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September 2014
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Walt Fritz, PT
 
Walt has been a Myofascial Release practitioner since 1992 and has been teaching since 1995. His Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars are presented in small group settings with highly individualized one-on-one attention. Join him for a "New Perspective" on Myofascial Release.
 
 
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1 of 3: Walt Fritz Demonstrates A Myofascial Release Evaluation
1 of 3: Myofascial Release Evaluation
2 of 3: Walt Fritz Demonstrates A Myofascial Release Evaluation
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Myofascial Release Evaluation
3 of 3: Walt Fritz Demonstrates Myofascial Release Evaluations and Treatments
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Myofascial Release Evaluations and Treatments

Pelvic Landmark Palpation
Pelvic Landmark Palpation

Walt Fritz Demonstrates Myofascial Release: Cervical Thoracic Lift
Walt Fritz Demonstrates Myofascial Release: Cervical Thoracic Lift
Therapeutic Taping For Pain Made Easy (Kinesiology Taping)
Therapeutic Taping For Pain Made Easy (Kinesiology Taping)

Walt Fritz Demonstrates Seated Shoulder, Chest and Arm Myofascial Release
Seated Shoulder, Chest and Arm Myofascial Release
Walt Fritz Demonstrates A Sample Session of Myofascial Release, What to Expect.
Sample Session of Myofascial Release, What to Expect.


WaltFritz: Pelvic Floor/Anterior Lumbar Myofascial Release and Fascial Restriction
Pelvic Floor/Anterior Lumbar Stretch: Connecting with the Feel

 

Leveling the Landscape of the Thorax
Leveling the Landscape of the Thorax
Myomobilization with Myofascial Release for the Thigh
Myomobilization with Myofascial Release for the Thigh
Compressive Myofascial Release for the Foot
Compressive Myofascial Release for the Foot
Lumbar Lift
Lumbar Lift
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Asking the Unpopular Questions


Hi Everyone!

Fall is upon us and summer seemed like it went by way too quickly. Those of you who follow my blog will know that two posts were published over the past month that have garnered a lot of attention, both on the blog itself as well as around social media. Both addressed the rather gray area of so-called "emotional work" as it pertains to myofascial release and related forms of manual therapy. The questions I have asked are unpopular because they challenge the way myofascial release has been taught and practiced by some. I have been vocal in speaking my beliefs on this topic and both posts go into some detail, both from a legal/scope of practice perspective, as well as a training perspective. Being taught how to do something does not make it legal or ethical for you to utilize under your licensure laws. Emotional work can be exciting and gratifying, but should you be the one doing it? Positive outcomes on your part or the your views that other professions not doing what you consider an adequate job do not justify working beyond the legal scope of your practice act. I've linked both posts below, farther down in this email.

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Please check out our newest Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar listings for 2015 (below). There are one or two more that will be added shortly and please take note of the date change for the Nashville, TN Foundations II Seminar.

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The Foundations Approach continues to move forward, asking tough questions about the existing state of practice and education in the MFR field. You can join in the discussions on these and other MFR-related topics by becoming a member of either our Facebook or LinkedIn Groups (or both).

 Facebook Myofascial Release Forum

LinkedIn Myofascial Release Therapists

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Finally, we recently revised the Myofascial Release Home Stretching, Treatment Tips page of the website, making the home stretching handouts easier to find, as well as including some other helpful information for you. Please check it out here.

For now,
Walt Fritz, PT


Upcoming Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars
 

Foundations in Myofascial Release I 
Newington, Connecticut 
October 24-26, 2014

Foundations in Myofascial Release I 
Seattle, Washington 
November 7-9, 2014

Foundations in Myofascial Release I 
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
March 20-22, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release I 
Tampa, Florida 
March 27-29, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release I 
Asheville, North Carolina 
April 10-12, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Hoboken, New Jersey 
April 24-26, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Nashville, Tennessee 
May 10-12, 2015  NEW DATES

Myofascial Release for Voice, Speech and Swallowing Therapists™ (Open to all therapists) 
San Diego, CA 
June 7-8, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Batavia, New York 
June 26-28, 2014

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Charlotte (Cornelius), North Carolina 
August 7-9, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Dallas (Flower Mound), Texas 
August 21-23, 2015

Myofascial Release for Voice, Speech and Swallowing Therapists™ (Open to all therapists) 
Chicago, Illinois area 
September 19-20, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
Newington, Connecticut 
October 2-4, 2015

Foundations in Myofascial Release II No Prerequisites 
No Prerequisites 
York, Pennsylvania 
November 6-8, 2015

All classes are listed at the website, www.FoundationsinMFR.com. Registration information for many will be posted shortly. 


