Dialoguing in the Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar Approach

Every form of manual therapy has its unique way of engaging a patient/client, both physically and verbally. Talking is often frowned upon in massage/manual therapy, as it is believed to interfere with the relaxation response or allowing the patient to go deep. Those things are important aspects of some work, but not mine. My Foundations… Continue Reading

New Video: MFR for the Anterior Shoulder and Intercostal Regions

I’ve posted another free Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars MFR Treatment Tip to my YouTube channel. This one highlights some unique and simple ways to engage familiar aspects of upper thoracic/intercostal/shoulder region pain and dysfunction. What is different about my Foundations Approach? Small group trainings with a high level of one-on-one hands-on instruction directly from… Continue Reading

The power of touch and presence vs. modality specific beliefs

The power of touch and presence vs. modality specific beliefs Disclaimer: I teach continuing education seminars for a living. When we touch patients in a therapeutic intervention, how many different “things” or actions can we really be accomplishing? How many different structures can we really make contact with or elicit change? With higher levels of… Continue Reading

MFR Treatment Tips: Intra-Oral

Next in the series of MFR Treatment Tips is this close-up video on my preferred finger placement when treating the inner aspect of the mandible. While at times referred to as a pterygoid treatment, I find this label limiting. For one, it is a perceptual fantasy to believe we can isolate and target an individual… Continue Reading

MFR Treatment Tips: The Anterior Cervical Region

I’ve posted a new video onto YouTube that covers treatment to the anterior cervical/throat region. I’ve treated this area for over twenty years with very nice results in the treatment of neck region pain as well as issues relating to radiculopathy-like symptoms into the arm and chest/shoulder regions. More recently Ive learned the value of… Continue Reading

Myofascial release and the evidence for speech, voice, and swallowing disorders.

Since this blog was originally published the Reference Page used for my Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders has been updated. Additionally, the relevant evidence has been inserted throughout the new Course Syllabus that is distributed in the seminar. Science is dynamic and so will this seminar and the evidence… Continue Reading

Rethinking your professional identity

What mental image might a person receive when you introduce yourself to them by saying “I am a physical therapist” (or massage therapist, or speech and language pathologist, or occupational therapist, or etc.)? This short statement of identity may create a cascade of mental images to your audience (the potential client) which may influence your… Continue Reading

Mechanosensitivity: “The doctor poked, and prodded, and scratched his chin. He could find nothing wrong”

“The doctor poked, and prodded, and scratched his chin. He could find nothing wrong.” from Imogene’s Antlers, by David Small. Imogene’s Antlers was one of my favorite books to read to my daughters when they were young. In it, the doctor was called in to examine Imogene, as she had spontaneously sprouted antlers. However, no… Continue Reading

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