15. Shared Decision Making and Leveraging Patient Preference with WALT FRITZ

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Overview: Walt Fritz is a physical therapist that specializes in speech and swallowing disorders, but more than that, he specializes in including the patient in the plan of care and leveraging their insights and beliefs to provide the most efficient treatment. Although this episode starts with us discussing some of the reasons for PT to treat speech and swallowing, we quickly transition to patient care and shared decision making. Hope you enjoy. Happy to have you here!

RESOURCES

Walt's Info

- Walt Fritz Website

- Instagram: waltfritzpt

People mentioned

- Jeffrey Maitland

Research mentioned

- The Demonization of Manual Therapy, Chad Cook

- Manual therapy: Exploiting the role of human touch, Tommaso Geri

- Rocabado's Approach