About Us
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.
The Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) is a continuing education institute that was established in 2000 to explore and explain the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles. We offer 12 post-graduate level courses, in addition to an annual PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit, and we welcome any licensed healthcare or certified fitness professional to attend our courses. Professional credentialing opportunities (PRC, PRT and PRP Japan) are available to qualified professionals.
The human body is not symmetrical. The neurological, circulatory, muscular and visual systems (just to name a few) are not the same on the left side of the body as they are on the right. The Postural Restoration Institute® was established in 2000, to help healthcare and fitness professionals recognize this underlying asymmetry of these systems in our body, and the postural imbalances and patterns associated with dominant, unconscious or conscious overuse, of one side of the body; our right side.
PRI credentialed providers offer a unique approach to physical medicine called Postural Restoration®. This approach addresses underlying biomechanics which can often lead to symptoms of pain and dysfunction. All mechanical influences on the body that restrict movement and contribute to improper joint and muscle position are considered, examined, and assessed. Non-manual and manual techniques are utilized to restore proper alignment of the body while proper respiratory dynamics are considered. Management encompasses prevention and lifetime integration for long-term successful outcomes.
PRI credentialed providers have completed multiple advanced PRI courses, demonstrated a thorough understanding of the primary concepts through completion of an in-depth application process, and successfully participated in both practical and analytical testing onsite in Lincoln, Nebraska.
We do not see patients here at the Postural Restoration Institute, however we can help you Find a Provider near you (see map below)!
This 16-page guide outlines several daily activities which are commonly performed in dominant or patterned positions, and demonstrates alternate ways and instruction to perform them.
Learn how PRI can help with everyday tasks such as breathing, eating, office work, sleeping, speaking, standing, and walking.
PRI has been featured in numerous magazine articles, newsletters and peer reviewed journals.
If you are an athlete, PRI can help you maximize your performance. We have general athletic performance tips as well as tips for specific sports.
Learn more about foundational concepts related to PRI with our collection of free webinars with founder, Ron Hruska.
The PRI podcast features professionals from various Healthcare and Fitness settings, discussing the use of the science of Postural Restoration® and how it is implemented within these fields.
Postural Restoration Certified™ (PRC) professionals are Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Chiropractors and Occupational Therapists who have completed the Postural Restoration Certified™ credentialing program.
Postural Restoration Trained™ (PRT) professionals are Athletic Trainers and Strength & Conditioning Coaches who have completed the Postural Restoration Trained™ credentialing program.
Postural Restoration Provider™ (PRP) professionals are healthcare and movement professionals in Japan, who have completed the Postural Restoration Provider™ credentialing program, offered through PRI Japan. The professional backgrounds of these healthcare and movement professionals are notably different than the individuals going through the available PRC and PRT Credentialing pathways here in the U.S. and the Postural Restoration Provider™ (PRP) Japan Credential is available to various healthcare and fitness professionals in Japan, who are appropriately applying the science of Postural Restoration®.
A Postural Restoration Center™ is a place of business where at least one individual is PRI Credentialed (PRC or PRT) and all other individuals on staff who are eligible for credentialing (which includes PTs, OTs, PTAs, Chiropractors, Athletic Trainers, Athletic Therapists, Strength & Conditioning Coaches with CSCS or SCCC credential, CSPS, and Exercise Physiologists), have completed two or more PRI-sponsored courses.
*To ensure that credentialed providers are keeping up with the progressive science and growth of Postural Restoration®, those listed on this page have taken a course or completed credentialing within the past 5 years. You can view the PRI® courses that each provider has completed by clicking on their individual page.
**If you are unable to find a PRI® credentialed provider in your area, please contact us to see if there is anyone who has taken PRI® courses near you.
Our Community
“When you take a mundane movement and you add the imagery and you couple that with an emotion, and you’re reaching, and you’re feeling something and you couple that with music, the music is kind of the glue that encompasses everything”
Restoring Rhythms: Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Join us for the Interdisciplinary Studies Summit this April 23-24th in person or online via live stream!
Feb 19
“When you take a mundane movement and you add the imagery and you couple that with an emotion, and you’re reaching, and you’re feeling something and you couple that with music, the music is kind of the glue that encompasses everything”
Restoring Rhythms: Dance for Parkinson’s Disease
Join us for the Interdisciplinary Studies Summit this April 23-24th in person or online via live stream!
