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Blog Posts in 2016

I had a great time teaching Myokinematics of the Hip and Pelvis last weekend in Salem Oregon! The staff of Hope Orthopedics have been waiting for a PRI class for a year and I hopefully did not disappoint them! Suzie and her co-workers made me feel very welcomed and Norm kept me from running into various obstacles as I discussed the finer points of human patterned asymmetry as it relates to an A on an F and a F on an A! Minh Nyugen, OT PRC is a dear friend of mine who hadn't seen me teach since my last training course with James in the fall of 2010. I love to see my PRI family and meet new friends. I was also able to spend a few extra days with my own personal family that made traveling out of my EST zone that much better! The new and improved Myokin course was a pleasure to teach and although we NEVER have enough time to go over all of the finer points in an Intro course, I feel confident that the course manual will guide their clinical practice. Thank-you to all of the course attendees who came to my last course of 2016! I will work on refining my sometimes unorganized delivery and my jokes in my off-season. Thank-you to all I humbly had the pleasure to teach to this past year. I am honored to be a part of this amazing team. Have a great Holiday season PRINation! See you all in 2017!

Posted November 9, 2016 at 11:39AM
Categories: Courses

California Dreamin' was a common response to Water Sports and Physical Therapy hosting another Postural Respiration at their facility integrated with Exos of La Jolla. This was another great mix of professions including PT's, ATC's and strength and conditioning professionals. There were four chiropractors who have attended other courses, an RN and a dentist from San Diego who specializes in TMD and facial pain. He wanted to understand the relationship of the diaphragm and orientation of the neck and head as it relates to the TMJ! This is such a great venue and we hope to keep coming back. Yours truly was grateful to be a local and drive 15 minutes to the location! Attendees came from as far as Virginia, Texas and Colorado! Over half of the class was new to PRI! Many thanks to Matt Uohara and Matt Varca for assisting. They make the weekend a rewarding experience for students and faculty!

Posted October 26, 2016 at 1:11PM

On October 15th  I gave a course in Fort Collins, CO at Rebound Sports and Physical Therapy. I especially enjoyed this particular course because of the questions regarding compensation, thanks Tyler Moos; because of the dentists in the room who added so much to the overview of occlusal relationships, thanks Dr. Kim Okamura and Dr. Kingdon Brady; because of the questions regarding treatment decision making and treatment intervention with patients who are in a cervical muscle pattern that relates to cranial position and mal-position, thanks Rob Lynde and Tim Richardt; and because of the host site hospitality, thanks Jon Hartwick and Craig Depperschmidt.

 I enjoy discussing how occlusion, spinal orientation and cranial osseous position can influence how the neck moves, or does not move. Spinal, cranial bone, tooth to tooth, and atlas on occiput as well as occiput on atlas coupling, can all be disconnected, neurologically and mechanically, if our cranial decompression/compression, inhalation/exhalation, or flexion/extension does not remain rhythmical.

The rhythmic flow of information, as complex as it can become, was enforced by the genuine interest of the entire class. This was a fun class to teach because this similar theme of rhythmicity was represented by both the class and the class material.

Posted October 26, 2016 at 1:02PM

This past weekend I had the pleasure of returning to EXOS (formerly Athletes Performance) in Phoenix, AZ. It was 5 years ago that I taught Myokin as a New Faulty member. What was even greater was seeing 40 new faces in the audience! Only my good friend Connor Ryan, PRC was known to me and he graciously came to help Dan and I lab assist. I flew in early enough to get a chance to hike up Camelback Mountain on Friday afternoon. It is always great to get outside and appreciate the beauty of this country. What a different terrain and air quality from where I awoke in NC that same morning! As much as I complain about leaving my time zone (sorry PRINation), I am always happy to come back to AZ. The desert is healing and the air is dry, but the enthusiasm and brain power in that room was anything but dry! Almost 90 % were taking their first PRI class with a few others on their way with learning of PRI science. The new format flowed well and the amount of content we put in this new manual was awesome. I kind of felt like a newbie myself as I navigated day 2 in presenting the integration of what we all learned in theory and testing on Day 1. Dan did a great job co-teaching the course with me and I was proud of him. The course had a diverse group of clinicians. The questions went from basic concepts to in depth gait analysis. I love to be challenged as a speaker. I reminded the class the only way to grow and truly learn is to be taken out of your comfort zone. I think we all were taken there in one way or another. I was reminded of something Ron talked about at our Faculty retreat this past summer. "Why do we teach? We teach to learn." A special shout out to the staff of EXOS for being such gracious hosts: Graeme Lauriston, Jas Randhawa, Jean Trolano, and Jason Hettler all attended from the EXOS organization. I also want to recognize the students in our class: Byron Miller, Kelsey Kankelfitz, and CJ Frizzell. Remember PRINation: "All your brain knows is patterns.." Ron Hruska

Posted October 25, 2016 at 1:21PM
Categories: Courses

How appropriate to teach Pelvis Restoration at Finish Line in New York City weeks before the New York City Marathon. Tri-planar pelvis control is vital not only for runners, but for any individual that sits, stands, or walks in life.  In that case, ALL humans.  We all need a stabile pelvis in order for our hips and trunk to rotate and our ankles and necks to wobble. 

