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Walt Fritz, PT's Blog – October 2010 Archive (3)

Rooting For The Underdog, Part 2 (Football and Therapy, W-0, L-6)

Close game, outcome the same…



When I decided to begin teaching my own brand of Myofascial Release trainings, I was asked; “Why would you want to start this, when there are so many people who are big in the field?”. I knew right away they

had just answered their own question.



I am grateful of the training I received in continuing education from a wide variety of sources, and I am looking to learn more. My education continues. But the one thing I…

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Added by Walt Fritz, PT on October 26, 2010 at 7:46pm — No Comments

The Language We Use, Part 2 (Football and Therapy, W-0, L-5)

My previous post on the “Language We Use” garnered a few replies here and on other sites, though not as much as I had hoped. I feel like I may have hit a raw nerve in many.



I believe that I, like many of you, get so caught up in the enthusiasm of learning a new modality that we forget to touch base with reality. It is not my point to trash anyone’s beliefs or manner of

explanation. I simply ask whether you have ever stepped back and

analyzed the language that…

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Added by Walt Fritz, PT on October 18, 2010 at 10:53am — 3 Comments

The Language We Use (Football and Therapy, W-0, L-4)

This post isn’t really about football…How does our choice of language effect our patients?



Another bad week for the home team. Words cannot describe how bad the Buffalo Bills played this past weekend.



I spend a fair amount of time on the internet. I rationalize it by telling myself that it is part of my job; keeping up with myofascial release and the larger field of…

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Added by Walt Fritz, PT on October 4, 2010 at 6:54pm — No Comments

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