Angles, Arches, Airway and Apnea…….just a few topics highlighted by Ryan Leary, DDS at this years Summit!
Join us for “From Shrinking Jaws to Expanding Airway Care: What PRI® Clinicians Should Know About Modern Dental Sleep Medicine and Otolaryngology” this April!
Interdisciplinary Studies Summit
April 23-24th, 2026
Live or Live Stream
Feb 11
Angles, Arches, Airway and Apnea…….just a few topics highlighted by Ryan Leary, DDS at this years Summit!
Join us for “From Shrinking Jaws to Expanding Airway Care: What PRI® Clinicians Should Know About Modern Dental Sleep Medicine and Otolaryngology” this April!
Interdisciplinary Studies Summit
April 23-24th, 2026
Live or Live Stream
Coherence* requires Co-Sense of the Left Periphery, Left Heel, Right Glute Max, or Right Arm.
Ron’s definition,
*Coherence: “The quality of forming a unified whole via brain and body lateralization”
Feb 10
Coherence* requires Co-Sense of the Left Periphery, Left Heel, Right Glute Max, or Right Arm.
Ron’s definition,
*Coherence: “The quality of forming a unified whole via brain and body lateralization”
“I think of neutrality now a little differently since diving into this Polyvagal theory a lot, as availability and choice and helping them choose what they want to do with their body once they are regulated”
Julie Blandin, PT, ATC, CSCS, PRC will be presenting “The Neuroenergetic Interplay of Mind and Body:
Rewiring Breathing Patterns, Belief Systems, and
Postural Mechanics” on Friday April 24th!
Join us for this year`s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit in person or online!
Feb 6
“I think of neutrality now a little differently since diving into this Polyvagal theory a lot, as availability and choice and helping them choose what they want to do with their body once they are regulated”
Julie Blandin, PT, ATC, CSCS, PRC will be presenting “The Neuroenergetic Interplay of Mind and Body:
Rewiring Breathing Patterns, Belief Systems, and
Postural Mechanics” on Friday April 24th!
Join us for this year`s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit in person or online!
AI Vs. Reality
AI: “I increased her sensory awareness on the left by literally removing her right”
Ron: “everything on the Left is going down on a surface that’s coming up….what is allowing her to sense that? A concentric towel under her Left elbow and an eccentric band in her right hand”
Feb 5
AI Vs. Reality
AI: “I increased her sensory awareness on the left by literally removing her right”
Ron: “everything on the Left is going down on a surface that’s coming up….what is allowing her to sense that? A concentric towel under her Left elbow and an eccentric band in her right hand”
Frigid temps and a warm reception greeted this instructor for the latest Cervical Revolution, hosted at the PRI headquarters in Lincoln, NE. Attendees from around the world (Poland, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, and, of course, the US) tuned in to learn how the right temporal-mandibular-cervical chain (the TMCC), a neuromuscular chain encompassing our cranium, mandible, and neck, conspires with the chains below (left AIC, right BC) and the visual, vestibular, and occlusal systems above to orient us to our right and create adaptations that hold us there. These adaptations to the tissues of our neck and cranium and to our sensory systems provide the ingredients for our habitual forward locomotion and respiratory function and, over time, produce the symptoms for which our patients seek care.
The most critical adaptation involves the occipital-atlantal (OA) articulation, our neurobiological foundation responsible for foramen magnum position, brain stem centric freedom, cranial nerve performance, physiologic homeostasis, and the signaling to the brain that we’ve shifted to one side. Overactivity of our right TMCC interrupts this articulation’s ability to slide, glide, and roll on each side. We lose the instantaneous alternating left-to-right contact, and our brain becomes over-reliant on the right OA contact sense for upright function.
When trauma – concussion, whiplash, Lasik surgery – is layered on, the brain is placed further into threat mode and resorts to extension to reorient itself in space. These individuals may require additional exteroception in the form of orthotics – for their feet, teeth, and eyes – as they manage gravity and the demands of daily life.
