Rethinking Manual Therapy and Exercise for the Jaw and Oral Region

SKU: 2560
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Rethinking Manual Therapy and Exercise for the Jaw and Oral Region

Rethinking Manual Therapy and Exercise for the Jaw and Oral Region

SKU: 2560
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Icon Walt Fritz, PT

Manual therapy has long been seen as an expert-driven stretching or tissue impact model that reduces or corrects local pathology. However, newer research positions manual therapy as a form of communication to the patient’s brain, allowing them to contribute to change. This course uses newer multifactorial impact research to position tongue-based manual therapy under the umbrella of such evolutions. 

Using a shared decision-making intervention model, this course will allow the learner to incorporate manual therapy in the tongue region for issues relating to articulatory disorders, oral motor delays, post-surgical and post-radiation disorders, airway issues, and swallowing/voice concerns. 

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Course Description

This three-hour course offers insight into functional problems in the jaw, face, oral cavity, and  submental region. Additionally, it includes a small number of newer tongue "techniques" not included  elsewhere in the Foundations Seminar online curriculum. This is more than just a technique class, as  without a thorough understanding of the many factors at play when we intervene, technique learning  becomes rote and is often applied without context. In addition to providing the learner with new  treatment options, this course, like all Foundations Seminars courses, strongly emphasizes the "soft  skills" of establishing the therapeutic relationship, increasing patient input, and continuously  integrating manual therapy with movement/exercise. Be prepared to be challenged.

 
Throughout this course, you will learn novel applications and modifications of touch-based manual  therapy interventions positioned side-by-side with movement and exercise. Body regions covered  include the jaw/TMJ, the oral cavity, including the soft palate, the submental region, and a few newer  techniques for the tongue not covered in the separate "Rethinking Manual Therapy and Exercise for  the Tongue" course. 
 

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to: 

  • Define visual sensory processing differences and explain how sight influences learning, communication, and regulation.
  • Identify signs of visual over- and under-sensitivity, including difficulties with light, contrast, movement, and visual clutter.
  • Apply practical, sensory-informed strategies to reduce visual stress and support engagement across home, education, healthcare, and community settings.
     

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Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

  • Walt Fritz, PT

Walt Fritz has the following relevant financial relationship to disclose: He receives royalties from similar course content delivered through Medbridge Massage, Compton Publishing Ltd., and PatCom. 

Walt Fritz will receive a speaker royalty for this course calculated quarterly based on learners enrolled therein. 

He has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Registration

  • Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE FOR 365 DAYS/1 YEAR (3-hour CE course, downloadable handout)

Schedule

Timed Agenda 
1:00 hours: Understanding the underlying narratives for this sort of blended therapy approach.
1:00 hours: Understanding the anatomy of the region and begin applying techniques and concepts. 
1:00 hours: Dive deeper into techniques and concepts.  
Total Time: 3 hours

 

 

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