Understanding Integration Between Professions : Vision, Dental & PRI Clinical Application with Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC - Ep. 89

Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC is originally from Colorado, Torin knew from an early age that he wanted to be a physical therapist and help people.  As he went through his schooling, he kept searching to know not only what was going on with people but “Why”.  Shortly after graduating from PT school in 1999, he was exposed to PRI and was hooked knowing there was a framework out there that helped with that question.  After several more years of learning and treating Torin was hired on at the Hruska Clinic in 2011 and has worked there immersed in PRI ever since.  Along with working as a staff physical therapist for the Hruska Clinic, he has helped with the growth and evolution of the PRIME program which focuses on providing multidisciplinary tools to assist those people who just can’t seem to get better with “traditional” methods PRI or non-PRI.

On Today’s Episode:

• Torin Berge is introduced to the show!
• The focus on integration of vision, dental, and other specialties with the body
• Streamlining the process of vision, splint calibration, and orthotic molding
• Getting the right tools is a huge step forward for people who have been trying PI for a long time
• A good shoe can make a huge difference and doesn’t have to be expensive
• The PRIME program takes 3 big pieces into account:
  • Feet/shoes
  • Head/neck
  • Vision
• The goal for PRIME is to get people to the starting line of their rehab 
• Neurological symptoms that we find that are becoming more common:
• POTS
• Dysautonomia
• Heart palpitations
• Seizures
• Dystonia
• Focal vision can be used to reinforce a pattern of locking into a certain position
• Clarity is an important aspect of vision
• How we used to use prisms and force prescriptions on people, but now we try to minimize focal demand
• The benefits of neuro optometry
• People are not giving bad treatment, but it is a matter of working together to get all the treatments to work together
• PRIME started to integrate several pieces and make patients work less hard than before
• The community aspect of the PRIME clinic setting
• Having a community around energizes to keep producing and learning
• How Torin moves his brain & body

Connect with Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC 

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Guest Quotes:

“The goal is to peel away all those things and I think even for our PRIME patients, people that we see, that still becomes the hardest part is just taking things away.” - Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC

“We have this profession and their job is to get people to see clearly, which again, in our world, if you can't see clearly, it doesn't help you. So, if you can't see clearly and you're straining to see, you're creating more tension than we want regardless. So, clarity is an important, it's an important thing. We have to be able to see clear, because we live in the world.” - Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC

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**The information on this podcast is intended to educate and inform. It is not meant to be a substitute of advice from your physician or medical provider.