Postural Restoration®
I was credentialed by the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) in 2016 and feel incredibly privileged to understand and fully embrace the powerful science of Postural Restoration in my practice. Postural Restoration Certified (PRC) professionals’ distinctive approach to physical medicine is based on the body’s propensity to assume a dominant pattern of awareness, breathing, position, and movement. If left unrestrained, these forces can lock the body into patterns of pain and dysfunction.
PRCs utilize unique manual techniques and neuromuscular re-education to inhibit overly strong muscular chains while improving the position of chains of muscles that are not effectively working to support, move, and influence the body. Treatment programs are customized based on findings and patient goals. Education is a huge component that allows patients to integrate new patterns for a lifetime of success and prevention.
A Postural Restoration (PRI) program always addresses compromised breathing. There are other less recognized influences, that have poorly understood connections to health and dysfunctional patterns, that can create roadblocks in a treatment program. Special integrated activities, and/or consulting with other professionals, can break through barriers caused by underlying issues such as:
visual & auditory dysfunction
mouth breathing & airway dysfunction
poor dental occlusion & tethered oral tissues
improper fitness techniques
inability to properly regulate internal pressure
mechanical foot dysfunction &/or inadequate footwear
