Скачать или смотреть Effortful Swallow Exercise: Strengthen Your Swallow After Head & Neck Cancer

In this video, speech pathologist Lauren Meffen explains the effortful swallow technique, a key strategy to help head and neck cancer patients regain swallowing strength. Learn how to safely move food and liquids through your throat, strengthen the posterior pharyngeal wall muscles, and improve your swallowing efficiency after treatment. Follow along with practical tips and exercises designed to help you start eating and drinking again with guidance from your speech pathologist.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction to the effortful swallow technique
0:35 - Why effortful swallows help after head and neck cancer
1:15 - Role of speech pathologists in swallowing studies
1:50 - Demonstration of effortful swallow with pudding
2:20 - Impact of radiation on swallowing sensation
3:00 - Importance of swallow studies (FEES, MBS)
3:30 - Swallowing multiple times to clear food
4:15 - How the esophagus opens during swallowing
5:00 - Final demonstration of effortful swallowing

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