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Each week we will introduce a technique found on one of our two educational CD’s.  We will unveil the reasoning, purpose, application, and progression of each technique to provide guidance in your PRI decision making!

Every non-manual technique you receive in PRI course material originated from a patient.  Each technique has a story, a purpose, and a reason for existence.  What works for some patients may not work for others and thus another activity is born.  Some ask, “how did the concept of PRI start”; through patient care, that’s how.  Over the past 27 years, the creation and evolution of PRI has taken place.  Each patient has taught a lesson, sent a message and left an imprint that encompasses what PRI is. 

PRI has been developing patient handouts used for education of both clinicians and patients for decades.  Although there are an abundance of activities, there is a reason for each and every one.  Please check back weekly to discover our featured Technique of the Week!

We often find articles published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies to be of interest. Last month was no exception. Consider reading the following from the July 2009 issue.

An investigation into the regulation of intra-cranial pressure and its influence upon the surrounding cranial bones.

Breathing evaluation and retraining in manual therapy.

Treatment of Beraud’s Vertebro-pericardial Fascia.

Look at all the asymmetry going on in this x-ray!  Notice the size difference in the obturator foramens, the asymmetry in the pelvic floor opening and the difference between the left and right head of the femurs.  This is a classic example of a Left AIC pelvis!

If you were planning on registering for the Postural Respiration course in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on August 29-30 August 1st is the deadline.  With only a few registrations for this course, we may need to cancel it so if you are interested…tell your friends about it!

Hi Bobbie/Ron,
I would like to thank you both for the opportunity to see Ron treat my patient in Lincoln yesterday via Skype. Here I was in NC, and it was almost as good as being there ! I learned a lot and think this is an excellent tool for any clinician who wants to consult from wherever they are. The patient could also be in your clinic anywhere on this planet and Ron in Lincoln can see the patient from there. I hope everyone takes advantage of this great learning opportunity, I certainly plan to continue to do so.  – Sangini

If you were planning on applying for certification this year the deadline for your application is September 15th!  Summer is going by fast and September will be here before you know it!  To print off the application, click here!  To learn more about certification, click here!

August 29-30 – Viginia Beach, Virginia – Postural Respiration

September 26-27 – Columbus, Georgia –Myokinematic Restoration

October 3-4 – Shakopee, Minnesota – Myokinematic Restoration

October 24-25 – Duluth, Minnesota – Myokinematic Restoration

If any of you use the Two Point Stance activity found on the 2nd Edition Non-Manual Techniques CD-Rom you may want to make this correction on your handout!  Roberta Delfun, PT, PRC found a mistake on the original exercise!  When performing this technique in left sidelying, the right arm should move back on INHALATION and come forward on EXHALATION.  The first row of pictures has the 2nd and 3rd picture reversed.  To print a new copy, click here!

Take a look at the most recent picture we have taken of a classic Right TMCC pattern!  Do you see what we see?

• Fullness and bulging of the right lateral face (zygoma region) secondary to increase of frontozygomatic angle.
• Right temporal indentation compared to the left (right temporal internal rotation, left temporal external rotation)
• Forward, opened, wider, larger right orbit
• More visible left flared ear
• Larger and more opened right nostril (especially seen with right torsion)
• Increased distance between side of face and lateral ocular angle on the right side
• Elevated right eyebrow

If you are interested to learn more about this, register for a Cervical Cranio Mandibular Restoration course here!

We have set the date for the Interdisciplinary Integration course in 2010!  The course will be held Wednesday, April 14 – Saturday, April 17!  All four days will be full of new and exciting information related to feet, dentistry, vision and our new topic….REST!  The entire 4th day will be covering rest and sleep integration as it relates to PRI!  Plan ahead for this course…you don’t want to miss it!  You can register for all four days or each individual day by clicking here!

The Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course in Woodbury, Minnesota, August 8-9 is full!

While traveling, we came across an article written in the Scientific American Mind.  The article is about the “hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner”.  The first half of the article is interesting but it’s the last section of the article on “Lopsided Love” that caught our attention!  To read the entire article click here!