References

• References cited from the 23 September 2026 talk by Walt Fritz, PT, Riga, Latvia

• Slides from the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation talk on 23 September, 2026

• Evidence supporting the Voice and Swallowing Disorders seminars is available here.

• A partial list of head and neck cancer/dysphagia references may be found here.

• I recently published a paper in Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery titled “The mechanism of action for laryngeal manual therapies: the need for an update.” The article may be found at this link.

• Additional references from the AOMT (American Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy) are available here.

• 2024 Newcastle Voice Conference, Keynote Address, December 3, 2024: “The "Art" of Palpation and How We Know What We Know. The Epistemology of Touch-Based Work.: References here.”

• February 2025 Short Course references for the Voice Study Centre, "Options with laryngeal manipulation: Widening the aperture."

• July 2025 short course references for the Voice Study Centre, Exploring the roots of the tongue: Ideas for performance

• Newsletter subscribers can find papers referenced in those newsletters here. A password is required (available once subscribed to the newsletter from “Resources” > "The Insider's Newsletter" tab on the menu.

• References cited in the April 29, 2026, talk to the NYSSMMT group can be downloaded here.

• To download an Excel spreadsheet listing some primary concerns when using manual therapy in the anterior neck region, click here.

• References from the May 12, 2026, talk to the Dysphagia Special Interest Group of Ireland.

• Manual Therapy and Exercise for the Tongue: Strange Bedfellows. Presented as a workshop at the 2026 Annual Voice Foundation Symposium (updated). Link.

• Resources and references from the September 2, 2026 talk with Dianne Matkowski, the Massage Mentor

Below is a growing playlist of videos addressing scholarly papers relevant to the SLP and related professions.

Evidence for manual therapy for the SLP: Head and neck cancer (Krisciunas et al., 2019)

Evidence for manual therapy for the SLP: Head and neck cancer-related trismus (McMillan et al. 2022)

Evidence for manual therapy for the SLP: MRI-based changes resulting from manual therapy (Roy et al., 2019)

Evidence for manual therapy for the SLP (and others). Meta-therapy, (Helou, 2017)

Evidence for manual therapy for the SLP (and others). (Morrison, 1997)

Evidence for posture’s role in voice, swallowing, and related disorders.