- Louise Kelley
Feb 4
Frigid temps and a warm reception greeted this instructor for the latest Cervical Revolution, hosted at the PRI headquarters in Lincoln, NE. Attendees from around the world (Poland, Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, and, of course, the US) tuned in to learn how the right temporal-mandibular-cervical chain (the TMCC), a neuromuscular chain encompassing our cranium, mandible, and neck, conspires with the chains below (left AIC, right BC) and the visual, vestibular, and occlusal systems above to orient us to our right and create adaptations that hold us there. These adaptations to the tissues of our neck and cranium and to our sensory systems provide the ingredients for our habitual forward locomotion and respiratory function and, over time, produce the symptoms for which our patients seek care.
The most critical adaptation involves the occipital-atlantal (OA) articulation, our neurobiological foundation responsible for foramen magnum position, brain stem centric freedom, cranial nerve performance, physiologic homeostasis, and the signaling to the brain that we’ve shifted to one side. Overactivity of our right TMCC interrupts this articulation’s ability to slide, glide, and roll on each side. We lose the instantaneous alternating left-to-right contact, and our brain becomes over-reliant on the right OA contact sense for upright function.
When trauma – concussion, whiplash, Lasik surgery – is layered on, the brain is placed further into threat mode and resorts to extension to reorient itself in space. These individuals may require additional exteroception in the form of orthotics – for their feet, teeth, and eyes – as they manage gravity and the demands of daily life.
- Louise Kelley
It was great to be in Columbia, Missouri for the first Pelvis Restoration course of 2026!
Some concepts we explored included,
🚶♀️➡️🚶There’s a left and right side of the pelvis and these sides need to move differently from each other with forward movement.
↔️🔄Pelvis alternation occurs with frontal/transverse plane regulation.
🌬️🎈This regulation with respiratory and pelvic diaphragm synchronization allows the system to resonate.
💎💥The pelvis has a lot of detail with big impact.
Thank you to Teresa and Mizzou Therapy Services for hosting me this weekend!
- Lori
Feb 3
It was great to be in Columbia, Missouri for the first Pelvis Restoration course of 2026!
Some concepts we explored included,
🚶♀️➡️🚶There’s a left and right side of the pelvis and these sides need to move differently from each other with forward movement.
↔️🔄Pelvis alternation occurs with frontal/transverse plane regulation.
🌬️🎈This regulation with respiratory and pelvic diaphragm synchronization allows the system to resonate.
💎💥The pelvis has a lot of detail with big impact.
Thank you to Teresa and Mizzou Therapy Services for hosting me this weekend!
- Lori
Three unconnected symptoms, one common denominator!
Deanna Elliott, PT, DPT, PRC will be presenting “The Ripple Effects of Alignment: Postural Restoration® to Support Bowel Health, Anxiety and Pregnancy Outcomes” on Thursday April 23rd!
Join us for this year’s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit in person or online!
Feb 2
Three unconnected symptoms, one common denominator!
Deanna Elliott, PT, DPT, PRC will be presenting “The Ripple Effects of Alignment: Postural Restoration® to Support Bowel Health, Anxiety and Pregnancy Outcomes” on Thursday April 23rd!
Join us for this year’s Interdisciplinary Studies Summit in person or online!
Our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit is now available online!
You quite frankly can’t replace what occurs LIVE here in Lincoln and it’s worth the effort to experience someday.
But,
These presentations should have the chance to be heard around the world for those who can’t get here physically!
They are too powerful to miss!
Stay tuned for previews of these presentations and more information regarding the 2026 Summit!
Jan 30
Our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit is now available online!
You quite frankly can’t replace what occurs LIVE here in Lincoln and it’s worth the effort to experience someday.
But,
These presentations should have the chance to be heard around the world for those who can’t get here physically!
They are too powerful to miss!
Stay tuned for previews of these presentations and more information regarding the 2026 Summit!
Cranial Right Torsion
“This is the physiologic position of the cranium that is most often seen in the patient with a B AIC, B BC, R TMCC pattern. Often this pattern reflects and represents history that include whiplash, visual instability, significant malocclusions, chronic anteriorly
repositioned TMJ discs, head trauma and dysautonomia.
The occiput and sphenoid rotate around an anteroposterior (sagittal) axis in the opposite
direction.
