About Us
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, circulatory, muscular and visual systems (just to name a few) are not the same on the left side of the body as they are on the right. The Postural Restoration Institute® was established in 2000, to help healthcare and fitness professionals recognize this underlying asymmetry of these systems in our body, and the postural imbalances and patterns associated with dominant, unconscious or conscious overuse, of one side of the body; our right side.
PRI credentialed providers offer a unique approach to physical medicine called Postural Restoration®. This approach addresses underlying biomechanics which can often lead to symptoms of pain and dysfunction. All mechanical influences on the body that restrict movement and contribute to improper joint and muscle position are considered, examined, and assessed. Non-manual and manual techniques are utilized to restore proper alignment of the body while proper respiratory dynamics are considered. Management encompasses prevention and lifetime integration for long-term successful outcomes.
PRI credentialed providers have completed multiple advanced PRI courses, demonstrated a thorough understanding of the primary concepts through completion of an in-depth application process, and successfully participated in both practical and analytical testing onsite in Lincoln, Nebraska.
We do not see patients here at the Postural Restoration Institute, however we can help you Find a Provider near you (see map below)!
This 16-page guide outlines several daily activities which are commonly performed in dominant or patterned positions, and demonstrates alternate ways and instruction to perform them.
Learn how PRI can help with everyday tasks such as breathing, eating, office work, sleeping, speaking, standing, and walking.
PRI has been featured in numerous magazine articles, newsletters and peer reviewed journals.
If you are an athlete, PRI can help you maximize your performance. We have general athletic performance tips as well as tips for specific sports.
Learn more about foundational concepts related to PRI with our collection of free webinars with founder, Ron Hruska.
The PRI podcast features professionals from various Healthcare and Fitness settings, discussing the use of the science of Postural Restoration® and how it is implemented within these fields.
Postural Restoration Certified™ (PRC) professionals are Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Chiropractors and Occupational Therapists who have completed the Postural Restoration Certified™ credentialing program.
Postural Restoration Trained™ (PRT) professionals are Athletic Trainers and Strength & Conditioning Coaches who have completed the Postural Restoration Trained™ credentialing program.
Postural Restoration Provider™ (PRP) professionals are healthcare and movement professionals in Japan, who have completed the Postural Restoration Provider™ credentialing program, offered through PRI Japan. The professional backgrounds of these healthcare and movement professionals are notably different than the individuals going through the available PRC and PRT Credentialing pathways here in the U.S. and the Postural Restoration Provider™ (PRP) Japan Credential is available to various healthcare and fitness professionals in Japan, who are appropriately applying the science of Postural Restoration®.
A Postural Restoration Center™ is a place of business where at least one individual is PRI Credentialed (PRC or PRT) and all other individuals on staff who are eligible for credentialing (which includes PTs, OTs, PTAs, Chiropractors, Athletic Trainers, Athletic Therapists, Strength & Conditioning Coaches with CSCS or SCCC credential, CSPS, and Exercise Physiologists), have completed two or more PRI-sponsored courses.
*To ensure that credentialed providers are keeping up with the progressive science and growth of Postural Restoration®, those listed on this page have taken a course or completed credentialing within the past 5 years. You can view the PRI® courses that each provider has completed by clicking on their individual page.
**If you are unable to find a PRI® credentialed provider in your area, please contact us to see if there is anyone who has taken PRI® courses near you.
Our Community
Congratulations to Louise Kelley, DPT, PRC and Frank Mallon, PT, DPT, PRC for receiving the PRI Directors Dedication Award as part of our 2025 Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
This year we not only celebrated our 25th year as an institute but also the accomplishments of individuals like these. Their kindness and humility in learning, teaching and implementing the science of Postural Restoration is truly a gift to us all!
The PRI Directors Dedication Award was established in 2012 to recognize individuals’ ongoing dedication to their advancement in PRI.
#prination
Apr 28
Congratulations to Louise Kelley, DPT, PRC and Frank Mallon, PT, DPT, PRC for receiving the PRI Directors Dedication Award as part of our 2025 Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
This year we not only celebrated our 25th year as an institute but also the accomplishments of individuals like these. Their kindness and humility in learning, teaching and implementing the science of Postural Restoration is truly a gift to us all!
The PRI Directors Dedication Award was established in 2012 to recognize individuals’ ongoing dedication to their advancement in PRI.
#prination
One week from today!
We’re excited to welcome #prination back for our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
The tables are set and the front row spots are ready to be claimed 😉
We’d be happy to make room for YOU if you’d like to join!
See you next week!
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Apr 17
One week from today!
We’re excited to welcome #prination back for our Annual Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
The tables are set and the front row spots are ready to be claimed 😉
We’d be happy to make room for YOU if you’d like to join!
See you next week!
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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!
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Apr 16
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! 🔗
Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen
Reposition (Inhibit)
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Retrain (Facilitate)
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Restore (Alternate)
Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!
Apr 14
Pelvis Restoration 101 with Lori Thomsen
Reposition (Inhibit)
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Retrain (Facilitate)
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Restore (Alternate)
Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online helping make these “complex” concepts easy to comprehend!
