PRI, do you have any mentors or colleagues supporting you on this education journey, etc.), your current professional and financial situation, what PRI credentialing means to you, and why you feel you are deserving of the scholarship. If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please email your essay to platt.jennifer@posturalrestoration.com, no later than June 15th.
Essays will be reviewed by the Board of Directors, and the scholarship recipient will be notified by July 15th. If the recipient does not accept the scholarship and complete the credentialing application and testing that year, the scholarship will be awarded to an alternate. Depending on the number of applications received this year, the Board of Directors may choose to select more than one scholarship recipient.
Can you SQUAT?
Whether you’re working on,
- Better Breathing
- Pressure Management
- Increased Ground Sense
- Better Defecation
- Labor/ Delivery
- Pelvic Stability
- Building Strength
The benefits of a functional squat are endless!
If, like me, you tend to sit more than you squat, try placing a book, block, or bolster under your feet or consider lowering your chair height throughout your day!
May 28
Can you SQUAT?
Whether you’re working on,
- Better Breathing
- Pressure Management
- Increased Ground Sense
- Better Defecation
- Labor/ Delivery
- Pelvic Stability
- Building Strength
The benefits of a functional squat are endless!
If, like me, you tend to sit more than you squat, try placing a book, block, or bolster under your feet or consider lowering your chair height throughout your day!
The word “occlusion” is ‘something beautiful’ to me. (Sorry Miley Cyrus. Her music and film ‘Something Beautiful’ are being released at the end of this month. A song on this album, and in her film, entitled ‘Reborn’ has lyrics that say, “We’re so beautiful, letting go”. This summarizes a significant amount of my inquisitive emotion over the last 50 years, of my 70 years.
We are so beautifully made, and yet humans, for various, often predictable reasoning, generate biased patterned occlusion. And we become so beautiful, operative and mindful when we let go of these biased body and mind behaviors.)
I have integrated genuine human movement patterns over time that relate to things that naturally come together, both in the mouth and the ground. My dental interest started many years before my ground interest. Teaching this course on occlusion, and it’s relationship to gravity, is a fabulous historical experience for me. The genuine reflection on sensitivity of force, related to lateral movement for acquisition of gravity and grind is ‘something beautiful’, that many take for granted.
It’s as close to ‘pop music’ of integrative individual sense, associated with forces coming together, as anyone will experience.
I want to thank Jason Masek, MSPT, ATC, CSCS, PRC, Torin Berge, PT, PRC and Abbey Kramer, DDS, who brought all of us together. This input, and all the questions and input that came from course attendees was truly ‘something beautiful’.
-Ron
May 23
The word “occlusion” is ‘something beautiful’ to me. (Sorry Miley Cyrus. Her music and film ‘Something Beautiful’ are being released at the end of this month. A song on this album, and in her film, entitled ‘Reborn’ has lyrics that say, “We’re so beautiful, letting go”. This summarizes a significant amount of my inquisitive emotion over the last 50 years, of my 70 years.
We are so beautifully made, and yet humans, for various, often predictable reasoning, generate biased patterned occlusion. And we become so beautiful, operative and mindful when we let go of these biased body and mind behaviors.)
I have integrated genuine human movement patterns over time that relate to things that naturally come together, both in the mouth and the ground. My dental interest started many years before my ground interest. Teaching this course on occlusion, and it’s relationship to gravity, is a fabulous historical experience for me. The genuine reflection on sensitivity of force, related to lateral movement for acquisition of gravity and grind is ‘something beautiful’, that many take for granted.
It’s as close to ‘pop music’ of integrative individual sense, associated with forces coming together, as anyone will experience.
I want to thank Jason Masek, MSPT, ATC, CSCS, PRC, Torin Berge, PT, PRC and Abbey Kramer, DDS, who brought all of us together. This input, and all the questions and input that came from course attendees was truly ‘something beautiful’.
-Ron
“I had such a great time with everyone at University of the Incarnate Word just outside of San Antonio, Texas. Reid, Joanna, and the rest of the UIW staff really demonstrated amazing Texas hospitality with a perfect setting for a PRI course. My hope is that they regularly welcome us back to their neck of the woods.
“Interdisciplinary” is the top word that comes to mind when summarizing the course this past weekend. I really think the rib cage represents the “core” of interdisciplinary intervention. It is an area of our bodies that manages pressure throughout our body. It is an area that can be influenced by patterned respiration, thus affecting posture of the right and left halves of our body. It is an area of the body that needs to be better understood when working with dentists, optometrists, ENTS, SLPs, coaches, psychiatrists, podiatrists, and many others.
The course itself was very interdisciplinary and included physical therapists, athletic trainers, psychiatrists, massage therapists, coaches, a chiropractor, and a breathwork specialist.
Interdisciplinary thinking was especially exciting being a month after PRI’s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit. Getting to know the interdisciplinary-minded practitioners this past weekend made me excited for the future of healthcare, and even more excited for the future of PRI.
Special thanks and shout out to Reid and Joanna and the rest of UIW staff for being fantastic hosts. Thank you all who attended, I truly had a fantastic time spending the weekend with all of your interdisciplinary minds.”
