What a fantastic weekend in Anchorage. It was a proper Alaska “shoulder season” weekend and a perfect time to come together at The Physical Therapy place in order to connect and learn about patterned respiration.
Joy and Katie were amazing hosts and brought the five star Alaskan hospitality. It was truly an enjoyable few days for me exploring Anchorage and spending time with some amazing class participants.
Katie B. was an excellent example of superior T4, where her right scalenes successfully built a “bigger garage” in her right upper chest wall. This was revealed as we peeled back layers of compensation through a superior T4 manual technique.
Meg brought in her experience being a patient of PRIME in the past, and gave me some great advice for the Boston Marathon from when she ran it back in 1997! Kelsey T. and Kelsey G. helped remind us of the value of meeting, collaborating, and learning in person from each other, with Kelsey T. making the track from Reno. Bibo made the trek through “the tunnel” from Whittier to learn with us and was such a delight to have lunch with.
Beata provided fantastic recaps on day two demonstrating a full understanding of the material. Dave provided soothing narration of the manual and non-manual techniques, as well as a humbleness of admitting he may be over-patterned in his respiratory mechanics.
Juliet was a joy to have in class and provide insights on how to integrate PRI within her aquatic practice. So many applications through that medium! Oksana provided a fantastic example of PEC respiratory mechanics. Her pelvic floor patients, as well as her power lifting patients, will massively benefit from her newfound knowledge of patterned rib cage behavior.
Aryn and Sam were an absolute delight to have in class and are so fortunate to learn about patterned airflow so early on in their career. Joy and Katie are excited for them to take over The Physical Therapy Place someday 🙂
Thanks for the salmon, Sam!!
Thanks again to my two friends Joy and Katie for hosting, for the BEST PIZZA in the country, the shirt, and the lovely card. I can’t wait to go back to Alaska!