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!
Apr 10
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!
“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
Apr 9
“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
It was a big weekend in the state of Michigan, yes they had two teams dancing in the sweet sixteen, but more significantly Myokinematic Restoration came to town. Hosted by Team Rehabilitation in Madison Heights, we broke down our body’s inherent asymmetry and studied game film.
Many basketball teams show tendencies, whether it’s to rely on the three point shot or to attack one side of the court more often than the other. Our human “court” is tilted to the right and we need a plan to level the court and attack the left side of the hoop. As a basketball team it’s best to have options and be able to swing the ball well to either side, as a human, it’s ideal to maintain our ability to oscillate between both sides.
A full court press was employed on the dominant L AIC pattern and a game plan was developed to counter its influence. Repositioning, retraining, and restoring alternation gave our Cinderella team, the R AIC pattern, a chance to join the big dance!
A big thank you to the folks at Team Rehabilitation, they were well represented in the audience and ensured we had everything needed for a successful two days. Thank you to the entire group for giving me a chance to “coach” up your clinical game plans.
- Jason Miller
Apr 2
It was a big weekend in the state of Michigan, yes they had two teams dancing in the sweet sixteen, but more significantly Myokinematic Restoration came to town. Hosted by Team Rehabilitation in Madison Heights, we broke down our body’s inherent asymmetry and studied game film.
Many basketball teams show tendencies, whether it’s to rely on the three point shot or to attack one side of the court more often than the other. Our human “court” is tilted to the right and we need a plan to level the court and attack the left side of the hoop. As a basketball team it’s best to have options and be able to swing the ball well to either side, as a human, it’s ideal to maintain our ability to oscillate between both sides.
A full court press was employed on the dominant L AIC pattern and a game plan was developed to counter its influence. Repositioning, retraining, and restoring alternation gave our Cinderella team, the R AIC pattern, a chance to join the big dance!
A big thank you to the folks at Team Rehabilitation, they were well represented in the audience and ensured we had everything needed for a successful two days. Thank you to the entire group for giving me a chance to “coach” up your clinical game plans.
- Jason Miller
As the snow season comes to a close remember that trunk rotation is required by many more activities than just skiing down the slopes.
Walking, running, sitting, standing and even sleeping all require us to rotate or disassociate our upper half (thorax) from our lower half (pelvis).
In essence we rely on our ability, or lack there of, to rotate all day, everyday.
Are you doing it efficiently?
Can’t wait to dive deeper this Friday during our Forward Locomotor livestream!
Apr 1
As the snow season comes to a close remember that trunk rotation is required by many more activities than just skiing down the slopes.
Walking, running, sitting, standing and even sleeping all require us to rotate or disassociate our upper half (thorax) from our lower half (pelvis).
In essence we rely on our ability, or lack there of, to rotate all day, everyday.
Are you doing it efficiently?
Can’t wait to dive deeper this Friday during our Forward Locomotor livestream!
Two days discussing Postural Restoration Developmental Sensory Motor Sequences with @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc
Thanks to everyone who explored Human Evolution alongside us as it relates to the principles of sensory motor growth and development!
Mar 31
Two days discussing Postural Restoration Developmental Sensory Motor Sequences with @lisamanginopt.ndt.prc
Thanks to everyone who explored Human Evolution alongside us as it relates to the principles of sensory motor growth and development!
Featured Speaker: Danielle Phillips, PT, DPT, PRC
“Beyond the Pattern: Enhancing Patient-Provider Relationships Through
Emotional Intelligence”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Mar 27
Featured Speaker: Danielle Phillips, PT, DPT, PRC
“Beyond the Pattern: Enhancing Patient-Provider Relationships Through
Emotional Intelligence”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Cranial Resolution with the one and only Jennifer Smart!
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Lincoln and from around the world last weekend!
Looking forward to complimenting so much of what was discussed in this course with Lisa Mangino and the developmental sequencing and patterning discussed in Human Evolution this Friday!
Mar 24
Cranial Resolution with the one and only Jennifer Smart!
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Lincoln and from around the world last weekend!
Looking forward to complimenting so much of what was discussed in this course with Lisa Mangino and the developmental sequencing and patterning discussed in Human Evolution this Friday!
Featured Speaker: Heather Engelbert, PhD, MPT, PRC, CYT
“Seeking Perfect in an Imperfect World:
The Art of Successful Outcomes”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Mar 21
Featured Speaker: Heather Engelbert, PhD, MPT, PRC, CYT
“Seeking Perfect in an Imperfect World:
The Art of Successful Outcomes”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Featured Speakers: Torin Berge, MPT, PRC & Yoshi Mitsuyama, MS, ATC/L, PRT
“Management of Concussion and Concurrent Conditions Associated with Dysautonomia in a Professional Soccer Player: A Case Led Discussion”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Mar 18
Featured Speakers: Torin Berge, MPT, PRC & Yoshi Mitsuyama, MS, ATC/L, PRT
“Management of Concussion and Concurrent Conditions Associated with Dysautonomia in a Professional Soccer Player: A Case Led Discussion”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Featured Speaker: Liz Williams, LCSW, CHt
“Emotional Stories of the Patterned Body”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year`s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Mar 13
Featured Speaker: Liz Williams, LCSW, CHt
“Emotional Stories of the Patterned Body”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year`s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
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Finish Line Physical Therapy, the go-to rehab and recovery clinic for runners in the NYC area, played host to last weekend’s Postural Respiration course.
