I would love to share a story with you. Now keep in mind, I've been an SLP for a lot of years and feel that I do a pretty good job. Sometimes, I may even get a little over-confident in my skills and have to examine what I'm doing. Let's talk about a patient I've [...]
Tag: Swallowing Therapy
3 Reasons You Should Never “Fake it Till You Make it” in Dysphagia
I really don't know where the phrase "fake it till you make it" came but it's one phrase that absolutely makes me cringe in relationship to dysphagia. Don't get me wrong. You should always go in confident in your skills. How can you possibly be confident though in skills you don't possess? The scary part [...]
The Patient Exercising Their Right to Choose (Formerly The Non Compliant Patient)
EDIT 1/4/17. Due to a recent Facebook post, I wanted to change some wording on this post. As with all areas of dysphagia, I continue to grow, learn and change my beliefs, mainly because of the patients I serve. Although my belief stands that those patients who do not follow my recommendation continue to require [...]
Swallowing Exercise Aid (SEA)
I saw a tweet about this new Swallowing Exercise Aid yesterday. I was extremely curious and decided to check out the article. We've had some new research come out on the Chin Tuck Against Resistance (CTAR) and Jaw Opening Against Resistance (JOAR) as well as Isometric Progress Resistive Oropharyngeal Therapy (IPRO). The common theme here [...]
Swallowing and Dysphagia Rehabilitation: Translating Principles of Neural Plasticity into Clinically Oriented Evidence
I'm back to the research! I took a brief break last month. Since I was covering 3 buildings and transitioning into the school system, I thought blogging about research might be pushing the limits a bit. Not to mention creating slides for a presentation in Montana. In looking into creating some new slides for a [...]
Usual Care in Dysphagia Rehabilitation
I am so excited to be a part of the journal article blogging group! Of course, my articles reviewed will be regarding dysphagia. My first article, I found very interesting: What is "Usual Care" in Dysphagia Rehabilitation: A Survey of USA Dysphagia Practice Patterns by Giselle D. Carnaby and Lindsay Harenberg. This article was found [...]
Product Review-TheraSip Swallowing Trainer
I think a lot of us dysphagia therapists or swallowologists are always looking for "what more can I do for my patients." I think that often. One of my favorite things to do is to browse through the medical catalogs and see what's new or what's out there and how much does it cost. There [...]
Respiration and Swallowing
How do you assess respiration when completing a swallow evaluation? Do you assess respiration during a swallow evaluation? What methods can be utilized to assess respiration during swallowing? There are several really good articles available. Dr. Bonnie Martin-Harris has been a leader in researching respiration and swallowing. Below are links to a few abstracts of [...]