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Pelvis Restoration - Live Stream - Review

I enjoyed teaching from the Postural Restoration Institute and in my hometown, Lincoln, NE this past weekend. I want to thank Alex, Carlos, Allison, Paul, Becky, Lee, and Jordan for attending in person and allowing me to demonstrate on you and to let your fellow colleagues learn from you during our lab time. Also, a huge shout out to those in Zoom (too many names to list) for spending two days with me as well. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching you all and appreciated the questions and participation.

The Pelvis Restoration course goes into the weeds of AFIR (IPIR/IsPER) and AFER (IPER/IsPIR) positioning of the pelvic inlet and outlet. It is a lot of information, but clinically it can be a game changer to assist your patients. The pelvis is like the foundation of your house—it’s positioning can affect the rest of the body. The pelvis integrates the thorax and hip and foot/ankle, which allows our patients to be grounded and regulate airflow/pressure needed for forward movement. The IO/TA’s, Glute Max, and Glute Med play in an important role with pelvic inlet positioning as the Hamstrings, I.C. Adductor, and Obturators for the pelvic outlet. One course participant stated “this course connected so many dots for me.” It was a wonderful weekend, thank you for allowing me to be a part of your PRI journey.

Lori Thomsen PRI Pelvis Restoration Live Stream Postural Restoration Institute

Lori Thomsen

Posted February 14, 2023 at 8:41PM

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Pelvis Restoration - New York, NY - Review

The Big Apple!!! What an amazing weekend with the NYC Marathon and fellow PRI enthusiasts. A big shout out to Yohei at Funcphysio Physical Therapy and his staff Yoshi, Kohei, Nidhi, and Emi for hosting this past weekend. You all are amazing and gracious hosts. I thoroughly enjoyed "coaching" this group this past weekend. The desire to learn, think out of the box, and ability to have paradigm shifts allowed for great dialogue and questions. The science of PRI fosters critical thinking and creativity in treatment of our patients. I feel not only did the new attendees, but also participants that have already attended PRI courses have a real hunger to understand and learn what the tests are showing them to make decisions with selecting PRI techniques for clinical care. The three R's were emphasized....RE-positioning to get a negative ADT test and inhibit muscle to enhance RE-training with muscle facilitation to allow the PADT and PART tests to go negative for a frontal plane pelvis so we can RE-store to alternate. Understanding of the Hruska Abduction Lift test to
assist PRI technique selection is THE play book!!!

It is a lot of information, but oh my, just like the Big Apple it can provide so many wonderful outcomes for your patients.

Lori Thomsen

Posted November 14, 2022 at 9:37PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Warner Robins, GA - Course Review

What an amazing weekend at The Cantrell Center in Warner Robbins! Thank you Tassie for hosting another PRI course. Your passion for PRI and the science is electric. Almost the entire Cantrell staff was in attendance as well—thank you all for embracing the PRI path and learning. Other attendees were equally energetic in the quest to learn PRI attendees like Gregory attending his 10th course to Kimberly attending her 1st one. This group was attentive, engaged, and asked questions. I loved being your “Coach” for the weekend and sharing Pelvis Restoration with you. Compression and decompression of the thorax and pelvis on the left and right side via the respiratory and pelvic diaphragm integration were highlighted in order to restore alternation and oscillation for Forward Locomotor Movement. I had a lot of fun being in the presence of amazing clinicians this past weekend with their desire to learn. Thank you!

CLICK HERE to view the full photo Album (Thanks to Cantrell Center's Jen Z.)

On a side note, Kelly---I made my flight. Thank you for your insight. I made it to the gate 20 minutes prior to take off.

Lori Thomsen

Posted October 6, 2022 at 2:59PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Bradenton, FL - Course Review

I had a wonderful time teaching Pelvis Restoration in Bradenton Florida! Thank you IMG Academy for hosting , Megan for being my lab assistant, and the course attendees for learning with me for the weekend.

As always, we went into detail of the pelvis position anteriorly and posteriorly and left and right in the pelvis inlet and outlet. How this position influences compression and decompression of the pelvic inlet and outlet and how the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms assist in treating the L AIC and PEC patterns to allow for lateralization to the left and right. The course attendees stated that understanding PRI objective tests to assist with inhibition/facilitation of the L AIC and PEC polyarticular chain of muscles to assist with treatment to restore reciprocal and alternating movement was helpful.

It was a great class with great energy! Thank you for spending your weekend with me.

Lori Thomsen

Posted March 29, 2022 at 8:03PM

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Pelvis Restoration - St. Paul, MN - Course Review

Thank you to Impact Physical Medicine and Aquatic Center for hosting Pelvis Restoration this past weekend. It was a wonderful weekend of integration and learning with fellow colleagues as we dissected the pelvic inlet and outlet. Our goals were to Reposition (inhibit), Re-train (facilitate) and Restore (alternate, oscillate, resonate, vibrate). Participants were energized with open minds with 7 new course attendees to PRI, 3 PRC’s, and the rest attending another PRI course with various backgrounds. I feel the attendees gained a better understanding with the Pelvic Ascension Drop Test (frontal plane stance phase) and Passive Abduction Raise Test (frontal plane swing phase) with application of the Hruska Abduction Lift test to assist with the pelvic inlet or outlet restoration. From Shirley’s purple highlighted hair reminding of us of internal rotation/inhalation, to Lindsey’s awesome questions, to Mylan’s “light bulb” moments—it gave me energy and found me grateful. Mike, Mara and Christie (PRC’s and lab assistancts) thank you for supporting the Institute and for your passion for the science of PRI.