Danny, Ashleigh, and Kim thanks for your first row enthusiasm.  Rondel, Stone, Otis, and Jason I appreciated your hunger and thoroughness to learn and understand PRI.  The first time PRI course attendees (Matt, Jake, Alan, Karin, Kara, Oleg, Lily, Jeremy, Matt, Jimmy, Carly, Ross, Iwalani, Dan, Elana, Erica, Jeff, Emmi and Jameela) my respect and admiration for going on thru this in-depth material with me. Those attendees for coming back for more PRI, your passion to learn and apply principles taught in this course you have my professional respect.  FINISH LINE P.T.—Caroline, Lily, Alison, Jason, Carly, Alicia, Andrew, Michael, Raechel, and Emmi, thank you for hosting all of us.  Your tireless commitment to PRI is awesome!  Lastly, a huge shout out to my awesome assistants Trevor and Greg, PRC’s from Resilient Performance Physical Therapy you have wicked PRI skills.  I loved teaching in New York and had a wonderful time exploring the area after the course.  Thank you!

Posted October 24, 2016 at 8:41AM

Jen Poulin, one of PRI's veteran faculty members, told me that this group of attendees would be great to present to. She was spot on and this group assisted by Carolyn Weber, PT, PRC and Holly Spence, PT, PRC was most engaging and enthusiastic . There were physical therapists that either worked in a hospital setting, private practice or with local ski teams. Former ski racers, now turned physical therapists and mentors that were new to PRI got the concepts immediately and could see applications for their athletes as well as general populations. As always, the questions asked were intelligent and challenging backed by a strong drive to learn and explore new concepts and practical applications of a previously unknown science to many in the room. Also in attendance was a DC/PT, athletic trainers and strength and conditioning professionals. Vermont has a great audience and already has another PRI course scheduled for next year. Many thanks to the staff at Northwestern including Karen Staniels and Christy Cushing. Thanks again to Carolyn and Holly for your help!

Posted October 4, 2016 at 11:33AM

Fresh off of a weekend in Big Sky Country of western Montana! I thoroughly enjoyed the countryside and the crew that assembled to learn about triplanar AF hole control! Thank you gracious hosts Angie Robertson, Dale Koch and St. Peter's Physical Therapy for your efforts to make a great weekend of learning possible. I enjoyed this group of movement scientists, many of whom were new to the arena of PRI, as we discussed acetabulofemoral and femoroacetabular mechanics for neuro patients, high level competitive athletes and industrial athletes alike. We enjoyed a lively discussion about integration of known principles of rehab with PRI paradigm of retraining a system of movement with specific attention to identifying pathologies and applying PRI treatment paradigms to rectify them. Thank you Susan "NC" Fain and Rob "Blue Shirt" Gillespie for keeping the instructor on his toes, thank you Bob Sahli and Meg Zimmer for integrating with the group on multiple fronts. Thanks Lindsey Flint, Aric Thorne-Thomsen, Dale and Patient Paul Mann for helping model demonstration of testing and treatment techniques during lab. Stephen Dobelbower provided the coolest name to say and some great dialogue as well. So many engaging clinicians determined to learn how identify asymmetry, facilitate and integrate--thanks again Montana Myokin crew!

Posted September 23, 2016 at 10:17AM

We are adding courses to the website as we get the host site contracts back. We will be sending out our full brochure the first weekend of December. Be sure to check the website for new courses as we add them!

Posted September 21, 2016 at 2:02PM

On September 9th and 10th I went to IMPACT Physical Medicine and Aquatic Center in Minneapolis to present Cervical Revolution. It was so good for my heart and soul. In 2004, I met a gentleman named Stan Babel with a multi-disciplinary thinking spirit. Stan has a mind that complimented my mindful behavior. After all, at that time the Institute was only 3 years strong. His demeanor, sincerity and outlook on life reinforced my drive to continue to grow an interdisciplinary culture. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudice and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. Mr Babel courageously had the first PRI Aquatics pool built in Texas, shipped it to Minneapolis, knocked a hole in the side of a building and created a “stir” of excitement with PRI Aquatic based concepts.

I’ve learned so much from him over the years and it all began with genuine honesty and trust. Therefore, giving this course and getting an opportunity to see this pool again was so rewarding for me. The IMPACT staff’s dedication to interdisciplinary mindedness is at the heart of what makes PRI. I asked Jen how many course attendees from IMPACT have attended PRI courses over the years; her response was “definitely over 20” and many of them are certified and have taken multiple courses.  Minneapolis/ St Paul was the first real PRI “hub”.  We are so indebted to these people.  I love them all, I enjoyed teaching material that is related to the neck and that also reflects their work, passion and, yes, their pool.

“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds.” –Albert Einstein

Posted September 16, 2016 at 2:18PM

Postural Respiration was taught at the Detroit Medical Center in the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan building September 10-11, 2016. This course was 2/3 full of new students to PRI and many other first timers to Postural Respiration. This group was enthusiastic from the start and responded well to learning the basics of PRI from providing a foundation with a neutral pelvis then addressing ribcage management of tri-planer air flow. Some of the big hits for new time attendees were that the left hamstring is an essential muscle for pelvic repositioning and is necessary to achieve an agonistic relationship with a left abdominal wall. This basic but essential concept was a huge revelation to even the most seasoned practitioners attending. During lab the concept became very real as femurs started adducting after a non-manual repositioning technique. Of note was one of the PT's in the course had taken a Protonics course by Ron Hruska in 2000! During this course there was time to really correlate PRI testing with position of the diaphragm as it relates to the axial skeleton. Then being that this course has manual techniques, one and two person manual techniques were described and demonstrated numerous times with reasoning when and why a manual vs. non-manual technique would be used. Detroit is a great city and this was a great venue! The feedback was Michigan doesn't get enough PRI courses and they want more!

Posted September 15, 2016 at 2:17PM
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