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The Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) was established in 2000 to explore and explain the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles.

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Your sense of the “middle” is manipulated by your autonomic nervous system without you ever knowing it. 

This convergence, compression, constriction……..has to be consciously considered in order to regulate any autonomic function.

Cranial Resolution
Live Stream
March 22-23, 2024
Jennifer Smart

Your sense of the “middle” is manipulated by your autonomic nervous system without you ever knowing it.

This convergence, compression, constriction……..has to be consciously considered in order to regulate any autonomic function.

Cranial Resolution
Live Stream
March 22-23, 2024
Jennifer Smart
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You live in a DOMINANT pattern! You use it all day, every day. To survive. There are many adaptations to this pattern that stray from the norm…….

But underneath them all is a #LAIC at some point!

Sometimes it’s nice to get out of it,

You might want to try it (alternation) more often!

Myokinematic Restoration
March 8-9, 2024
@jmillermtpt 👏 
#prination

You live in a DOMINANT pattern! You use it all day, every day. To survive. There are many adaptations to this pattern that stray from the norm…….

But underneath them all is a #LAIC at some point!

Sometimes it’s nice to get out of it,

You might want to try it (alternation) more often!

Myokinematic Restoration
March 8-9, 2024
@jmillermtpt 👏
#prination
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Forces are literally pulling you towards your midline at this very moment…..what strategies will you rely on to expand?

Unless you include sympathetics, no external or intra-oral device will be able to synchronize those forces allowing freedom at the neck or the body below for long!

Thanks to all the dental teams and integrative movement providers who joined us last weekend for Occlusal Cervical Restoration!

Forces are literally pulling you towards your midline at this very moment…..what strategies will you rely on to expand?

Unless you include sympathetics, no external or intra-oral device will be able to synchronize those forces allowing freedom at the neck or the body below for long!

Thanks to all the dental teams and integrative movement providers who joined us last weekend for Occlusal Cervical Restoration!
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TBT to the time we turned the course room into a Dohyō!

Already missing our Sumo stars from Japan!

TBT to the time we turned the course room into a Dohyō!

Already missing our Sumo stars from Japan!
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Respect the Neck!

This may be the best summary of our weekend exploring the R TMCC patterning as it relates to Occipital Atlanto Joint Function, Temporal positioning, Cranial Left Sidebending, Cranial Right Torsions and an introduction to Occlusal interferences. 

Cervical testing was practiced along with recommended manual and non-manual technique interventions to restore 30 degrees of cervical lordosis and normal triplanar cervical mobility.

Cervical Revolution 
Lincoln - Live Stream
#prination
@postrestinstjp

Respect the Neck!

This may be the best summary of our weekend exploring the R TMCC patterning as it relates to Occipital Atlanto Joint Function, Temporal positioning, Cranial Left Sidebending, Cranial Right Torsions and an introduction to Occlusal interferences.

Cervical testing was practiced along with recommended manual and non-manual technique interventions to restore 30 degrees of cervical lordosis and normal triplanar cervical mobility.

Cervical Revolution
Lincoln - Live Stream
#prination
@postrestinstjp
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“Fun is the first word to describe my weekend teaching Pelvis Restoration this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. 

This class of health practitioners were engaged all weekend. They asked questions! This was so fantastic as the Pelvis Restoration Course has a lot of material and can be dense. The questions made me excited, energized, and enthusiastic. Nearly half of the course attendees were attending their first PRI course, and many were attending their 2nd or 3rd. 

The feedback of going into the details of the pelvic inlet and outlet and understanding the position of joints and muscles made for a better understanding of the PRI tests and progression of treatment. I also felt the class understood how airflow and positioning of the pelvis can affect internal pressure management to assist with low back, Si, and hip tension/pain and PF dysfunctions. 

Thank you, @aleenakanner, for being a wonderful Lab Assistant. Thank you, Erin, Carly, and Kathleen with @spoonerpt for hosting. You guys were amazing.”

-Lori Thomsen

“Fun is the first word to describe my weekend teaching Pelvis Restoration this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona.

This class of health practitioners were engaged all weekend. They asked questions! This was so fantastic as the Pelvis Restoration Course has a lot of material and can be dense. The questions made me excited, energized, and enthusiastic. Nearly half of the course attendees were attending their first PRI course, and many were attending their 2nd or 3rd.

The feedback of going into the details of the pelvic inlet and outlet and understanding the position of joints and muscles made for a better understanding of the PRI tests and progression of treatment. I also felt the class understood how airflow and positioning of the pelvis can affect internal pressure management to assist with low back, Si, and hip tension/pain and PF dysfunctions.

Thank you, @aleenakanner, for being a wonderful Lab Assistant. Thank you, Erin, Carly, and Kathleen with @spoonerpt for hosting. You guys were amazing.”

-Lori Thomsen
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Had a fantastic weekend introducing asymmetry and the hemispheric human patterning to many PT students and APTA PT members at the Combined Sections Meeting in Boston!

Our PRI Providers in Boston are committed to sharing their passion as well, and we are so thankful for their insights and the support they offer in their communities and ours!

