As a PRI Instructor, it's not often we have the opportunity to have a true "home game," but that's what we had this weekend with Myokinemtic Restoration. I had the opportunity to teach and collaborate with a great group of individuals with diverse backgrounds in my home clinic. And, since it was a home game, it was great to collaborate with my co-worker, Donna Parise Byrne, PT, PRC. We had a fantastic discussion about the positional tests in PRI, and how to look at them differently now that we can find and appreciate the human asymmetry inherent in the L AIC pattern. We had the opportunity to find and feel muscles during the lab section, and we had a great demo regarding how to approach an individual who has a more of a PEC presentation than a L AIC presentation. We talked about there are times to be "Batman," and times to be "Bruce Wayne." We talked about our Internal Rotation Boy Band and why we need to keep the band together. And we talked about how the hamstring is the Gate Keeper of the Gait Cycle. My thanks to Zach Lloyd, Jayson Leisenring, and Elizabeth Manning for being our models for the course, and allowing us to learn from them. It was great to have my friend of 15 years, Rick Noelte, in attendance as well. And great questions and dialogue with Susan Rocchini, Erik Smith, Aaron Doering, Julia Glick, Hetal Patel, and Kim Greenstein. Everyone in the entire group had great questions, and it was a pleasure to have everyone at our "home game!"

It is always great to teach material where there are individuals that are assisting the understanding of the course material, objectives and application.  We always try to balance out our PRI courses with adequate assistance from “lab assistants” based on number of course attendees.  We had two wonderful assistants scheduled, Miquel Aragoncillo BS, CSCS, ACSM, HF, PRT and Frank Mallon PT, DPT, PRC, two of the nicest and genuine people I know.   However, we also were gifted with a number of other “assistants” that helped make this two days clinically resonate.  First of all a big shout out to Katherine Dixon DPT who was the perfect subject with a non-pathologic TMCC and a beautiful underlying LAIC/RBC.  Without her we would not have had one of the most ideal set of outcomes she displayed with pre and post testing, using Cervical Revolution methodology and assessment recommendations.  We all saw and experienced an unforgettable demonstration that was at times even surreal for me.  Perfection!   Wish we would have had Matt Hornung there to video this and the solid results correlating with testing procedure revolving around the neck.   Byron Curletto CMT, CPT beautifully demonstrated the correct way to carry out the Standing Cervical-Cranial Repositioning PRI technique, while Kristen Wilson PT,DPT, GCS objectively showed us how to carry out the Supine Active Sacro-Sphenoid Flexion PRI technique and objectively demonstrate to her husband, Michael Wilson PT,DPT, OCS that her neck symptoms are real and appear to be coming from the neck as a result of her mandibular pattern and malocclusion. They were instructed to go out on a date night after the course. .. hope they will if they haven’t yet. Dr. Howard Hindin DDS was there with Brad Gilden PT, DPT, CFMT, FAAOMPT, CSCS and enlightened and reinforced material that was complimenting their efforts through The American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry.  I am looking forward to spending time with them in Puerto Rico and further present, collaborate and discuss the importance of establishing “neutral” airways in all of our patients.  Jon Herting PT, DPT, CSCS  not only helped The Training Room Physical Therapy schedule and host this weekend course, but also did a great job in assisting administratively and with our nourishment needs. Nancy Brown NSCA CPT allowed us to visually see how a person with a cranium that is in a Right Torsional position can benefit from PRI, by placing her pre and post pictures in the Powerpoint. All of these people were my “assistants” and without them this course and its direction would have been significantly stymied! So to all these who attended and all of these assistants. Thank you.

The PRI Fitness and Movement Course had its debut in Nebraska this past weekend at Gibbie's training facility: XplosiveEdge in Omaha. Thank you so much to Team Xedge for being wonderful hosts and inviting us into your homebase. You guys are top notch and we are so grateful to have spent the weekend with you! Keep up the great work!! This specific course was jammed back with brilliant minds including Mr. PRI himself, Ron Hruska. Thank you Ron and all the attendees that came out to learn and support our affiliate course efforts. It was a fun weekend and we hope you all enjoyed the material presented! One of the main focuses of this course is to emphasize the dynamic thoracic posture required for effective diaphragmatic breathing. When we develop too much external muscle mass overtop of a rigid axial frame, our breathing system can become strained. Overtime, this strain can affect our core performance and our abdominal’s ability to synchronize properly with our hips and shoulders. The strain also causes hyperactivity of various muscle chains which can limit how our ribs move and rib mobility is crucial for our durability and spine health. With PRI, we understand breathing is more than just about the thoracic diaphragm and ventilation. We need to be able to move air within our bodies in order to shut off the hyperactive chains of muscles and dissolve the unwanted muscle tension to optimize our postural health. Want to perfect your application of PRI? Three sites left for 2017! Denver, Minneapolis, and Frederick, MD. Hope to see you there!

The University of Louisville Athletic Center has an energy that just motivates you to want to perform. Home of the Cardinal's, the athletic staff including Teena Murray, Sean Smith, Chris Hays and the rest of the U of L athletics staff hosted Postural Respiration last weekend. Many thanks for the Louisville staff for hosting PRI. This was a group that was heavily weighted with strength and conditioning professionals not only from Louisville but from nearby training facilities as well. There were several DPT's and PT's that work in a hospital setting or private practice. Sarah Martin, DPT, PhD was lab assistant and was critical in making this weekend a success. One of the participants, Molly Binetti, works with Louisville Women's Volleyball and Superior T-4 Syndrome was a critical topic for her athletes as well as for Josh Kesel who is a strength coach for his pitching and performance practice for baseball pitchers. TOS, or thoracic outlet syndrome, was discussed regarding high performance athletes who compensate with scalenes and are prone to Superior T-4 Syndrome. One of the demonstrations of the manual Superior T-4 technique, to determine if Superior T-4 Syndrome exists, was performed for the group to see if a left apical chest wall deficit as opposed to the right existed. Left apical expansion was limited and a Right Subclavius Myosseous Restorative Technique to restore normal BC chamber function was provided with all PRI tests becoming neutral after this technique was provided. This individual in lab could have not been a better subject and it is always a welcomed outcome for the instructor! Even though this was a Postural Respiration course, PEC issues were discussed in detail for performance athletes and Mike Cantrell's article on Inferior T-8 syndrome is a must read for everyone. There are always PEC's who love extension for performance and one of the attendees benefited from a two person Infraclavicular Pump performed by Sarah Martin and me.