As I have mentioned to many of you, as well as anyone who has taken a class, please use me as a sounding board for your questions and comments, whether via email, our Facebook Group, or our LinkedIn Group. I will personally respond to each and every question. Also, as many people have contacted me to ask about the tools/products that I mention during the class, I have linked all of them at the bottom of this Newsletter.

We have just gotten approval from the Board of Certification (BOC) to provide CEU's to Athletic Trainers. This is in addition to CEUs that are already approved through NCBTMB, New York State PTs/PTAs, MTs, and Pennsylvania PTs/PTAs. If you plan on attending an upcoming class, please email for details regarding CEUs for your profession.

 

Check out all of the upcoming seminars at the website.


Lastly, please be sure to check out our free instructional videos. All are linked on the left hand side of this newsletter. They are a good way to review things or to pick up some new ideas.

 

Cheers,

Walt Fritz, PT

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A Special Offer

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The Myofascial Release Blog

This post represents a followup to my last post, "Are you qualified to do emotional work", with additional background in this post: "Professional Boundaries, continuing a dialogue: Is it time for a change?". There have been many passionate responses to the first post across this blog, and on both Facebook and LinkedIn Groups. Why the [...]...�

I am going to keep this post short and simple, with a followup blog in the near future. How many therapists (PTs, MTs, OTs, SLPs, etc.) feel they have the training and legal ability, through their professional scope of practice/practice act, to deal with the emotional aspects of their patient's pain/dysfunction? To define my term "deal [...]...�


The Subjectivity of "Cause" (And how it can make us think we are smarter than we really are!)
A recent online discussion made me look at the concept of what we, as body workers, view as cause, in terms of pain and dysfunction in the human body. In my education, I was taught a seemingly useful adage "find the pain, look elsewhere for the cause". However, cause was always based on an antiquated [...]...�


 

As a physical therapist in private practice, I've had the opportunity to work with thousands of patients over the years. I've streamlined my intake process collect the data I need to efficiently move through the initial evaluation process and make an assessment of needs.  My intake form has changed over the years, based on my [...]...�


 

What is the Deal With the Frozen Chicken?Using analogy can be an effective means of teaching new concepts. Since I started my Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars in 2006, I have moved in a direction that makes my teaching style unique. Moving away from mysticism and toward plausible explanatory models has been the hallmark of [...]...�


Therapeutic Taping for Pain Control

If your daily mail reads like mine, hardly a week passes when I do not receive a course listing for some sort of therapeutic taping class coming to town. I am impressed by the very artistic swirly patterns that are shown on the trim/fit bodies of the models, but is that (excessive) amount and complexity [...]...�

 

 

I came upon a statistic which showed that in the December of 2013, Google garnered a 67.3% share of search engine queries, while Bing (18.2%) and Yahoo (10.8%) trailed considerably. My favorite search engine, Google Scholar, did not make the list. Google has proven itself as a favorite means to access information of all sorts [...]...�



Professional Boundaries: Starting a Dialogue
 

There is a court case that just concluded in Pennsylvania, one in which I know not of the therapist's true innocence or guilt. The therapist, who specializes in Myofascial Release,  was convicted of groping female clients. He claims that he was simply performing the normal duties of a therapist and treating the areas of the [...]...�


Above The E-Fold™
 

Above the fold (From Wikipedia): Above the fold is the upper half of the front page of a newspaper where an important news story or photograph is often located. Papers are often displayed to customers folded so that only the top half of the front page is visible. Thus, an item that is "above the [...]...�


Zen and the Art of (Manual) Therapy™
 

My sessions start like most, where there is a short interview/update, a sharing of information to tell me the present state of being. This time gives me feedback on what we've done and direction on where we need to go. Listen, then move forward into treatment. Today, one of my morning sessions started just this [...]...�



  

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