Myokinematic Restoration ventured south to the great state of Georgia this past weekend, hosted by the longstanding supporter and promoter of PRI, the Cantrell Center. While Georgia was well represented, we also had attendees from Tennessee, Virginia, and as far north as Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
I brought a bit of Montana flavor by way of New Jersey to the group and we discussed the infamous “Jersey Left”. You see, in the state of NJ, the roads can be quite busy, so in order to make a left turn you frequently have to navigate a Jersey jughandle, going past your intended destination on the left side of the road, getting off the road on the right and wrapping back around to the left via an intersection.
You can go left in Jersey, but you do need a plan, which is why this analogy lines up well with our asymmetric human patterning. The extra work necessary to make left turns in Jersey is synonymous with the intention necessary for the asymmetric human body to achieve an appropriate left centered stance position.
At the end of day one we were fortunate to have Josiah Johnson to serve as our L AIC patterned human as we explored the PRI activities that repositioned his pelvis. Adhering to our test, intervene, retest mantra, his tests following repositioning activities showed us that his pelvis was now neutral with his trunk rotation, straight leg raise, and hip rotation now more symmetric.
On day two we were reminded that neutrality is just moving through the intersection of the “Jersey jughandle”, and we need to use the Hruska Adduction Lift Test to identify the ingredients we needed to truly get into the left lane. Henley Cook helped us stay on point during the HAddLT, exclaiming “FAIL!” when we couldn’t find the mid stance or mid swing components to achieve the next score. In reality it was anything but a “FAIL”, as the lift test gave us the answer to what was holding us back.
The weekend was great fun from my perspective, the attendees remained interested and engaged, no easy task when most of the audience is in their first PRI course. The crew from the host site, our “Cantrellians”, Tassie, Sunshine, Dina, Cristina, and Carson ensured we had all we needed for a great learning environment. A big thank you to the Cantrell Center crew for hosting!
– Jason Miller
