New Video: Patient-centered approach to treatment to the hyoid region

New Video: A patient-centered approach to treatment to the hyoid region   Here is another video clip highlighting the patient-centered approach I utilize in all of my seminars. This sequence shows a bit of the work taught in my MFR (Manual Therapy) for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Seminar. One of the many great aspects… Continue Reading

Facebook Live with Nick Ng

Facebook Live with Nick Ng Nick Ng, editor of Massage & Fitness Magazine and I sat down recently for a Facebook Live conversation. Topics ranged from my recent teaching trip to Hong Kong, food, and many more topics of high interest to therapists! Give it a viewing, please! Cheers, Walt Fritz, PT I am a… Continue Reading

A Patient-Centered Care Bill of Rights/Responsibilities

A Patient-Centered Care Bill of Rights/Responsibilities Long-time readers of my blog have charted my course corrections over the years. When I began as a continuing educator in 2006, my presentation, and beliefs that supported those presentations, followed along the historical narrative taught in moist myofascial release (MFR) and craniosacral therapy (CST) curriculums. But after benefiting… Continue Reading

Walk, Just Faster

In a recent issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, a comprehensive 14-year study was released involving over 50,000 people who walked regularly. Results showed that when each person was allowed to describe their pace, self-described fast walkers saw a decrease in overall morbidity as well as the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. These were… Continue Reading

Synopsis of the Foundations Seminar Approach to Manual Care

What if the effects of manual therapy/myofascial release were less about the things we think we are doing with the tissues and more about the engagement we are having with the patient? I just finished putting the finishing touches on another full syllabus revision for my Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar for Neck, Voice, and… Continue Reading

New Podcast on “How’s the Pressure?”

Thanks to Haley Winter for allowing me to spend some time with him, talking about my views on MFR and manual care, on his podcast, How’s the Pressure? Regards, Walt Fritz, PT FoundationsinMFR.com   I am a proud member of the Medbridge Massage team of educators. I have 8 online trainings, all presented from my… Continue Reading

Manual therapy/MFR during radiation therapy for head neck cancer

Research Monday. Another of the resources I use as validation of the manual therapy/MFR approach to my MFR for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders workshop. www.FoundationsinMFR.com. Krisciunas, G.P., Golan, H., Marinko, L.N., Pearson, W., Jalisi, S. and Langmore, S.E. (2016), A novel manual therapy programme during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer – our clinical… Continue Reading

The Changing Face of Myofascial Release

The Changing Face of Myofascial Release “My work is called Myofascial Release due to the style of engagement that most resembles traditional gentle, sustained myofascial release treatment. While a popular belief, I no longer believe that I am able to singularly and selectively target fascia (connective tissue) beneath the skin to the exclusion of all other tissues, as many… Continue Reading

Where Does Somatic Memory in the Body Reside?

This blog post is reproduced in its entirety from the Terra Rosa website, posted here with full permission. I wished to repost it here, on my blog, for a few reasons. First, the Terra Rosa website/blog is an Australian-based one with less exposure in North America. Many of my readers reside in North America. Second,… Continue Reading

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