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Blog Posts in May 2015

Once again I had pleasure traveling to sunny Poland in the first half of the May. Several hundred people were introduced to basic PRI concepts in Warszawa (Warsaw) and Poznań, as well as two courses were taught in Opole (Postural Respiration and Myokin Restoration). Food as usual was delicious and their infrastructure is continuously evolving. Traveling in southern Poland I have spotted these two bridges shown below. I think these bridges are the best representation of levator scapula action in physiological and compensatory state and its influence on cervical lordosis. Concomitant and reciprocal ideas between rehab medicine and engineering are getting stronger in Poland. ;)

Posted May 26, 2015 at 12:58PM
Categories: Courses

I thoroughly enjoyed a weekend of Pelvis Restoration with an inviting group in Seattle this weekend at Quality Care Physical Therapy!  Great discussions of knowing Pelvis Restoration special tests well so as to make the best decisions regarding how to help progress through pelvis algorithm fluidly, & fun with “Payne Train” and MJ during our learning. I enjoyed the whole weekend with my group in beautiful Bothell!  It is no wonder Seattle is the fastest growing metro area in the country!  Thank you to John, Tera, Anne, Carolyn, Anna--the excellent team at Quality Care--for their hospitality.  And thanks to Zach Hawthorne for being such a great representative of PRI for the greater Seattle area as well as a great hand during lab.  Thoroughly enjoyed the Pelvis Restoration experience with you all!

Posted May 21, 2015 at 10:09AM
Categories: Courses

Sophia Lynn Rappl was born on Monday, May 20th! She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.

Bobbie and  family (including big sisters Addalyn & Ella, and big brother Owen) are doing great! We look forward to Bobbie's return part-time in a few months, and in the meantime we will enjoy their occasional visits and photos!

Posted May 20, 2015 at 8:50AM

We are excited to announce that several PRI courses have been approved for CEU's by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCCa) Education Board! Listed below are the courses which have been approved, and the number of CEU's awarded for each course.

Myokinematic Restoration (live) - 7.5 CEU's
Postural Respiration (live) - 7.5 CEU's
Pelvis Restoration (live) - 7.5 CEU's

Myokinematic Restoration (home study) - 7.5 CEU's
Postural Respiration (home study) - 6.25 CEU's
Pelvis Restoration (home study) - 6 CEU's

Impingement & Instability - 7.5 CEU's
PRI Integration for Baseball - 7.5 CEU's

In addition, Strength and Conditioning Coaches (with SCCC Certification through the CSCCa) are eligible for the Postural Restoration Trained (PRT) credentialing process. If you have any questions, please email me!

Posted May 19, 2015 at 2:41PM
Categories: Courses

PRI Integration for the Home in Seattle, WA June 13-14 has been confirmed, the early registration date has been pushed back two weeks. To recieve the early registration rate of $445 be sure to register before May 29th. Click here to register.

Posted May 18, 2015 at 3:33PM
Categories: Courses

The second quarter PRC/PRT Update email was sent out yesterday. Please check your emails, and if you did not receive it, please email me to let me know! Also, if you are having trouble opening the links to attached documents in the email, it may be due to your email server blocking them for security purposes (this has occurred with a couple work/university domain emails). If this is happening, please contact me with a different email address that I can re-send the email to. Have a great weekend!
 

Last month, an article titled "Femoroacetabular Impingement: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment Options Using Postural Restoration. Part 1" written by Jason Masek, PT, ATC, CSCS, PRC was published in SportEx, a medical journal published in England covering topics of physical therapy and sports medicine. This is Part 1 of a three part series that Jason is authoring for the journal on this topic. For more information or to purchase a copy of the article, please visit www.sportex.net. To receive 20% off your purchase of the article, you can use the coupon code: 20AUTHOR.

CLICK HERE for a sneak peak of the article!

"Extension Powered People: Managing Self-Efficacy Through Integration"

Our 7th Annual Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium on April 16-17, 2015 brought together eight speakers from six different disciplinary perspectives who shared their expertise and experience on working with people who are driven to exceed, excel and excite at the expense of overextending their psychological and physiological systems.  The speakers reflected on the behavior of “extension powered people” and discussed and demonstrated operational treatmenst and intervention concepts and guidelines to reduce self-induced “need” for autonomic force.

Click HERE to view a slideshow of the speakers.

Posted May 11, 2015 at 3:23PM
Categories: Courses

The PRI Board of Director's are excited to announce that Certified Athletic Therapists, certified through the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association (CATA) are now eligible to apply for the Postural Restoration Trained (PRT) credentialing program. For those who may not be familiar with Certified Athletic Therapists in Canada, their education and training is very similar to Certified Athletic Trainers in the United States, who are certified through the Board of Certification. In fact, they have a Mutual Recognition Aggreement between these two organizations. With the growing interest of Postural Restoration in Canada, we look forward to having Certified Athletic Therapists join the growing list of PRT professionals!

If you are a Certified Athletic Therapist, and would like to learn more about the PRT credentialing program, click here or email me!

Posted May 6, 2015 at 4:29PM

Jason Masek, ATC, CSCS, PT, PRC spoke at the 2015 NCSA Coaches Conference January 9 in Louisville, KY. He spoke about how posture begins with proper rib cage position, which leads to better breathing and ultimately, better athletic performance. He emphasized how the postural position that you start in will affect the position that you end in. Hyperinflation and how to manage athletes with this problem was also discussed. Watch the video HERE.

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