Professional Imaging Austin

06/20/2023

🔹Neuroplasticity-ability of brain and nervous system to change, structurally and functionally, without it SLPs would not have a job in swallowing rehabilitation!
🔹Compensation- temporary effect, without it swallow will return to baseline
-ex. chin tuck
🔹Rehabilitation-“long-term” effect
-“use it or lose it, use it and improve it”
-ex. effortful swallows

06/20/2023

“The Best Exercise for Swallowing is…….wait for it… wait for it…… wait for it………SWALLOWING!!

Efficacy of exercises to rehabilitate dysphagia: A critique of the literature https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25825989/ #

06/15/2023

When a patient aspirates, typical clinical practice has been to thicken liquids, however is this approach supported by current research?
Article links below ⬇️
Things We Do for No Reason: The Use of Thickened Liquids in Treating Hospitalized Adult Patients with Dysphagia
https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.3141
Use of modified diets to prevent aspiration in oropharyngeal dysphagia: is current practice justified?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/300296

06/06/2023

ALL SWALLOWS MATTER……Why??
•We swallow approximately 700+ times a day
• it takes 1/10 of a second to close the airway for swallowing and if this is delayed the risk of aspiration more than triples (University of Washington Otolaryngology)
• National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders reports DYSPHAGIA “difficulty swallowing” affects 15 million Americans of ALL ages
•SimplyThick, LLC refers to dysphagia as a silent epedemic because it’s under reported and under recognized
•Research reports as high as 68% of nursing home patients have dysphagia “difficulty swallowing”(NIDCD)
•Dysphagia complications such as pneumonia is one of the top 15 primary diagnosis that leads to hospital readmission (CMS)
•60,000 people die annually in the US from complications related to dysphagia (AHCPR)
• It is reported that up to 55% of aspiration is silent in nature (Chen, Kent, Cui 2021)

07/11/2022

We are hiring a SLP in Indiana!

07/01/2022

Professional Imaging offices and mobile unites are CLOSED on Monday July 4, 2022. Normal hours resume Tuesday July 5, 2022!

06/01/2022

It's almost time! June is Dysphagia Awareness Month. Please join us throughout the month to raise awareness of the impact swallowing disorders have on individuals and their loved ones.

05/18/2022

12/23/2021

Offices and vans will be closed Friday 12/24 and 12/31. Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday

07/10/2021

Last Chance this Summer... Don't miss out on a FREE FREE 2 hour CEU!!! No pre-registration required!!! Just join us on ZOOM!

Topic: Drink and Learn: Preparing for PDPM in Dysphagia Management


Date: July 10
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