Posted 08/31/2012
Over the past several years, a sizable body of discussion has developed within the field of athletic training, chiropractic, and strength and conditioning professionals pertaining to Postural Restoration. These discussions include the diaphragms role, rib cage position, strength, power, and flexibility as well as a comprehensive blogs explaining how Postural Restoration concepts and techniques are utilized to allow these professionals to more effectively teach exercise techniques and design training routines for their athletes/clients/patients. A small body of research has even been directed toward more thoroughly understanding Postural Restoration:
The Value of Blowing up a Balloon
Bilateral Functional Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Collegiate Football Player
Managing a Female Patient with Left Low Back Pain and Sacroiliac Joint Pain with Therapeutic Exercise: A Case Report
Conservative Management for Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Although the extensiveness and understanding of the existing Postural Restoration concepts and philosophy is inspiring, it is by no means complete within the world of athletic rehabilitation and performance. As a Physical Therapist at the Hruska Clinic, one of my passions is finding research/information that supports the Postural Restoration Institute. What I have discovered in the last several months is very impressive regarding the information posted on these sites and the information that these professionals have discussed within their blogs. I applaud these individuals for a job well done! I would encourage other athletic training, chiropractic, and strength and conditioning specialists to take a look at these sites:
Bill Hartman and Bill Harman.net
Posted August 31, 2012 at 1:50pm by Jason Masek.
Tagged With: Balloon, Bill Hartman, Chris Poulin, David Lasnier, Diaphragm, Eric Cressey, Hruska Clinic, Jeff Cubos, Kevin Neeld, Mike Reinold, Ribcage, PRI Concepts • 2 Comments
Reader Comments
Hi Jason
I’m a physio-turned publisher and produce my own journal on sports medicine and rehab. I am looking for some fresh content from some new sources and one of my subscribers suggested this “ I don’t have anything yet that I would like to write about....but the people at http://www.posturalrestoration.com might have things they would like to publish. I find their concepts effective on my patients and there is clear results in a short number of visits. Patients have to get involved rather than having a PT do something to them.”
I wondered if this would be of any interest to you? If so then please feel free to email me back and I look forward to hearing from you.
All the best
Tor
I knew Eric was a great fan of PRI materials but wasn’t familiar that Reinold and a few other’s had also attended the courses. Thanks for covering them!