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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. 

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, respiratory, circulatory, muscular and vision systems are not the same on the left side of the body as they are on the right, and vice versa. They have different responsibilities, function, position and demands on them. This system asymmetry is a good thing and an amazing design. The human body is balanced through the integration of system imbalances.

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

Are you a healthcare or fitness professional who continues to see the same dysfunctional patterns of movement, pain presentations, or habitual patterns of postural behavior associated with a dominant side of the body?

Are you interested in learning how different systems, including the visual and stomatognathic systems can influence asymmetrical tendencies and patterns?

If so, we invite you to consider beginning your PRI educational journey and learn how to recognize and manage these asymmetrical imbalances and typical patterns associated with system disuse or weakness that develops because of dominant overuse.

The Postural Restoration Institute® offers 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 complete our courses. Professional credentialing opportunities (PRC, PRT and PRP Japan) are also available to qualified professionals.

PRI offers 3 primary courses (Myokinematic Restoration, Postural Respiration and Pelvis Restoration), which are introductory to the science and do not require pre-requisites. The three primary courses can be taken in any order; however, we generally recommend beginning with either the Postural Respiration or Myokinematic Restoration course. Primary courses are available as an online home study, live stream or live in-person.

The secondary and tertiary level courses each have pre-requisite coursework that must be successfully completed prior to attending these courses, which is defined on each course page. Secondary and tertiary level courses are available for live stream or live in-person attendance.

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Programs & Courses

Learn more about the many courses that PRI offers for licensed healthcare and certified fitness professionals, in addition to the two professional credentialing opportunities, PRC and PRT.

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Expand your knowledge of PRI through this video subscription platform where we discuss topics related to PRI course material, techniques, case studies, interdisciplinary management and more.

Webinars

Explore our growing collection of free webinars discussing integrative application of the science of Postural Restoration®, and learn more about upcoming webinars with Ron Hruska.

Podcasts

Listen to PRI faculty members, credentialed providers and integrative specialists tell their story, and learn how they apply the science of Postural Restoration® in their healthcare or fitness setting.

Products

Check out the products available for purchase to compliment your application of PRI course material, including non-manual and manual technique programs, patient guides, illustrations, and more. 

Resources

Peruse a growing collection of additional resources designed to further educate you on topics outside of the standard PRI course work, including articles, recent emails and more. 

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Is Arthroscopy the Answer? While it is often necessary, what if we accounted for Pelvis POSITION pre or post procedure?

“Femoroacetabular Impingement: Fact, Fallacy, and Future”

Presented by Jason Masek
@hruska_clinic 

This syndrome affects a significant proportion of patients presenting with hip pain, with approximately 61 % of individuals reporting hip discomfort in the absence of osteoarthritis (OA) being diagnosed with FAI. (Mohammed et al., 2024)
 
The prevalence of FAI radiological signs in the general population is estimated at between 23 and 67%. (Salas et al., 2020)
 
The  management of FAI has advanced radically over the last few years and hip arthroscopy has gained a leading role (Migliorini et al., 2025)
 
Posterior pelvic tilt allowed for increased impingement-free ROM in subjects with FAI (Kuhns et al., 2025)
 
The role of the pelvis in the sagittal plane has been an area of increased interest in recent years. The investigation of spinal pelvic parameters, including pelvic tilt, and pelvic incidence influences how patients can distribute weight across their axial and appendicular skeletons. (Gowd, 2025)

Is Arthroscopy the Answer? While it is often necessary, what if we accounted for Pelvis POSITION pre or post procedure?

“Femoroacetabular Impingement: Fact, Fallacy, and Future”

Presented by Jason Masek
@hruska_clinic

This syndrome affects a significant proportion of patients presenting with hip pain, with approximately 61 % of individuals reporting hip discomfort in the absence of osteoarthritis (OA) being diagnosed with FAI. (Mohammed et al., 2024)

The prevalence of FAI radiological signs in the general population is estimated at between 23 and 67%. (Salas et al., 2020)

The management of FAI has advanced radically over the last few years and hip arthroscopy has gained a leading role (Migliorini et al., 2025)

Posterior pelvic tilt allowed for increased impingement-free ROM in subjects with FAI (Kuhns et al., 2025)

The role of the pelvis in the sagittal plane has been an area of increased interest in recent years. The investigation of spinal pelvic parameters, including pelvic tilt, and pelvic incidence influences how patients can distribute weight across their axial and appendicular skeletons. (Gowd, 2025)
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We need YOU to submit an abstract!

