"PRI Breathing in COVID Times"

PRI BREATHING MECHANICS IN COVID TIMES (Apr-Jul 2020)

Free PRIVY Episode - "Integrated Pulmonary Compliance" (A great introduction to this webinar series)
(Standing Supported Right Step Around with Right Quadratus Lumborum Stretch and Right Apical Expansion; Standing Supported Ischial Femoral Ligamentous Stretch)


Week 1 - Pleura, Lung & Chest Wall Relationships to Physiological and Physical Mechanics (PPT Handouts; Left Sidelying Right Apical Expansion with Passive Right FA Abduction)


Week 2 - The Roots of Lung Function (PPT Handouts)


Week 3 - Balancing Pleura Cavity Negative Pressure Through Ground Pressure (PPT Handouts; Standing Supported Left Glute Push Technique and Clinical Reasoning Handout)


Week 4 - Regulating Lung Carbon Dioxide (Capnia) Through Postural End Range Deep Breathing (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color); PRI Wall Supported Squat with Balloon; PRI Wall Supported Squat with Respiratory Right Apical Expansion)


Week 5 - Managing Chronic Obstructive Lung Dysfunction (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color); Standing Wall Supported Resisted Ischial Femoral Ligamentous Stretch and Clinical Reasoning Handout; Standing Wall and Chair Supported Reach; Reverse Squatting; DeTroyer Article - Action of the Diaphragm on the Rib Cage)


 

Week 6 - Internal Oblique Abdominal Influence on External Rotated Rib Airflow Obstruction  (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color); All Four Left Posterior Mediastinum Expansion in Left Trunk Rotation; All Four Left Posterior Mediastinum Expansion in Left AF IR)


Week 7 - Maximizing Mechanical Reciprocal Respiration Force Through the Integration of Intercostals, Wrist Extensors & Ankle Dorsiflexors (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color); Standing Supported Bilateral Posterior Mediastinum Expansion; Standing Supported Bilateral IO/TA; Standing Wall Press)


Week 8 - Somatosensory Processing of Respiratory Based Right Thoracic Rotation and Expansion (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color); Standing Left Centering with Right Thoracic Rotation, Left Rib Sensory Awareness and Exhalation Focus; Standing Left Centering with Right Thoracic Rotation, Bilateral Rib Sensory Awareness and Inhalation and Exhalation Integration; Seated Right Thoracic Rotation with Bilateral Rib Sensory Awareness and Inhalation and Exhalation Integration; Standing Left Centering with Right Thoracic Rotation, Right Rib Sensory Awareness and Inhalation Focus; Long Seated Alternating Crossovers; Mirrored Left Stance with Left Arm Reach)


Week 9 - Arm Swing Influence on Arterialization and Airway Opening (PPT Handouts (B&W); PPT Handouts (Color))

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