When the above occurs, torsion is named after the side of the superior sphenoid wing. If the greater wing is high on the right side, it is called a right torsion pattern. If it is high on the left, it is called a left torsion pattern.”
Cervical Revolution - An Integrated Approach to Treatmet of Patterned Cervical Pathomechanics
Copyright©️ 2015-2026 Postural Restoration Institute©️
🎥 Louise Kelley
Jan 28
Cranial Right Torsion
“This is the physiologic position of the cranium that is most often seen in the patient with a B AIC, B BC, R TMCC pattern. Often this pattern reflects and represents history that include whiplash, visual instability, significant malocclusions, chronic anteriorly
repositioned TMJ discs, head trauma and dysautonomia.
The occiput and sphenoid rotate around an anteroposterior (sagittal) axis in the opposite
direction.
When the above occurs, torsion is named after the side of the superior sphenoid wing. If the greater wing is high on the right side, it is called a right torsion pattern. If it is high on the left, it is called a left torsion pattern.”
Cervical Revolution - An Integrated Approach to Treatmet of Patterned Cervical Pathomechanics
Copyright©️ 2015-2026 Postural Restoration Institute©️
🎥 Louise Kelley
Impingement and Instability has had the pleasure to kick-off the new PRI educational calendar for the last several years. It’s a great course to establish a solid neurobiological foundation for the PRI Secondary and Tertiary courses. It was my distinct pleasure to help PRI practitioners on that journey, and this most recent course was no exception.
This course has four unique PRI Non-manual techniques that capitalize on the conversations around pressure, neurobiology, and human asymmetrical sense of self that can only be found in the I&I course. These four unique PRI Non-manual techniques are a bridge to the rest of the PRI Secondary and Tertiary courses. It is a far more valuable experience for the live stream course attendees if there are in-person attendees available to perform these, as well as other, non-manual techniques because our discussions of reference centers and sense of pressure are better sensed than explained. My thanks to Ben Mix, Morgan McBee, Will Baum, and Eric Menchi for their attendance in-person, and their willingness to allow us to learn from them. We had a wonderfully diverse group of movement professionals attending via live stream as well. We had individuals in attendance from six countries outside of the United States, as well as seven individuals who have earned the distinction of Certification from the Postural Restoration Institute.
- Dan Houglum
Jan 21
Impingement and Instability has had the pleasure to kick-off the new PRI educational calendar for the last several years. It’s a great course to establish a solid neurobiological foundation for the PRI Secondary and Tertiary courses. It was my distinct pleasure to help PRI practitioners on that journey, and this most recent course was no exception.
This course has four unique PRI Non-manual techniques that capitalize on the conversations around pressure, neurobiology, and human asymmetrical sense of self that can only be found in the I&I course. These four unique PRI Non-manual techniques are a bridge to the rest of the PRI Secondary and Tertiary courses. It is a far more valuable experience for the live stream course attendees if there are in-person attendees available to perform these, as well as other, non-manual techniques because our discussions of reference centers and sense of pressure are better sensed than explained. My thanks to Ben Mix, Morgan McBee, Will Baum, and Eric Menchi for their attendance in-person, and their willingness to allow us to learn from them. We had a wonderfully diverse group of movement professionals attending via live stream as well. We had individuals in attendance from six countries outside of the United States, as well as seven individuals who have earned the distinction of Certification from the Postural Restoration Institute.
- Dan Houglum
2016 in Review,
- A new home for the Postural Restoration Institute
- First Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium in new building
- International courses in the UK, Australia, Canada and Japan
- Release of our theme song by Tim McGraw 😂
………..Still trying to stay “Humble & Kind” 10 years later!
#prination
Jan 16
2016 in Review,
- A new home for the Postural Restoration Institute
- First Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium in new building
- International courses in the UK, Australia, Canada and Japan
- Release of our theme song by Tim McGraw 😂
………..Still trying to stay “Humble & Kind” 10 years later!
#prination
So when you’re talking about “GROUNDING”…from a neuro-biological sense…that is almost exclusively a scapular conversation as far as the brain is concerned.
- Dan Houglum
Jan 15
So when you’re talking about “GROUNDING”…from a neuro-biological sense…that is almost exclusively a scapular conversation as far as the brain is concerned.
