A FEES view of manual therapy

A FEES view of manual therapy For most, getting the opportunity to visualize how manual therapy impacts internal structures is a rare event. I’m fortunate to have owners of FEES devices bring them to select Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders classes, allowing us to view those images. The methods taught in the… Continue Reading

Retrolaryngeal manual therapy for voice and swallowing-related issues

We record a good amount of video at each live Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders class, including myself, training the clinicians who act as teaching assistants. When I mention the apparent asymmetry of her anterior transverse processes, notice the variation in the SCM landscape. Is asymmetry a problem, the “cause,” or is… Continue Reading

Review of Inner Jaw Self-Treatment Tools

Review of Inner Jaw Self-Treatment Tools In the quest to offer more self-treatment options/solutions to patients with jaw-related issues (TMD, radiation-induced trismus), specifically for accessing the interior mandibular (aka pterygoid) region, I tested three products. From the perspective of treatment, placing a finger into the area between the ramus of the mandible and upper row… Continue Reading

Shared Decision-Making in the Manual Therapies

Shared Decision-Making in the Manual Therapies

Shared Decision-Making in the Manual Therapies In the Issue 2, 2020 of MNZ Magazine I contributed an article that speaks to evolving ways to view the patient/clinician interaction. Manual therapy (MFR, massage, etc.) all tend to be operator-centric, where the clinician is seen as the expert and carries the weight of decision-making. But the interactor… Continue Reading

How to Integrate Manual Therapy for Voice

How to Integrate Manual Therapy for Voice. A Zoom Webinar On June 11 I will be joining London, UK-based Vocal Coach Stephen King for a 90-minute How-To webinar on the integration of manual therapy for voice. I’ll do a quick unpackaging of a few myths (one of my favorite things to do!), establish a basis… Continue Reading

Podcast with The Naked Vocalist

Podcast with The Naked Vocalist

Podcast with The Naked Vocalist I recently was interviewed by Steve Giles and Chris Johnson, both UK-based vocal coaches, about my rather different approach to manual therapy with the vocalist. Below is a short clip, with the full video viewable on Facebook at this link. The full video goes deep into manual therapy and voice,… 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

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

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