Local impact of myofascial release/manual therapy for neck, voice, and swallowing disorders
For many years I’ve wondered how my touch is noted inside the body, at least from a deformation standpoint. While taking one of Jacob Lieberman, DO’s manual circumlaryngeal treatment seminars this past March in the UK, I witnessed a video he had made showing the video endoscopy view of his interventions and immediately wanted to do the same. Thanks to the SLPs at Flagstaff (AZ) Medical Center, where I recently taught my Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders I was able to see my work in action. The video sequence was unscripted with no intention except to see if a few of the many maneuvers I teach and use would show to impact the region of the vocal folds, arytenoids, and surrounding structure so important for voice and swallowing. The split-screen allows you to see what I was doing with my hands while viewing close-up images of the scope images. I am fully aware that seeing the impact proves no effect, per se, but I feel is a very exciting start to what I hope to be future imaging opportunities for me in the future, for both voice and dysphagia-related interventions. For more information on the work I teach, including the evidence to support this work and locations of upcoming seminars, please visit www.WaltFritz.com.
Cheers,
Walt Fritz, PT
Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars
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Hello
I had a complete thyroidectomy done last November. My left vocal fold was paralyzed. My voice has come back within the last couple of weeks. The problem now seems to be the tightness in my neck and feeling like im being strangled and or I can’t swallow and my throat is being closed. I was wondering what your thoughts on this might be.
My apologies for the lateness of this reply. It would be reckless of me to make an assessment over the Internet, however, post-surgical tightness complaints are often benefitted from a myofascial release-type of stretch. I might suggest that you reach out to a practitioner who has taken my class. You can search the database on this page: https://waltfritzseminars.com/business-directory/?wpbdp_view=all_listings