Full participant feedback from a recent seminar

Full participant feedback from a recent seminar I recently taught three of my Myofascial Release (manual therapy) for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders seminars in the UK and my hosts from the Birmingham class, SVS Associates, were kind enough to share their compiled survey/feedback results with me in an unedited form. I mention that it… Continue Reading

“Would you pay for that?”

“Would you pay for that?” As an educator in the continuing education setting, I occasionally get a participant in one of my seminars who seems resistive to what I’m sharing. While I’ve not had any full-blown hecklers (I’m confident that that day will come) but I have had a few who seem utterly unimpressed by my… Continue Reading

Finding my voice: A patient-centered perspective

Finding my voice: A patient-centered perspective In the latest edition of Massage & Fitness Magazine, I was asked to contribute an article relating to touch. The current issue is devoted to what might be happening beneath your skin (and in your brain) when we touch or are touched. Nicolas Ng, the publisher of Massage & Fitness Magazine,… Continue Reading

Treatment for Trismus vs. TMJ

Treatment for Trismus vs. TMJ I recently uploaded another video to my YouTube playlist, “21 Questions”. This one takes a look at the overlap between manual therapy intervention for trismus and for TMJ disorder. I’d love to hear your thoughts! Cheers, Walt Fritz, PT Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars   I am a proud member… Continue Reading

Local impact of myofascial release/manual therapy for neck, voice, and swallowing disorders

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… Continue Reading

Shielded Myofascial Release/Manual Therapy

Shielded Myofascial Release/Manual Therapy   Manual therapy and myofascial release are historically performed directly on the skin. In my original line of MFR training, I was taught that if I did not work on the skin then I would be releasing clothing and not the fascia. Never mind that I lacked the critical thinking skills to… Continue Reading

Podcast: MFR and the Voice, on Juliette Caton’s VocalScope

Podcast: MFR and the Voice, on Juliette Caton’s VocalScope I was recently interviewed by Juliette Caton for her new podcast, VocalScope, on the work I teach and its influence on voice. You can listen at iTunes here. The podcast is available on other platforms. For details please check out the VocalScope Facebook page. Cheers, Walt… Continue Reading

Myofascial release in the speech-language pathologist patient population

Myofascial release in the speech-language pathologist patient population By Walt Fritz, PT To expand the professional knowledge-based of the speech-language therapist/pathologist (SLP/SLT), I wish to introduce you to the use of myofascial release/manual therapy as a means of evaluation and treatment for a broad range of disorders familiar to you. Myofascial release (MFR) is a… Continue Reading

Manual Therapy and the Vocal Athlete: An article in the Massage New Zealand Magazine

Manual Therapy and the Vocal Athlete: An article in the Massage New Zealand Magazine The most recent issue of Massage New Zealand Magazine carries an article I wrote on Myofascial Release/Massage with the Vocal Athlete and the magazine has given permission for me to share it with you. Read the full article here, and please share… Continue Reading

3 More Questions: How to explain an approach such as this

3 More Questions on how to explain an approach such as this I’ve added to the 21 Questions YouTube playlist with three questions all revolving around the same theme. What to tell others, and oneself, about an approach such as the one I use and teach. “Now to the hardest of the latest three questions. We’ve… Continue Reading

21 Questions: Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing Disorders – A YouTube Playlist

21 Questions: Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing Disorders July 2023: While this post is dated regarding the title of my work (I evolved away from “Myofascial release/MFR” and into “manual therapy” due to issues of credibility), the content remains quite relevant. The playlist has expanded well beyond the original 21 videos to give the… Continue Reading

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