The continued success of our annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit depends on YOU!

Hearing how you incorporate this science into what YOU do, strengthens us ALL!

Consider sharing your story at next year’s Summit on April 23-24th. Abstracts are due on July 15th, more information regarding this speaking opportunity can be found in our bio link!

#prination
#justdoit

We need YOU to submit an abstract!

The continued success of our annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit depends on YOU!

Hearing how you incorporate this science into what YOU do, strengthens us ALL!

Consider sharing your story at next year’s Summit on April 23-24th. Abstracts are due on July 15th, more information regarding this speaking opportunity can be found in our bio link!

#prination
#justdoit
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Episode 38: Michael Pedersen, DPT, PTA, PRC

Michaels journey through PRI started off in a clinical PTA setting and through mentorship and exploration led him to undergo the PRC certification in 2022. From there Michael wanted to treat each patient in front of him individually, addressing their whole system from a PRI perspective. This led him to PT school and as he finishes up his last rotation with the @hruska_clinic he shares some of the insight he’s received as a student along the way!

Episode 38: Michael Pedersen, DPT, PTA, PRC

Michaels journey through PRI started off in a clinical PTA setting and through mentorship and exploration led him to undergo the PRC certification in 2022. From there Michael wanted to treat each patient in front of him individually, addressing their whole system from a PRI perspective. This led him to PT school and as he finishes up his last rotation with the @hruska_clinic he shares some of the insight he’s received as a student along the way!
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The PRI Credentialing Scholarship Deadline is approaching soon! If you are interested in applying for this FULL scholarship towards either PRC or PRT credentialing, please submit your essay by June 15th!
 
The PRI Credentialing Scholarship is available to candidates who may otherwise be dissuaded from applying for PRC or PRT credentialing solely by their current financial circumstances. Candidates must be eligible to submit an application for PRI Credentialing this year.
 
In your essay, please share your story of how you got to where you are (i.e. how you became interested in PRI, do you have any mentors or colleagues supporting you on this education journey, etc.), your current professional and financial situation, what PRI credentialing means to you, and why you feel you are deserving of the scholarship. If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please email your essay to platt.jennifer@posturalrestoration.com, no later than June 15th.
 
Essays will be reviewed by the Board of Directors, and the scholarship recipient will be notified by July 15th. If the recipient does not accept the scholarship and complete the credentialing application and testing that year, the scholarship will be awarded to an alternate. Depending on the number of applications received this year, the Board of Directors may choose to select more than one scholarship recipient.

The PRI Credentialing Scholarship Deadline is approaching soon! If you are interested in applying for this FULL scholarship towards either PRC or PRT credentialing, please submit your essay by June 15th!

The PRI Credentialing Scholarship is available to candidates who may otherwise be dissuaded from applying for PRC or PRT credentialing solely by their current financial circumstances. Candidates must be eligible to submit an application for PRI Credentialing this year.

In your essay, please share your story of how you got to where you are (i.e. how you became interested in PRI, do you have any mentors or colleagues supporting you on this education journey, etc.), your current professional and financial situation, what PRI credentialing means to you, and why you feel you are deserving of the scholarship. If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please email your essay to platt.jennifer@posturalrestoration.com, no later than June 15th.

Essays will be reviewed by the Board of Directors, and the scholarship recipient will be notified by July 15th. If the recipient does not accept the scholarship and complete the credentialing application and testing that year, the scholarship will be awarded to an alternate. Depending on the number of applications received this year, the Board of Directors may choose to select more than one scholarship recipient.
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The word “occlusion” is ‘something beautiful’ to me. (Sorry Miley Cyrus. Her music and film ‘Something Beautiful’ are being released at the end of this month. A song on this album, and in her film, entitled ‘Reborn’ has lyrics that say, “We’re so beautiful, letting go”. This summarizes a significant amount of my inquisitive emotion over the last 50 years, of my 70 years. 

We are so beautifully made, and yet humans, for various, often predictable reasoning, generate biased patterned occlusion. And we become so beautiful, operative and mindful when we let go of these biased body and mind behaviors.)
 