Lori Thomsen

Posted November 17, 2021 at 10:47PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Virginia Beach, VA - Course in Review

What a great weekend in Virginia Beach, VA. Thank you Julie Blandin and Thrive Proactive Health for hosting Pelvis Restoration this past weekend. We had 32 course attendees and 18 of them were attending their first PRI course and several were attending their second course. It was amazing to collaborative and integrate with Physical Therapists, Movement Specialists, Trainers, Massage Therapists, Physicians, and Physicians Assistants. Lisa introduced the “Reflected” Head” of the Rectis Femoris Muscle. The proximal attachment site, attaches just superior of the acetabulum. I feel this “Reflected Head” also assists with flexion or forward rotation of the anterior inlet. I had never heard of the Reflected Head of the Rectis Femoris until this past weekend. Isn’t is so amazing to collaborate and learn from each other?!!

The course participants not only appreciated PRI repositioning or neutrality thru the Adduction Drop Test, but also appreciated how the Pelvic Ascension Drop Test and Passive Abduction Raise Test not only demonstrate frontal plane control for stance or swing phase of Forward Locomotor Movement, but also inhibition of muscle. The Hruska Abduction List test also assisted the Health Care provider with how to apply and select PRI non-manual techniques for their patient after the pelvis is repositioned. PRI tests will assist you with your PRI application with your patient.

Lori Thomsen

Posted August 20, 2021 at 4:47PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Live Stream - Course Review

It was a wonderful weekend teaching a Pelvis Restoration as a “hybrid" course. Teaching to professionals attending the course in person and through Zoom was exciting and humbling. Thank you to everyone who attended. Your desire to learn and passion for the Science of PRI is amazing. We had great questions and interaction through both forums this past weekend. We had energy. We had passion. We had a desire to learn. I felt an improved understanding of the “external” support of the pelvis with tri-planar movement (especially the frontal plane) was understood at a deeper level for improved regulation of internal pressure and airflow. I felt course attendees appreciated the PRI objective tests and how they can assist them clinically to improve PRI Non-Manual Techniques selection for patient treatment. I also felt in insight was also gained in not only “re-positioning” the pelvis but then “re-training” that pelvis for left stance and right swing with our goal to “restore” for reciprocal and alternating movement.

We were “world-wide” this past weekend with course attendees from all across the U.S. and internationally. Thank you again for all that came. It was great to teach as it makes me a better clinician.

Lori Thomsen

Posted April 21, 2021 at 4:36PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Mill Creek, WA - Course in Review

Boy is was good to be back teaching a live course this year. It was food for my spirit to have human interaction and comradery. My fellow colleagues that attended this weekend’s Pelvis Restoration Course were also grateful to be attending a live course as well. We all needed it. We did it safely for our community and each other. We had four professionals attending their first PRI course and several were attending their 3rd course or more this weekend. I feel the class took away the value of the pelvic inlet and outlet positioning needed not only to achieve left stance and right swing, but the value of this positioning to integrate with the respiratory diaphragm in the thorax for the left and right sided hemi-pelvis’ to compress and decompress to allow for Forward Locomotor Movement. Having a smaller class size afforded more personalized lab time for PRI tests, techniques, and practice. It was a fun fun weekend to teach and to learn. Thank you IRG for hosting Pelvis Restoration in Mill Creek.

Lori Thomsen

Posted October 28, 2020 at 9:32PM

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Pelvis Restoration - Tucson, AZ - Course in Review

What a great weekend in Tucson, Arizona this past weekend! I not only got to enjoy blue skies and 65 degrees (Lincoln, NE snowy and 20 degrees), but I also had the pleasure of introducing a third of the class to PRI. It was a great weekend of pelvic inlet and pelvic outlet going into the weeds of detail with muscle actions, positions, and objective testing. The class participation was great with questions, participation, and engagement. I felt the participants appreciated the objective tests and how they can make improved PRI exercise selections when understanding what these tests are showing them. I also felt the power of the respiratory and pelvic diaphragms for internal pressure regulation and air flow were better understood with correct pelvic position. The facility was amazing and thank you to Ben and the University of Arizona for hosting Pelvis Restoration this past weekend. It was a great start to 2020!

Lori Thomsen

Posted January 17, 2020 at 8:15PM

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Pelvis Restoration - New York, NY - Course in Review

It was a great weekend in New York teaching Pelvis Restoration. We had 48 clinicians attending the course and 13 were attending their first PRI Course….they made it! Pelvis entails positioning of the pelvic inlet and outlet coupled with muscles facilitation and inhibition with respiration. It’s a lot. I felt the class did an amazing job absorbing the material and asking wonderful questions. Edmund, Sebastian, and Romina your thinking and questioning benefiting the entire class, thank you. Frontal plane appreciation with synchronization of the respiratory and pelvic diaphragm were emphasized with demonstration. Nicole is your left ischial condylar adductor still burning? Geri, I hope you appreciated frontal plane of the left inlet and outlet to re-direct airflow into the right apical chest wall and left posterior mediastinum. Physical appreciation of PRI is powerful, thank you both for letting me teach throught you to the class. The weekend went way too fast, I appreciated everyone and their willingness to come and learn. Thank you Dave, Cuyler, and Brendan and Finish Line for hosting. Neal and Sean thank you for lab assisting! I was able to see the Rockettes in their annual Christmas show, it was specatular! Bucket List for me since I was young. Thank You again!