-Craig
May 21
“I had such a great time with everyone at University of the Incarnate Word just outside of San Antonio, Texas. Reid, Joanna, and the rest of the UIW staff really demonstrated amazing Texas hospitality with a perfect setting for a PRI course. My hope is that they regularly welcome us back to their neck of the woods.
“Interdisciplinary” is the top word that comes to mind when summarizing the course this past weekend. I really think the rib cage represents the “core” of interdisciplinary intervention. It is an area of our bodies that manages pressure throughout our body. It is an area that can be influenced by patterned respiration, thus affecting posture of the right and left halves of our body. It is an area of the body that needs to be better understood when working with dentists, optometrists, ENTS, SLPs, coaches, psychiatrists, podiatrists, and many others.
The course itself was very interdisciplinary and included physical therapists, athletic trainers, psychiatrists, massage therapists, coaches, a chiropractor, and a breathwork specialist.
Interdisciplinary thinking was especially exciting being a month after PRI’s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit. Getting to know the interdisciplinary-minded practitioners this past weekend made me excited for the future of healthcare, and even more excited for the future of PRI.
Special thanks and shout out to Reid and Joanna and the rest of UIW staff for being fantastic hosts. Thank you all who attended, I truly had a fantastic time spending the weekend with all of your interdisciplinary minds.”
-Craig
One week ago we celebrated our 25th year as an institute by welcoming 13 speakers to present their stories to a crowd of healers, explorers, dancers, musicians, artists and friends. These are the things that define us, not the schools of thought we come from, but the way we think and creatively live.
The audience for this years Interdisciplinary Studies Summit included a vast array of disciplines, all with different belief systems, coming together to study the role of asymmetry on the human body. But what became evident on day one was that we would be exploring much more than just “the body” this year. Diving into the auditory effects of a downbeat, emotional intelligence, cortical dominance, self healing, the importance of grounded-ness and much more! Not only for others needing help but also for the well being of ourselves.
The speaker presentations and their flow, could not have gone better as they continued building on each other throughout the two days. And thankfully no tornadoes caused any threat to our Summit this year! Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate and converse with us, ensuring the success of another Summit. Especially to those who shared their stories by presenting on topics they are passionate about!
Full photo album available on our Community page!
We cant wait to see everyone next year on April 23-24th, 2026!
We hope you’ll consider submitting an abstract to share!
#bettertogether
#prination
May 1
One week ago we celebrated our 25th year as an institute by welcoming 13 speakers to present their stories to a crowd of healers, explorers, dancers, musicians, artists and friends. These are the things that define us, not the schools of thought we come from, but the way we think and creatively live.
The audience for this years Interdisciplinary Studies Summit included a vast array of disciplines, all with different belief systems, coming together to study the role of asymmetry on the human body. But what became evident on day one was that we would be exploring much more than just “the body” this year. Diving into the auditory effects of a downbeat, emotional intelligence, cortical dominance, self healing, the importance of grounded-ness and much more! Not only for others needing help but also for the well being of ourselves.
The speaker presentations and their flow, could not have gone better as they continued building on each other throughout the two days. And thankfully no tornadoes caused any threat to our Summit this year! Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate and converse with us, ensuring the success of another Summit. Especially to those who shared their stories by presenting on topics they are passionate about!
Full photo album available on our Community page!
We cant wait to see everyone next year on April 23-24th, 2026!
We hope you’ll consider submitting an abstract to share!
#bettertogether
#prination
Congratulations to Louise Kelley, DPT, PRC and Frank Mallon, PT, DPT, PRC for receiving the PRI Directors Dedication Award as part of our 2025 Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
This year we not only celebrated our 25th year as an institute but also the accomplishments of individuals like these. Their kindness and humility in learning, teaching and implementing the science of Postural Restoration is truly a gift to us all!
The PRI Directors Dedication Award was established in 2012 to recognize individuals’ ongoing dedication to their advancement in PRI.
#prination
Apr 28
Congratulations to Louise Kelley, DPT, PRC and Frank Mallon, PT, DPT, PRC for receiving the PRI Directors Dedication Award as part of our 2025 Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
This year we not only celebrated our 25th year as an institute but also the accomplishments of individuals like these. Their kindness and humility in learning, teaching and implementing the science of Postural Restoration is truly a gift to us all!
The PRI Directors Dedication Award was established in 2012 to recognize individuals’ ongoing dedication to their advancement in PRI.
#prination
One week from today!
We’re excited to welcome #prination back for our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
The tables are set and the front row spots are ready to be claimed 😉
We’d be happy to make room for YOU if you’d like to join!
See you next week!
🔗 in bio
Apr 17
One week from today!
We’re excited to welcome #prination back for our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
The tables are set and the front row spots are ready to be claimed 😉
We’d be happy to make room for YOU if you’d like to join!
See you next week!
🔗 in bio
Featured Speakers: Michael Coggins, PhD and Aleksandra Sulik, AFAA Personal Trainer
“Towards Uncovering Novel Biomarker Relationships to Aid the PRI Practitioner”
Join us next week on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
See you soon!