Attendees across multiple disciplines (PT, chiropractic, strength and conditioning, coaching), working with a wide range of patient populations (runners, cyclists, pediatrics, pelvic health, post-partum, musicians, general orthopedics), learned about the wonder and magic of our thoracic diaphragm. We even had a rowing coach in attendance, eager to nudge the rowing world away from its outdated warm-up and cross training techniques and, instead, towards a paradigm that is far more effective in preventing and treating injury.
Over the course of two days, we explored numerous concepts related to how an individual manages their upright existence. We presented examples of ineffective diaphragm position (i.e. lacking a full zone of apposition), stemming from poor opposition from IO/TA activity, including excessive belly expansion or neck muscle activity. These individuals can no longer alternate and reciprocate their center of mass. They move themselves with overactive chains of muscles whose activity our brain is unable to sufficiently suppress. The result? Hyperinflation, sympathetic nervous system dominance, and inefficient forward locomotion and all other dynamic activity.
We had ample lab time for assessment of tests and implementation of program design to address issues associated with patterned respiratory neuromechanics for optimal kinetic outcomes. I know I speak for all of the attendees when I say fellow PRC Josh Speckman’s assistance throughout the weekend was SO helpful and much-appreciated!
-Louise Kelley
Mar 12
Finish Line Physical Therapy, the go-to rehab and recovery clinic for runners in the NYC area, played host to last weekend’s Postural Respiration course.
Attendees across multiple disciplines (PT, chiropractic, strength and conditioning, coaching), working with a wide range of patient populations (runners, cyclists, pediatrics, pelvic health, post-partum, musicians, general orthopedics), learned about the wonder and magic of our thoracic diaphragm. We even had a rowing coach in attendance, eager to nudge the rowing world away from its outdated warm-up and cross training techniques and, instead, towards a paradigm that is far more effective in preventing and treating injury.
Over the course of two days, we explored numerous concepts related to how an individual manages their upright existence. We presented examples of ineffective diaphragm position (i.e. lacking a full zone of apposition), stemming from poor opposition from IO/TA activity, including excessive belly expansion or neck muscle activity. These individuals can no longer alternate and reciprocate their center of mass. They move themselves with overactive chains of muscles whose activity our brain is unable to sufficiently suppress. The result? Hyperinflation, sympathetic nervous system dominance, and inefficient forward locomotion and all other dynamic activity.
We had ample lab time for assessment of tests and implementation of program design to address issues associated with patterned respiratory neuromechanics for optimal kinetic outcomes. I know I speak for all of the attendees when I say fellow PRC Josh Speckman’s assistance throughout the weekend was SO helpful and much-appreciated!
-Louise Kelley
Featured Speaker: Locatelli Rao, PT, DPT, OCS, PRC
“Restoring Taylor Wobble to Restore Systematic Resonance”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
Link in bio! 🔗
Mar 11
Featured Speaker: Locatelli Rao, PT, DPT, OCS, PRC
“Restoring Taylor Wobble to Restore Systematic Resonance”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
Link in bio! 🔗
Had a fantastic weekend of Myokinematic Restoration with Craig and everyone in attendance online and in person!
Such an awesome group of various health and fitness providers dissecting human patterning and the asymmetrical ways we address it.
Your asymmetry is a gift, until it’s not. Enter, repositioning activities outlined in this course and others.
Returning to a “neutral” parasympathetic state however, does not retrain our cortical desire to leave it.
The real magic happens everyday your clients are reprogramming and repositioning themselves, unassisted, to alternate through life unrestricted.
Their lift scores will reflect it!
Mar 10
Had a fantastic weekend of Myokinematic Restoration with Craig and everyone in attendance online and in person!
Such an awesome group of various health and fitness providers dissecting human patterning and the asymmetrical ways we address it.
Your asymmetry is a gift, until it’s not. Enter, repositioning activities outlined in this course and others.
Returning to a “neutral” parasympathetic state however, does not retrain our cortical desire to leave it.
The real magic happens everyday your clients are reprogramming and repositioning themselves, unassisted, to alternate through life unrestricted.
Their lift scores will reflect it!
Featured Speaker: Neal Hallinan, CSCS,LMT,PRT
“The Power of the Downbeat: Inhibiting Autonomic Nervous System Generated Tension Through Walking to 4/4 Timed
Music”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year`s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
Link in bio! 🔗
Mar 6
Featured Speaker: Neal Hallinan, CSCS,LMT,PRT
“The Power of the Downbeat: Inhibiting Autonomic Nervous System Generated Tension Through Walking to 4/4 Timed
Music”
Join us on April 24-25th for this year`s PRI Interdisciplinary Studies Summit!
Link in bio! 🔗
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