I have integrated genuine human movement patterns over time that relate to things that naturally come together, both in the mouth and the ground. My dental interest started many years before my ground interest. Teaching this course on occlusion, and it’s relationship to gravity, is a fabulous historical experience for me. The genuine reflection on sensitivity of force, related to lateral movement for acquisition of gravity and grind is ‘something beautiful’, that many take for granted.
 
It’s as close to ‘pop music’ of integrative individual sense, associated with forces coming together, as anyone will experience.
 
I want to thank Jason Masek, MSPT, ATC, CSCS, PRC, Torin Berge, PT, PRC and Abbey Kramer, DDS, who brought all of us together. This input, and all the questions and input that came from course attendees was truly ‘something beautiful’. 

-Ron

The word “occlusion” is ‘something beautiful’ to me. (Sorry Miley Cyrus. Her music and film ‘Something Beautiful’ are being released at the end of this month. A song on this album, and in her film, entitled ‘Reborn’ has lyrics that say, “We’re so beautiful, letting go”. This summarizes a significant amount of my inquisitive emotion over the last 50 years, of my 70 years.

We are so beautifully made, and yet humans, for various, often predictable reasoning, generate biased patterned occlusion. And we become so beautiful, operative and mindful when we let go of these biased body and mind behaviors.)

I have integrated genuine human movement patterns over time that relate to things that naturally come together, both in the mouth and the ground. My dental interest started many years before my ground interest. Teaching this course on occlusion, and it’s relationship to gravity, is a fabulous historical experience for me. The genuine reflection on sensitivity of force, related to lateral movement for acquisition of gravity and grind is ‘something beautiful’, that many take for granted.

It’s as close to ‘pop music’ of integrative individual sense, associated with forces coming together, as anyone will experience.

I want to thank Jason Masek, MSPT, ATC, CSCS, PRC, Torin Berge, PT, PRC and Abbey Kramer, DDS, who brought all of us together. This input, and all the questions and input that came from course attendees was truly ‘something beautiful’.

-Ron
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A parasympathetic reminder to slow down and get outside this weekend!

Provided by @robertskipgeorge

A parasympathetic reminder to slow down and get outside this weekend!

Provided by @robertskipgeorge
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Featured Speakers: Michael Coggins, PhD and Aleksandra Sulik, AFAA Personal Trainer

“Towards Uncovering Novel Biomarker Relationships to Aid the PRI Practitioner”

Join us next week on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!

See you soon!

Link in bio! 🔗

Featured Speakers: Michael Coggins, PhD and Aleksandra Sulik, AFAA Personal Trainer

“Towards Uncovering Novel Biomarker Relationships to Aid the PRI Practitioner”

Join us next week on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!

See you soon!

Link in bio! 🔗
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Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen

Reposition (Inhibit)
⬇️
Retrain (Facilitate)
⬇️
Restore (Alternate)

Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!

Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen

Reposition (Inhibit)
⬇️
Retrain (Facilitate)
⬇️
Restore (Alternate)

Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!
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Vertical Displacement & Visual Kinesthetics are just two aspects of our Forward Locomotor Movement through space.

Thanks to Dan Houglum for laying the groundwork last weekend, helping all in attendance gain an appreciation of “gait” and gravity!

Vertical Displacement & Visual Kinesthetics are just two aspects of our Forward Locomotor Movement through space.

Thanks to Dan Houglum for laying the groundwork last weekend, helping all in attendance gain an appreciation of “gait” and gravity!
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“This course is an introduction to “top down” dominant influences that ultimately create stress and strain in the cranial, occlusal and visual systems and are considered pathologic if left untreated. 

This course integrates many professional disciplines including physical therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy and dentistry among others with an emphasis on the stomatognathic system as it relates to the skeletal system. 

I want to thank @jenpoulinpt and Chris @btsportsperformance for providing their space, time and clinical experience, making this weekend one of the best Cervical Revolutions yet!”

- Skip George

“This course is an introduction to “top down” dominant influences that ultimately create stress and strain in the cranial, occlusal and visual systems and are considered pathologic if left untreated.

This course integrates many professional disciplines including physical therapy, chiropractic, osteopathy and dentistry among others with an emphasis on the stomatognathic system as it relates to the skeletal system.

I want to thank @jenpoulinpt and Chris @btsportsperformance for providing their space, time and clinical experience, making this weekend one of the best Cervical Revolutions yet!”

- Skip George
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