Adult Swallowing Therapy

More Than A Voice Speech Therapy is a specialized treatment team that can provide therapy for many vocal problems. For example, adult swallowing therapy in Jacksonville FL, can improve your speech after dysphagia. Here’s what you need to know about this powerful treatment for your dysphagia.

Dysphagia: A Complex Problem Swallowing Therapy Can Manage

Dysphagia occurs due to neurological problems like strokes, head trauma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, dementia, tumors, spine injury, motor neuron disease, and myopathy. It triggers symptoms like excessive spit production, drooling, coughing, choking, and difficulty swallowing. It’s also connected to heart problems, stroke, weight loss, and nutritional deficiencies.

However, our More Than A Voice Speech Therapy team can provide swallowing therapy to help you recover from this problem. We’ll pair you up with various exercises and treatments that can reduce your symptoms and make it easier to eat properly. Here’s what you need to know about our many therapeutic options and how we can help you stay healthy.

Swallowing Therapy: A Powerful Recovery Tool 

Adult swallowing therapy in Jacksonville FL, can include many different exercises and routines that can minimize your symptoms and ensure you get the support you need. We’ll lead you through various steps to ensure you bounce back from dysphagia, including:

• Shaker Exercise: Laying on your back, raising your head, and holding for several seconds can help strengthen your throat and improve your swallowing.
• Hyoid Lift Maneuver: Put small pieces of paper on a blanket, place your lips on it, inhale, and pull it off the blanket to improve your throat muscles and swallowing.
• Mendelsohn Maneuver: Keep your Adam’s apple elevated for 2-5 seconds, repeat the movement, and focus on the routine to strengthen your muscle further.
• Effortful Swallow: To strengthen your swallowing, squeeze all your throat muscles and swallow as hard as you can. You don’t need to be eating anything to do this exercise.
• Supraglottic Swallow: Inhale deeply, breathe as you swallow, cough to remove debris, and repeat regularly to ensure you improve your swallowing.

We can also use other methods to help you, including working with dietary specialists, oral hygienists, and other experts to ensure you improve your swallowing on all levels. With our support, it should be fairly easy to get the long-term support you need to swallow safely.

Therapy for Your Needs

More Than A Voice Speech Therapy can provide adult swallowing therapy in Jacksonville FL, for those who need it. With our help, you can work your way through dysphagia and get the support you deserve. Call us at (407) 214-8220 to learn more about this therapeutic process.