I am really excited to make the following announcement. As of 2016, Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars will be restructured. Gone will be Foundations I and II, as confusion between which is entry level and which is a second level class led to great confusion (both are entry level). They are being replaced with:

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These changes create a more clear course description for all. Both classes are entry level.


The Myofascial Release for Head and Neck Disorders will remain unchanged except for a new name:

Foundations in Myofascial Release for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Seminar

I will be talking more about each of the classes in the next newsletter. 

I was honored to be invited to present at the: 18th Annual Head and Neck Conference: Focus on Rehabilitation in the Head and Neck Cancer Patient, presented by the Johns Hopkins Voice Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. On the first day I was able to present the Foundations Approach to Myofascial Release to the gathered assembly of physicians, researchers, and speech language pathologists. The second day consisted solely of a special one-day presentation of the Myofascial Release for Head and Neck Disorders Seminar, which was taught to 55 speech language pathologists.

We currently have one two-day Foundations in Myofascial Release for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Seminar (new name!) confirmed for Charlotte, NC in March 2016, with a number of other classes in the works. If you have an interest in hosting one of these specialized hands-on seminars, please contact us.

The Foundations Approach Online Trainings on the Medbridge massage platform have been well received and  the 5th and 6th trainings (of a total of 8) are about to be released. An annual MedBridge Massage subscription is currently available for $49 using the discount code FRITZmassage.   An annual subscription provides unlimited access to all my online courses as well as courses by over a dozen of the best instructors in the massage field. CEs apply.

Here is a quick look at the third and fourth trainings:

The Anterior Cervical and TMJ Region training speaks to that deep, dark area in the front of the neck, throat, and mouth region, an area which some therapists seem scared to treat while others seem to feel that aggressive therapy is fine.  We take you into dealing with issues of neck/arm pain, sensory changes, swallowing/speech disorders, and jaw dysfunctions.


If you haven't taken a Foundations Seminar within the past year or two, the Frozen Chicken concept describes the simple but very effective way to not only help you to locate areas in your client which may benefit from treatment, but allow you a means to assure that what you found is relevant to their pain. The concept is explained well in a new Clinical Pearl,  from the Medbridge Series titled The Feedback Loop and the Frozen Chicken. Click the link to read the Pearl and watch a short video clip of the training.



MedBridge is a nationally accredited online education provider that empowers rehabilitation specialists to reach new heights in their education and client outcomes. Thousands of therapists turn to MedBridge as their all-in one education solution.

For now,

Walt Fritz, PT