022 – Walt Fritz, PT – The Inter- and Intra-rater Reliability of Palpation, Myofascial Release, and Manual Therapy using a Patient Directed Approach.
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Walt Fritz breaks down the history of manual therapy, use of myofascial release, and using a patient directed approach in treating dysphagia.
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode 22 of the Swallier Pride Podcast and today's guest is Walt Fritz. |
| 0:06.4 | Walt has been a physical therapist since 1985 and has been using manual therapy as his chosen |
| 0:12.2 | intervention since 1992. After training and working |
| 0:15.8 | with some of the well-known pioneers of the MFR field, he began to move the traditional |
| 0:20.4 | myofacial release narrative from its historical past into more modern and |
| 0:24.7 | accepted narratives of neurological explanation. |
| 0:27.9 | He teaches his workshops to P.T.S. O.T.s. and massage therapists. Since 2013, he has added a class directed towards speech-language pathologists. |
| 0:37.0 | The Foundations in myofacial Relief Seminar for neck, voice, and swallowing disorders |
| 0:42.0 | focuses on evaluation of swallowing, voice, and other... voice and |
| 0:44.1 | swallowing disorders seen by the SLP and voice professional. |
| 0:47.6 | He takes a decidedly different approach to Myoposha release and manual therapy |
| 0:52.1 | working toward an explanatory |
| 0:54.0 | narrative that represents current thinking and pain science, as well as adding a |
| 0:58.1 | feedback-based patient-directed model of explanation. |
| 1:01.0 | Walt sees patients at his physical therapy practice in Rochester, New York. |
| 1:06.8 | Welcome to the Swallow Your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board |
| 1:11.5 | certified specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and |
| 1:14.5 | I know firsthand how much confusing and conflicting information there is out |
| 1:18.7 | there about how we assess and treat swallowing disorders. This podcast is all about bringing everyone together, getting on the same page, being |
| 1:26.6 | open to new ideas, and using evidence-based treatment strategies for our patients with |
| 1:31.0 | dysphagia. |
| 1:32.3 | So let's get into it. |
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