It was great to get back in the groove of teaching the science of PRI again. I had a nice break this summer, but I was eager to get back to it!
We had a great group of in-person and virtual attendees from all over the world attending Impingement and Instability. This course has really evolved over the last several years to be a heavily neurologically driven course. And it is a gateway to helping link Cervical Revolution, Cranial Restoration, FLM, Voice Box Resonation, Occlusal Cervical Restoration, and Human Evolution together as there are pieces of all of those courses in Impingement and Instability.
With so many in-person attendees, we were able to explore why using an orthopedic treatment approach to a neurologic issue is problematic, why choosing the correct reference centers influences mid-brain function, and why sensed muscle contraction does not have the same mid-brain influence as sensed pressure does. It also provided us an opportunity to debunk many misconceptions surrounding the science and performance surrounding PRI concepts and non-manual techniques.
This is a clinician’s course in that the entire objective of I&I is to provide the attendee the means to become better at applying the neurological science behind PRI by facilitating improved pressure management in several specific locations as a means of influencing mid-brain behavior. Since all decisions the brain makes is based on sensed pressure, it behooves us to help our patients and clients better their sense and management of pressure in upright positions for improved overall function.
My thanks to Jen and RJ for their production of the live stream. And my thanks to Chad Beckman, Dale Jensen, Shannon Stigall, Holly Boxterman, and Ronald Grant for their willingness to let us learn from them. It was an honor to have Dave Drummer, PRC, in attendance, as his help with explaining the use and origin of the PRI shoe list was very helpful. It was a wonderful kick-off to the fall season of PRI courses, and I look forward to seeing many of you in future PRI courses!
-Dan Houglum
