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Blog Posts in 2010

It's Here!

Our 2011 course brochure is hot off the press! Click HERE to view an electronic copy or contact us with your address to be sure that one arrives in your mailbox.

Janie Ebmeier

Posted December 10, 2010 at 4:09PM

Categories: Courses

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Congratulations!

It is with much excitement that we announce our PRC Class of 2010! Congratulations to the following 14 therapists who recently completed our four-day Advanced Integration course followed by two-days of clinical and analytical examination. You all did an outstanding job!

Julie Blandin, PT, ATC, CSCS, PRC
Physiotherapy Associates - Norfolk, VA

Steve Cuddy, MPT, PRC
STAR Physical Therapy - Austin, TX

Shelly DeRuiter, PT, PRC
Work Systems Rehab & Fitness - Pella, IA

Dennis Eickhoff, PT, PRC
Pro Rehab - Delano, MN

David Foo, PT, LAc, CSCS, PRC
Integrity Physical Therapy - Libertyville, IL

Jason Gauer, PT, PRC
Avera St. Luke’s Hospital - Aberdeen, SD

Ryan Hruska, DPT, PRC
Rejuvenation Center - Omaha, NE

Curt Johnson, PT, PRC
Impact Physical Medicine - St. Paul, MN

Elizabeth McCulley, PT, DPT, PRC
Altru Hospital - Grand Forks, ND

Kris Naig, DPT, PRC
Peak Performance - N. Country Health Services - Bemidji, MN

Veronica Paquette, PT, PRC
Essex Aquatic & Rehab Center - Essex Jct, VT

Jodi Reerink, PT, PRC
Rejuvenation Center - Omaha, NE

Onni Jonatan Syvanto, PT, PRC
Summit Orthopedics - Woodbury, MN

Elizabeth Wheeler, DPT, PRC
Launch Sport Performance - Bethesda, MD

Janie Ebmeier

Posted December 8, 2010 at 4:14PM

Categories: Postural Restoration Certified (PRC)

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Integrating AF IR and AF ER into Single Leg Dynamic Training

“Integrating AF IR and AF ER into Single Leg Dynamic Training” is the latest article written by Lisa Bartels, PT, PRC for the Performance Conditioning newsletter. You can read it HERE!

Bobbie Rappl

Posted December 5, 2010 at 4:19PM

Categories: Athletics Articles

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3rd Annual PRC Meeting

The 3rd Annual PRC Meeting is scheduled for Saturday February 19th in Salt Lake City, Utah. If you are a PRC and planning on attending there are a block of rooms reserved at:

SLC Marriot University Park
Contact person is Scott Pirraglio at 801-581-1000

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact Jen Poulin or James Anderson.

Bobbie Rappl

Posted December 1, 2010 at 4:21PM

Categories: Postural Restoration Certified (PRC)

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Pelvis Restoration

Janie Ebmeier

Posted November 24, 2010 at 4:25PM

Categories: Videos

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Looking forward to next week!

Looking forward to Advanced Integration. We had so much fun last year…..learning, pizza study parties, and even a Nebraska football game party!

Happy turkey day to all!
Liz Wheeler

Janie Ebmeier

Posted November 24, 2010 at 4:23PM

Categories: Clinicians

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OSMA 2010 Symposium

Eric Pinkall, PT, PRC was among the speakers to present at the Omaha Sports Medicine Alliance - 2010 Symposium held on November 13th. Eric discussed “Evaluation of the Hip: A Postural Restoration Approach” and was kind enough to share a outline of his presentation with us. Click here to read more! Thank you Eric for your support of PRI through clinical education in our community!

Janie Ebmeier

Posted November 23, 2010 at 4:29PM

Categories: Clinicians

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PRI Vision - Question and Answer Session #2

PRI Vision Question - What do you mean when you say “the patient needs more minus?”

PRI Vision Question- “Please discuss monovision and neutrality.”

PRI Vision Question - “Are there any self tests we can teach our patients to perform at home to determine neutrality?”

PRI Vision Question - “Are there any vision tools you would recommend we use to determine vision related issues?”

PRI Vision Question - Patient case study on history of cataracts and depth perception issues.

PRI Vision Question - Patient case study on treating astigmatism and convergence issues.

Bobbie Rappl

Posted November 22, 2010 at 4:51PM

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Success Story from Jennifer Poulin, PT, PRC

I have been working with this patient on a PRI plan of care to address left lower extremity radiculopathy following a back surgery. We might refer to this as “failed back syndrome”. She had plateaued in her program and was getting frustrated with her lack of progress. She was wearing some good shoes consistently and I did not see major foot and ankle concerns initially. This is a patient who is dedicated to her rehab plan of care so I knew compliance was not an issue. We spoke at length about the benefits of a PRI orthotic and I finally convinced her to give them a try.

She returned this week after wearing the orthotics for only two weeks and was thrilled with her immediate changes. I asked her to put it in writing so we could share with others. I know the orthotic is an investment for many, but the return on this investment is well worth it!

I especially thought Ron and Dr. Wise would be interested in her visual changes!

Jen

Hi Jennifer,

I want to thank you and the person you worked with on my new orthotics—they’re wonderful! I started seeing changes immediately upon inserting them into my shoes:

I gained approximately 2 inches in height because I was now firmly placing my weight on my heels versus balancing on the balls of my feet; people at I work were asking me how did I grow taller over a weekend.
I finally started to feel all the correct muscles (e.g. glutes, abs, adductor, etc.) in my body engaging in concert; typically I could only get that feeling when doing the PRI exercises.
I was able to walk 3.3 mph on the treadmill compared to 2.7 before the orthotics; I was even able to push upwards of 3.6 mph for short bursts.

Beyond the immediate changes, I’ve also had some additional successes with the orthotics:

On my last lift test I moved from a 3 to a 4; it feels great to be off that plateau.
My left calf and hamstring are gaining more flexibility.
My vision has also improved and I no longer have a need to visit my eye doctor for new eye glasses.

I am thankful for the improvements I’ve seen over the past couple of weeks, and I appreciate all the two of you have done to improve my quality of living.

Bobbie Rappl

Posted November 18, 2010 at 4:34PM

Categories: Patients

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Food for thought…

We received this email from a PRI educated clinician in Minnesota:

“I just thought I’d pass on some information from a Nova program that was on television recently. A doctor was researching genetic abnormalities associated with muscular dystrophy. He was interested in this field because both his older and younger brothers suffered from the disease.

He found an area in the genetic sequence where muscle genes had been “turned off”. He then tested himself and others who didn’t have the disease and determined that normal individuals also had these genes “turned off.” He then studied the genetic code of chimpanzee’s and the great apes and discovered that their genes were still “on.” He then discovered that the genes in question controlled the size and strength of the masseter (jaw) muscle.

Human masseter muscle has been on the evolutionary decline for some time now and is a fraction of the size found amongst the apes. In fact, the great apes have a masseter approaching the size of our quadriceps muscle. I thought perhaps our muscles have declined because we eat more marshmallows than they do but the doctor had a better explanation.

He reasoned that the greater the size and strength of the masseter muscle, the earlier in life the skull articulations must fuse in order to oppose the muscle’s pull. Ape skull articulations apparently fuse at about 3-4 years of age whereas human skull articulations don’t fuse until approximately 30 years of age. The delayed fusion has allowed our brains (and skull) to expand over the years in contrast to the apes.

The moral of the story is that improving human intelligence and brain size is more important than eating a tough steak.”

Mark Wolf, PT

Bobbie Rappl

Posted November 12, 2010 at 4:36PM

Categories: Articles

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