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Blog Posts in 2008

“Pitfalls to Stabilization Rehabilitation” - Impingement & Instability

Failure to address pain and hypomobility
Failure to follow progression steps
Failure to ensure proper patterns of movement
Failure to ensure proper muscle firing sequences
Allowing incorrect movement patterns
Failure to understand the mechanics of selected movements
Failure to understand demands of patient’s functional activities
Failure to involve the whole kinetic chain
Failure to rehabilitate deceleration and acceleration components of movement

Scientific foundations and principles of practice in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Magee, Zachazewski, Quillen. 2007

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 28, 2008 at 9:02AM

Categories: Courses

Impingement and Instability Course Notes

For those that attended the Impingement and Instability course in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past weekend and would like the information on Cervical Afferent Reflexes, click here! To obtain the information on Type I treatment guidelines, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 25, 2008 at 9:29AM

Categories: Courses

Course Vacancy

We recently re-opened two courses that we’re previously listed as “full”. Our Impingement & Instability course this weekend in Minneapolis now has one opening. Also, our Advanced Integration course scheduled for December 4-7 has 6 openings. Please register at your earliest convenience as space is limited. We hope to see you soon! Thanks.

Janie Ebmeier

Posted October 24, 2008 at 9:33AM

Categories: Courses

Discussion with Ron Hruska - Part Two

What are your favorite activities to isolate the left abdominals and to inhibit the hip flexors?

60-60 Supine Twists

60-60 Sidelying Twists

Sidelying Crossovers

Right Sidelying Knee Toward Knee with Balloon

Left Sidelying IO/TA Foot Toward Foot

Sidelying Hip Lift

Sidelying Trunk Lift

Left Sidelying Supported Hip Lift

“These are my favorite activities to give individuals with juvenile kyphosis, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, PEC patterns, and runners”.

What is the most consistent, reinforced, feed-forward integrated muscle group in PRI?
“Left IO’s and left TA’s.”

What is the most common muscle group missed in a PRI integrated program?
“Left abdominals.”

To learn more about PRI non-manual techniques, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 23, 2008 at 9:54AM

Categories: Techniques

Discussion with Ron Hruska

The abdominals have been a popular area of discussion at PRI the last few weeks. When able to catch a moment of Ron’s “free” time, I asked him a couple of burning questions…

What are your favorite activities to find and feel your left abdominals and achieve a left zone of apposition?

Alternating Posterior Pelvic Rotation and Reciprocal Bilateral Wall Leg Lift

90-90 Crossovers

60-60 Sidelying Twists

All Four Belly Lift

Wall Short Seated Left Arm Reach with Balloon

Seated Resisted Bilateral Arm Pull Down with Adduction #4

“These activities are activities I would give for individuals with left rib flairs, someone who has the inability to achieve a left ZOA, for swallowing dysfunction, for PEC patients, for left unilateral neglect, for right upper trap tension and for someone who has an overactive right quadratus lumborum.”

Stay tuned for tommorrow’s question…What are your favorite activities to isolate the left abdominals and inhibit the hip flexors?

To learn more about PRI non-manual techniques, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 22, 2008 at 9:35AM

Categories: Techniques

Temporomandibular Disorder and Dysfunctional Breathing

“Influences of Dysfunctional Respiratory Mechanics on Orofacial Pain” written by Ron Hruska was referenced in an article printed in the Brazil Journal of Oral Sciences titled “Temporomandibular Disorder and Dysfunctional Breathing”. This article discusses the relationship between respiratory muscles and TMD and presents studies covering respiratory mechanics, breathing syndromes and overuse of accessory inspiratory muscles. To access this article, click here!

To access “Influences of Dysfunctional Respiratory Mechanics on Orofacial Pain”, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 16, 2008 at 10:00AM

Categories: Articles

Acetabular Femoral Internal Rotation - AF IR

Acetabular Femoral Internal Rotation written by Lisa Bartels, DPT is the latest topic being featured in the Performance Conditioning newsletter. This newsletter is a publication that goes out to coaches and athletes involved in cycling, volleyball and baseball. This is a great article that describes what AF IR is, the importance of it and how to achieve it! To access the article, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 15, 2008 at 10:17AM

Categories: Articles

New Technique

Because of the importance of this week’s Technique of the Week, we have created a new activity. The “Left Stance in Right AF IR Position from the Right AIC Pattern” is the second neuromuscular activity in the PRI integrated standing activities that allows the patient to experience proprioceptive right acetabular femoral internal rotation as he/she shifts their weight from their left non-dominant lower extremity to their right while keeping his/her right leg behind the left.

Click here to get a copy of this new activity!
Click here to read about the What, Why, When, Where and Who behind this new activity!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 14, 2008 at 10:22AM

Categories: Techniques

Pattern vs. Position

In the last several weeks the issue of “Left AIC Position” vs. “Left AIC Pattern” has come up. Although similar, there is a distinct difference between the two. Once we started discussing the differences between the two, we also realized that there is an additional element…PRI Stance! Now that we have it all clear, we have updated and added material to the Myokinematic Restoration manual. To check out the updates…click here! Also, take a look at the Technique of the Week for additional text referring to this issue!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 13, 2008 at 10:26AM

Categories: Courses

Another Great Article…

Karin Shelstad, ATC and Karen Jiran, MPT, PRC brought our attention to a fantastic article…“Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular interventions: a physical approach to cystic fibrosis” written by Mary Massery, PT, DPT. This is an article discussing the effects that early physical intervention can have on the physical development of children with CF. In this article, Massery provides a case study demonstrating how early intervention can play a vital role in slowing down the disease process. Although the case study was very interesting, I found the most informational area of this article to be found in Massery’s explanation of internal and external pressures on the thoracic and abdominal cavity by using a “soda pop” can analogy! To access the entire article, click here!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted October 9, 2008 at 10:45AM

Categories: Articles