- Dan Houglum
Congratulations to the PRT class of 2026!
Back Row: Dan Houglum, Daniel Loub, Ron Hruska, Peter Jang, Liz Cash
Front Row: Holly Middleton, Tatham Johnson, Madison Melton, Ashley Plowman, Jennifer Platt
Jan 12
Congratulations to the PRT class of 2026!
Back Row: Dan Houglum, Daniel Loub, Ron Hruska, Peter Jang, Liz Cash
Front Row: Holly Middleton, Tatham Johnson, Madison Melton, Ashley Plowman, Jennifer Platt
2026, The Year of the Horse!
Original post by: Ann Montgomery-The Mindful Rider
March 5, 2022
@annmontgomery_themindfulrider
“A number of years ago I had an interesting lesson with a student. The rider was struggling with getting a constant contact with her horse. After watch both of them move around the arena for a while and seeing the mare, chomp, and fiddle with her tongue and bit I asked the rider “where is your tongue sitting in your mouth? To this the rider stopped the horse and said ” how the hell did you know that” so it turns out that this rider has a gap in-between one of her upper molars and she has a habit of twisting her tongue to place the tongue in the gap.
When I asked her to place her tongue softly onto the top of her mouth the horse became quite in its contact and as the lesson went on the horse began to move freer in the shoulders, the rider’s tonal quality of her arms into her hand and fingers became a soft tone.
So why is this so, I asked myself, and did some research.
Why would the riders tongue affect the horses tongue so much?
Well from what I have researched the hyoid bone is part of the tongue movement apparatuses as the omohyoid muscle origin site at the superior border of the scapula and can vary in location and in size, and at times the muscle also originates from the superior transverse scapular ligament. The attachment of the central tendon can be only to the clavicle or to the clavicle and the first rib.
Wow I thought so when her tongue curls up a whole tension goes from her tongue down to her shoulder which must create a tension down her whole arm to her hand. This in turn puts a tension onto the rein and bit which travels onto the horse’s tongue, so guess what this also affects the horses hyoid bone and his omohyoid muscle into the shoulder causing the tight steps and fussy mouth. It’s a circle of tension.”
Continued in comments…….
Jan 2
2026, The Year of the Horse!
Original post by: Ann Montgomery-The Mindful Rider
March 5, 2022
@annmontgomery_themindfulrider
“A number of years ago I had an interesting lesson with a student. The rider was struggling with getting a constant contact with her horse. After watch both of them move around the arena for a while and seeing the mare, chomp, and fiddle with her tongue and bit I asked the rider “where is your tongue sitting in your mouth? To this the rider stopped the horse and said ” how the hell did you know that” so it turns out that this rider has a gap in-between one of her upper molars and she has a habit of twisting her tongue to place the tongue in the gap.
When I asked her to place her tongue softly onto the top of her mouth the horse became quite in its contact and as the lesson went on the horse began to move freer in the shoulders, the rider’s tonal quality of her arms into her hand and fingers became a soft tone.
So why is this so, I asked myself, and did some research.
Why would the riders tongue affect the horses tongue so much?
Well from what I have researched the hyoid bone is part of the tongue movement apparatuses as the omohyoid muscle origin site at the superior border of the scapula and can vary in location and in size, and at times the muscle also originates from the superior transverse scapular ligament. The attachment of the central tendon can be only to the clavicle or to the clavicle and the first rib.
Wow I thought so when her tongue curls up a whole tension goes from her tongue down to her shoulder which must create a tension down her whole arm to her hand. This in turn puts a tension onto the rein and bit which travels onto the horse’s tongue, so guess what this also affects the horses hyoid bone and his omohyoid muscle into the shoulder causing the tight steps and fussy mouth. It’s a circle of tension.”
Continued in comments…….
“But if I take them, as a therapist and bring them over there, I’ve reduced a lot of their pain because they are no longer obligated to one position.”
- Jean Massé
Advanced Integration Day 4
Dec 23
“But if I take them, as a therapist and bring them over there, I’ve reduced a lot of their pain because they are no longer obligated to one position.”
- Jean Massé
Advanced Integration Day 4
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