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Fremont, CA. Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Fremont, CA. Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Course Description
The clinician learned to understand and apply manual therapy (MT) as a multifactorial method of impacting voice and swallowing issues. Using a biopsychosocial approach to evaluation and intervention, the clinician utilized the evidence to support this MT model and, through hands-on experiences, learned immediately applicable clinical skills in the context of the diagnoses facing the SLP. This course content also fits within the framework of the massage, occupational, and physical therapists interested in this region. Areas of interest include voice, swallowing, oral-motor disorders, tongue dysfunction, breathing, pain, and performance limitations.
Historically, manual therapy, myofascial release, vocal massage, laryngeal manipulation, and other forms of manual care are often stated as a means to eliminate or improve a tissue, postural, or biomechanically-based problem. Patients and clinicians often share these perspectives, reinforced by education models and social media 30-second sound bites. However, every person’s case is complex. When high muscle tension is used to explain laryngeal problems, what drives that tension? A nearly unlimited number of contributing factors set the issue in place, and an equally complex tapestry of elements contributes to successfully remedying the problem. These courses take you down this rabbit hole of complexity, allowing you to see the myriad possibilities for impact and creating comfort in not knowing. Though this last statement may seem contradictory, knowing more often means admitting uncertainty. Filling the void left by not knowing is the therapeutic alliance and understanding how successfully applying its principles can drive intervention success. From this perspective, you have a baseline understanding of how I present this work.
This class centers around two central themes. The first is obvious: teaching the SLP and others the use of manual, touch-based therapy for the remediation of voice, swallowing, oral motor, tongue-related, breathing, and similar problems. Second, a concept of equal importance is introducing a patient-centered model of care, one solidly grounded in shared decision-making (SDM). The core concepts of SDM, now common in our shared literature, can be inserted into any intervention, not just manual therapy.
This course is not jam-packed with techniques. Instead, we move through multiple engagements but frame them from the SDM perspective. Adequate time is spent in all covered areas to ensure that each clinician feels comfortable applying the intervention.
Course fees:
Up to three weeks before the class: $500
Final 3 weeks before the class: $600
- Category:OtherManual therapy
Format:
Live In Person
Contact Hour:
1.45
City, State:
2500 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, California 94538, United States
Minimum requirements
Education Level:
N/A
Previous Training(s)
- None
Location
Is this class ASHA CEU-approved?
This class is approved for 1.45 ASHA CEUs (intermediate).
Are there prerequisites?
There are no prerequisites. Once registered, a required 2-hour online class (included in the class price) must be completed before the class. This class introduces the learner to the evidence behind the approach. The online class is distributed three weeks before the start of the in-person class.
What patient populations are appropriate for the use of manual therapy?
Manual therapy is effective with all ages, including infants and children. There is robust evidence for its utility with issues relating to voice and swallowing disorders, including post-head and neck cancer-related issues, oral motor and tongue-related problems, TMJ-related disorders, breathing limitations, and throughout the range of performance voice problems.
Will this class equip me to begin using manual therapy with my patients?
The goal of the class is to prepare the clinician to begin using the work presented in this workshop with immediate effect. Additionally, the shared decision-making principles can be more broadly applied across the spectrum of interventions.
Are there additional classes in this curriculum?
An advanced class (ASHA CEU-approved) is offered at select locations. It is advised that the clinician put the coursework from the introductory class into action before applying to the advanced class. An online version of the Balancing the Body class is also ASHA CEU-approved. That class takes the learner on a wider course of influence, looking at how posture, alignment, and freedom of movement may impact the various disorders the SLP sees, with manual therapy interventions addressing the same.
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US-based physical therapist Walt Fritz teaches a unique interpretation of manual therapy to speech-language pathologists, voice professionals, and other related…
US-based physical therapist Walt Fritz teaches a unique interpretation of manual therapy to speech-language pathologists, voice professionals, and other related…
Fremont, CA. Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Fremont, CA. Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders
$500.00