Saranac Lake, NY, was the site of the most recent Myokinematic Restoration class, and it was a very eventful class for a variety of reasons. One of them was the 4-6 inches that fell Sunday during the course. It was a very beautiful scene, until you realized it was April 29th.

More importantly, it was a course where we had the opportunity for as much, if not more, lab time compared to any course I have taught previously. We were fortunate to have two experienced and great lab assistants, Michelin Carroll, PT, ATC, and Sean Fitzgerald, PT, PRC. They have been in and around PRI for a long time, and having them help in lab was invaluable. My thanks to them!

We were able to delve into the differences between normal mechanics the L AIC pattern presents, as well as normal and pathological compensations that will arise. This led us into the polyarticular behavior the muscles of the pelvis and femur have on each leg as a result of the L AIC pattern. We were fortunate to have a lot of time to practice the positional assessments, as well as discuss what the positional tests indicate.

The value of the Hruska Abduction and Adduction Lift tests relative to the gait cycle and respiratory cycle was a significant topic of conversation and lab. We were fortunate to have two very good demonstrations with Matt Powers and Brendon Olsen. Matt gave us a good example of how to reposition someone who is in a L AIC pattern. And Brendon gave us a great example of how to get someone who is in a PEC pattern, and help them become inhibited enough to turn into a L AIC pattern.

My thanks to Shauna Thomas for helping us link the L AIC pattern to what she is seeing in her womens' health population; Megan Haught for her great questions and re-states; co-workers Bill Doherty and Linda Horizny for their enthusiasm in learning this new material; and Hilary O'Connor, who is a student physical therapist attending this course.

We all need a little more "Bruce Wayne" and a little less "Batman," and we need to make sure we have the proper "boy band" in our lives!

I returned this past weekend from a tremendous weekend of learning with an authentic group of learners in Colorado where Pelvis Restoration was on tap. I had the pleasure of being hosted once again by Jonathan Pope and his team at Train Rogue/Ethos Colorado Training Facility and I was reconnected with my friend Craig Deppershmidt, DPT, PRC as well as newly certified Karen Stillahn, PT, DPT, ATC, PRC who combined to provide a luxury PRC tag team during labs, much appreciated by all in the course. From LMT to OT to PT to DC to ATC to CSCS, this group of movement scientists brought it!

This course was packed with great discussions about LAIC and a bilateral AIC pattern that can lead us to using a PEC pattern to overstabilize a system that can lead to pain and/or pathology. We had thorough discussion of inlet and outlet function, urogenital diaphragm function related to position and relative order of operations for allowing anterior pelvic diaphragm function. We dove deep into how special tests correlate with one another to give a thorough, layered assessment of position, the pattern involved, compensation for said pattern, and pathology if present. From there, this group was keyed in on great clinical application of developing appropriate PRI facilitation programs to oppose the respective patterns identified, with inhibition components implemented when needed, with specificity attained with special tests. Pelvic and thoracic diaphragms were center stage.

We enjoyed a good discussion and lab series with case studies in the fold, with treatment appendix reference and application being the focus of discussion late. This group was engaged, focused, with great clinical questions and facilitation of discussion by Craig, Charles Fairbanks, Margaret Randolph, James Park and others. Thank you Kyler Crouse, Ellen Kindelsperger, Jonathan Pope, Sharon Petty, Nathan Olson and others for your time and assistance during lab demonstrations.

Thank you all for a weekend that flew by, so engaged with this lively, friendly group that I forgot to take any group pictures! Colorado intense! Thanks again to all.

We are excited to announce that Gabe Adams, and his father Ron will be joining us at our annual Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium on Thursday, April 19^th from 5:45-7pm for a “Conversational Presentation.” Gabe Adams was born in Brazil with Hanhart Syndrome, a genetic disorder, leaving him with no arms or legs. Adopted by his Utah family, Gabe is an amazing example of rising to the challenge. Despite his challenges, Gabe is an extremely independent 19 year old young man, and lives an amazingly “normal” life. He even made the dance teams at both Davis and Desert Hills High Schools. He recently graduated high school and has begun his career as a motivational speaker. James Anderson introduced us to Gabe a few weeks ago, and we knew right away that we wanted to meet this incredible young man and his parents. With our upcoming Symposium topic, “Postural Restriction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Alignment of Functional Patterns”, we will have several speakers discussing neurological and soft tissue tension. After seeing Gabe move with very little tension or resistance placed on his body, including dancing, climbing stairs, and being so incredibly independent with daily life activities, we knew this would be a great opportunity for all of us to learn more about Gabe and how he navigates through life with his trunk, head and neck. There is no doubt Gabe’s story will inspire you, and the opportunity to meet and learn from Gabe about his movement patterns and how he has gotten to where he is today is a once in a lifetime opportunity that will not only impact your professional practice, but also your personal life.

To learn more about Gabe, please visit www.limbitlessgabe.com. A limited number of seats are still available for our Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium on April 19-20^th in Lincoln, NE. CLICK HERE to register today!

As an instructor, it so fun to be able to teach close to home and have a "home game." I had the pleasure to work with a great group of movement professionals from a variety of backgrounds. It was great to have Mark Cibrario host us for the weekend at his gym, The Trainers Club. It was also so fun to have Ieve Deleon, PT, in attendance. Ieve and I worked together for 5 years, and having her in the audience was very special.

Every course has an opportunity to be lead by the attendees based on their questions. And the questions we had this weekend were on point, while giving us the opportunity to expand our concepts, and still stay on task to achieve our educational goals. My thanks to Michael DuBois, Gena Vernon-Davis, Ninna Wang, Andrew Eliszewski, Ryan Levonyak, and Brad Thurman, among others. We had so many contributors to our successful weekend. Kathryn Lehner and Kyle Tynan were very kind to let us learn from them and be our models for the weekend.

The fun part of the weekend was our lab time. We were able to spend a lot of time in lab working on positional tests, and the Hruska Abduction and Adduction Lift tests, We also were able to work our way through activities related the management of an individual with a pathological L AIC presentation, from activation to inhibition.

"Home games" are infrequent, and to have the opportunity to have had such a great group to work with, learn from, and interact with was truly the best part of the weekend!