Intellectual Laziness and Dishonesty People like stories and often the simpler the better. However, when we tell patients stories that are too simple, the message gets distorted, often so much so that we start believing these simple stories too. Stories, such as weakness as being the cause of pain/poor motor abilities or perceived tissue pathologies,… Continue Reading
Can touch be non-denominational? If you are reading this post chances are you’ve taken some sort of manual therapy training, or at least are considering taking some. If you are a newbie, consider this warning; no matter what sort of training you undertake you will be dragged down a rabbit hole of beliefs. These beliefs… Continue Reading
I can take it… Manual therapy, myofascial release, massage, and the host of other touch-based interventions often rely on the perception of the clinician’s expertise to gauge pressures. Patients will often give up power to the therapist in order to (try to) feel better, though isn’t that an odd arrangement? Allowing someone else to decide… Continue Reading
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 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 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
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 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
Because most of us want to watch a few videos of a cat massaging a dog’s neck… (Obviously, the cats took to heart the work taught in my seminar, though they could have slowed down a bit!) Cheers, Walt Fritz, PT I am a proud member of the Medbridge Massage team of educators. I have… Continue Reading
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 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