If you find yourself struggling to navigate the waters of PRI consider reaching out to a seasoned sailor who has been steering their ship a little longer than you. Our provider map is a great navigational guide to the nearest harbor!

Happy Sailing! 
#prination

Had a fantastic weekend introducing asymmetry and the hemispheric human patterning to many PT students and APTA PT members at the Combined Sections Meeting in Boston!

Our PRI Providers in Boston are committed to sharing their passion as well, and we are so thankful for their insights and the support they offer in their communities and ours!

If you find yourself struggling to navigate the waters of PRI consider reaching out to a seasoned sailor who has been steering their ship a little longer than you. Our provider map is a great navigational guide to the nearest harbor!

Happy Sailing!
#prination
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Summit Speaker Introduction: Donna Behr, MPT, MS, PRC
@donnabehr_pt_pri_pilates 

“Highlights of Clinical Integration Between Postural Restoration® and Integrative Breathing Therapy Treatment Approaches”

See you on April 25-26th!
#prination

Summit Speaker Introduction: Donna Behr, MPT, MS, PRC
@donnabehr_pt_pri_pilates

“Highlights of Clinical Integration Between Postural Restoration® and Integrative Breathing Therapy Treatment Approaches”

See you on April 25-26th!
#prination
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We dove into Dynamic Respiration considerations while expanding our mindset regarding rib rotation, abdominal activation, exhalation, extension, cervical considerations, objective AIC, BC and PEC testing and so many powerful technique positions, to start a repositioning program!

Thanks to everyone who traveled to Lincoln and all those online who contributed to this 2-day conversation!

About 90% of this group was new to PRI and hopefully left with new techniques and tools to try out in their clinics and gym spaces today! 

#prination
@robertskipgeorge

We dove into Dynamic Respiration considerations while expanding our mindset regarding rib rotation, abdominal activation, exhalation, extension, cervical considerations, objective AIC, BC and PEC testing and so many powerful technique positions, to start a repositioning program!

Thanks to everyone who traveled to Lincoln and all those online who contributed to this 2-day conversation!

About 90% of this group was new to PRI and hopefully left with new techniques and tools to try out in their clinics and gym spaces today!

#prination
@robertskipgeorge
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Summit Speaker Introduction: Robert “Skip” George
@robertskipgeorge 

“Psychosis or Neurosis: Two PRI Case Studies”

PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit
April 25-26th
#prination

Summit Speaker Introduction: Robert “Skip” George
@robertskipgeorge

“Psychosis or Neurosis: Two PRI Case Studies”

PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit
April 25-26th
#prination
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Primary Non-Manual Techniques Workshop.
February 2024. 

Without Referencing multiple Referents throughout Repositioning you really aren’t Retraining much……

What a fun two days exploring novel sense of known PRI positions. Thanks to all 70 clinicians across #prination who helped make this workshop so much FUN!

Primary Non-Manual Techniques Workshop.
February 2024.

Without Referencing multiple Referents throughout Repositioning you really aren’t Retraining much……

What a fun two days exploring novel sense of known PRI positions. Thanks to all 70 clinicians across #prination who helped make this workshop so much FUN!
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Our patterned developmental sequencing doesn’t stop at a certain age. The Human Evolution course outlines cases from birth through the adult aging process and outlines several sensory motor principles and developmental processes related to the milestones we reach throughout our life!

There is no one who incorporates positional push, pull and PLAY with everyone they meet better than @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc and the modification of techniques implemented in this Human Evolution experience is unlike any other material we offer!

Join us on April 6-7th in Pennsylvania or for our next Live Stream with Lisa on September 20-21st!

And thanks to all who joined us for the first rendition of 2024. Your dialogue and clinical questions made for a very enlightening two days!

Our patterned developmental sequencing doesn’t stop at a certain age. The Human Evolution course outlines cases from birth through the adult aging process and outlines several sensory motor principles and developmental processes related to the milestones we reach throughout our life!

There is no one who incorporates positional push, pull and PLAY with everyone they meet better than @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc and the modification of techniques implemented in this Human Evolution experience is unlike any other material we offer!

Join us on April 6-7th in Pennsylvania or for our next Live Stream with Lisa on September 20-21st!

And thanks to all who joined us for the first rendition of 2024. Your dialogue and clinical questions made for a very enlightening two days!
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Without appreciating our floors, and the intra and inter limb responsibilities above them, we are lost. Bi-hemispheric activity is lost, and cortical dominance runs the show. 

There is no better way to ground ourselves for the year ahead than starting off with the importance of Impingement & Instability sites throughout our system and the corollaries they provide!

What reference will you rely on, to ground YOU in the year ahead?

Without appreciating our floors, and the intra and inter limb responsibilities above them, we are lost. Bi-hemispheric activity is lost, and cortical dominance runs the show.

There is no better way to ground ourselves for the year ahead than starting off with the importance of Impingement & Instability sites throughout our system and the corollaries they provide!

What reference will you rely on, to ground YOU in the year ahead?
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