Posted 07/18/2011
In this week’s “Swing into Health Golf Series” blog, Jen addresses the importance of Left hip rotation in the follow-through of your golf swing. Check it out!
Posted July 18, 2011 at 12:24pm by Jennifer Gloystein.
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Posted 07/13/2011
“My name is Torin Berge and I have the privilege to be the newest therapist at the Hruska Clinic. I was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO, attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks where I was a member of the Fighting Sioux swim team prior to attending Physical Therapy school there. I graduated with my PT degree in 1999 and embarked on my career as a PT. I felt early on that my experience in PT school was just the foundation of how to be a PT but never really answered the question “Why?” I wanted to know why certain people had dysfunction and pain, why certain people would succeed with PT and why some wouldn’t. At my first job as an outpatient PT in Sioux City, IA I was lucky enough to work with a few PTs who strongly recommended PRI courses to me. My first taste of PRI was a one-day Protonics in-service in late 2000 by James Anderson. He was the first who could actually answer the question “why” and I was hooked. I have since attended numerous PRI courses and have utilized it for as main treatment technique while working for Trinity Health in Minot, ND. When the opportunity to work at the Hruska Clinic came up my wife Leslie, who is also a PT trained in PRI, and I decided that there is no better place to work to be able to treat patients as a whole person, to be able to answer their “why” questions, and be the type of PT that I aspire to be. I look forward to the opportunity to grow and learn from some of the best PTs around.
On a more personal note I am married to my wife of 10 years, Leslie, who I met as a graduate assistant in the gross anatomy lab while in PT school. It’s a long story, but yes, we met over a dead body. She currently has been able to stay home and take care of our 3 boys, Carter, 5, Quinn, 3, and Bailey ,1. She has been a great support for me and is definitely the glue that holds our family together. We enjoy spending time outside as a family whether at the zoo, on a bike ride, the lake, or just in the backyard. We are excited to be joining the Hruska Clinic family and the Lincoln community as a whole.”
Posted 07/06/2011
Learn about appropriate frontal plane positioning & it’s effect on your golf swing by watching Jen’s latest video…
Posted July 6, 2011 at 2:07pm by Jennifer Gloystein.
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Posted 06/29/2011
Posted June 29, 2011 at 12:50pm by Jennifer Gloystein.
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Posted 06/27/2011
During the work week I have a great opportunity to consult with physical therapists at the Hruska Clinic regarding challenging patients. Friday, Dave Drummer DPT asked me to look at his last patient, whom he was having difficulty gaining flexibility at the hips. The patient’s left internal rotation was only 18 degrees, his straight leg raise across each hip was approximately 40 degrees and when he walked his legs and feet turned out.
This medium built, active 56 year old, normal anthropometric individual played a lot of baseball in his youth and now plays tennis. He still could only squat while staying up on his toes, just as he did when he was a baseball catcher.
I took my three grandchildren to Cars II this weekend and was reminded by Mater, the old tow truck, how important pistons are for power and freedom. This Pixar movie reflected on car parts, and that you don’t have to be dent-free to move fast, as long as your pistons are lubricated.
What a way to end a work week and a weekend. Piston power was needed in Dave’s patient to open and relax his pelvic floor, so that his small hip external rotators were placed in a position that would allow him to internally rotate his legs for walking power and in aligned pistons. In Cars II, you won races with good lubricated aligned pistons.
A piston is a cylinder or disk that fits snuggly into a cylinder and moves back and forth under fluid pressure. Dave’s patient had a cylinder, his thoracic-abdominal cavity that was too curved, or hyper-extended, and didn’t allow him to push his abdominal contents into his pelvic floor with his diaphragm, his cylindrical disc. His patient’s two diaphragms were poorly timed, and placed his pelvis in a position where his legs were in too much torque, affecting his respiration, thrust, flexibility and overall performance. His groin impingement decreased, his straight leg raises went to 80 degrees, and his leg internal rotation increased 10 degrees after he learned to squat with his heels down and reach forward with his hands to “straighten” out his cylinders. His pelvic floor power and position immediately became restored with every breath he took. This previous baseball catcher can now play tennis with two aligned cylinders.
… maybe we all need to go to a Pixar movie to watch animated cars breathe and talk, so we can learn about the power of good respiratory and pelvic floor mechanics.
Posted June 27, 2011 at 12:19pm by Ron Hruska.
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Posted 06/23/2011
To join our team, you must have excellent customer service skills and be to able complete tasks with numerous interuptions. For more specifics on job duties, click here. Position is weekdays, varying shifts (flexibility in schedule is a plus), ~ 15-20 hours per week. Please email resume and availability to , or fax to 402.467.4580.
Posted June 23, 2011 at 12:08pm by Becky Fisher.
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Posted 06/17/2011
The Postural Restoration Institute recently announced the credentialing process specifically designed for Certified Athletic Trainers and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists. Postural Restoration Trained (PRT) has been selected as the designation to be awarded to ATCs and CSCSs who attend the required courses and successfully complete an educational process of application and testing.
Jason Masek was part of the 5 person committee that collaborated and made recommendations on the requirements for the PRT designation. To read more about this exciting announcement, click here!
Posted June 17, 2011 at 8:05am by Becky Fisher.
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Posted 06/16/2011
Happy Running!
Lori
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Posted June 16, 2011 at 1:13pm by Lori Thomsen.
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Posted 06/13/2011
Happy Running!
Lori
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Posted June 13, 2011 at 3:23pm by Lori Thomsen.
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Posted 06/08/2011
Jen Gloystein has been asked to present at the 2011 Nebraska State Athletic Trainers Association - Summer Workshop on Saturday July 9th. For one hour Jen will discuss PRI and the influence of the thorax on the shoulder in athletic injuries. To attend Jen’s presentation on the overhead athlete, click here!
Posted June 8, 2011 at 10:01am by Becky Fisher.
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