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If you suspect your patient has pharyngeal and/or esophageal dysphagia, then it’s time to recommend an instrumental evaluation. A videofluoroscopic swallowing study is one of the main instrumentals we recommend.
The VFSS is also known as the modified barium swallow study (MBSS). Typically, VFSS are recommended after a bedside clinical swallowing examination. You can...
In graduate school, we learn tons of important things about the body and rehabilitation. We learn about the muscles, we can list the cranial nerves, and we learn all about motor learning and neuroplasticity.
But it’s hard to apply all that knowledge when you’re sitting with an actual patient. You watch them move their mouths during the OME, you see them eat, but… wh...
The goal of swallowing rehab is to build muscles, making them stronger, faster, and more coordinated. This makes the swallow safer and more efficient.
But how do you know which exercises to recommend? And for how long? What does a dysphagia exercise treatment session look like?
In this article, you’ll learn all the answers to these questions. You’ll be abl...
Dysphagia exercise and strategies are key to helping our patients safely and efficiently swallow. But there are so many to choose from: where should one start?
Right here! Read this article for actionable, easy-to-use charts and free PDFs to guide your dysphagia treatment plan.
Feel free to download and print the reference charts and PDFs....
Here’s a common scenario many of us speech therapy professionals find ourselves in: our motor speech patients are making good gains in session! Their strategies work and they sound great.
But then you chat with their loved ones who say, “I can’t understand them at home.” Or your patient reveals that they feel isolated when their friends nod when they speak, but don’...