Link in bio! 🔗
Apr 16
Featured Speakers: Michael Coggins, PhD and Aleksandra Sulik, AFAA Personal Trainer
“Towards Uncovering Novel Biomarker Relationships to Aid the PRI Practitioner”
Join us next week on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
See you soon!
Link in bio! 🔗
Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen
Reposition (Inhibit)
⬇️
Retrain (Facilitate)
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Restore (Alternate)
Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!
Apr 14
Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen
Reposition (Inhibit)
⬇️
Retrain (Facilitate)
⬇️
Restore (Alternate)
Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!
Vertical Displacement & Visual Kinesthetics are just two aspects of our Forward Locomotor Movement through space.
Thanks to Dan Houglum for laying the groundwork last weekend, helping all in attendance gain an appreciation of “gait” and gravity!
Apr 10
Vertical Displacement & Visual Kinesthetics are just two aspects of our Forward Locomotor Movement through space.
Thanks to Dan Houglum for laying the groundwork last weekend, helping all in attendance gain an appreciation of “gait” and gravity!
“This course is an introduction to “top down” dominant influences that ultimately create stress and strain in the cranial, occlusal and visual systems and are considered pathologic if left untreated.
This course integrates many professional disciplines including physical therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy and dentistry among others with an emphasis on the stomatognathic system as it relates to the skeletal system.
I want to thank @jenpoulinpt and Chris @btsportsperformance for providing their space, time and clinical experience, making this weekend one of the best Cervical Revolutions yet!”
- Skip George
Apr 9
“This course is an introduction to “top down” dominant influences that ultimately create stress and strain in the cranial, occlusal and visual systems and are considered pathologic if left untreated.
This course integrates many professional disciplines including physical therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy and dentistry among others with an emphasis on the stomatognathic system as it relates to the skeletal system.
I want to thank @jenpoulinpt and Chris @btsportsperformance for providing their space, time and clinical experience, making this weekend one of the best Cervical Revolutions yet!”
- Skip George
It was a big weekend in the state of Michigan, yes they had two teams dancing in the sweet sixteen, but more significantly Myokinematic Restoration came to town. Hosted by Team Rehabilitation in Madison Heights, we broke down our body’s inherent asymmetry and studied game film.
Many basketball teams show tendencies, whether it’s to rely on the three point shot or to attack one side of the court more often than the other. Our human “court” is tilted to the right and we need a plan to level the court and attack the left side of the hoop. As a basketball team it’s best to have options and be able to swing the ball well to either side, as a human, it’s ideal to maintain our ability to oscillate between both sides.
A full court press was employed on the dominant L AIC pattern and a game plan was developed to counter its influence. Repositioning, retraining, and restoring alternation gave our Cinderella team, the R AIC pattern, a chance to join the big dance!
A big thank you to the folks at Team Rehabilitation, they were well represented in the audience and ensured we had everything needed for a successful two days. Thank you to the entire group for giving me a chance to “coach” up your clinical game plans.
- Jason Miller
Apr 2
It was a big weekend in the state of Michigan, yes they had two teams dancing in the sweet sixteen, but more significantly Myokinematic Restoration came to town. Hosted by Team Rehabilitation in Madison Heights, we broke down our body’s inherent asymmetry and studied game film.
Many basketball teams show tendencies, whether it’s to rely on the three point shot or to attack one side of the court more often than the other. Our human “court” is tilted to the right and we need a plan to level the court and attack the left side of the hoop. As a basketball team it’s best to have options and be able to swing the ball well to either side, as a human, it’s ideal to maintain our ability to oscillate between both sides.
A full court press was employed on the dominant L AIC pattern and a game plan was developed to counter its influence. Repositioning, retraining, and restoring alternation gave our Cinderella team, the R AIC pattern, a chance to join the big dance!
A big thank you to the folks at Team Rehabilitation, they were well represented in the audience and ensured we had everything needed for a successful two days. Thank you to the entire group for giving me a chance to “coach” up your clinical game plans.
- Jason Miller
As the snow season comes to a close remember that trunk rotation is required by many more activities than just skiing down the slopes.
Walking, running, sitting, standing and even sleeping all require us to rotate or disassociate our upper half (thorax) from our lower half (pelvis).
In essence we rely on our ability, or lack there of, to rotate all day, everyday.
Are you doing it efficiently?
Can’t wait to dive deeper this Friday during our Forward Locomotor livestream!
Apr 1
As the snow season comes to a close remember that trunk rotation is required by many more activities than just skiing down the slopes.
Walking, running, sitting, standing and even sleeping all require us to rotate or disassociate our upper half (thorax) from our lower half (pelvis).
In essence we rely on our ability, or lack there of, to rotate all day, everyday.
Are you doing it efficiently?
Can’t wait to dive deeper this Friday during our Forward Locomotor livestream!
Two days discussing Postural Restoration Developmental Sensory Motor Sequences with @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc
Thanks to everyone who explored Human Evolution alongside us as it relates to the principles of sensory motor growth and development!
Mar 31
Two days discussing Postural Restoration Developmental Sensory Motor Sequences with @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc
Thanks to everyone who explored Human Evolution alongside us as it relates to the principles of sensory motor growth and development!
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