I had a UP3 operation removing my soft pallet that I deeply regret, I had to learn how to swallow, now if I sit and eat at 45 degrees I choke as I also do with saliva at the dentist. This is interesting & helpful thanks for posting.
Make sure to consult with a Speech Language Pathologist before doing any of these posture changes while having foods and liquids, as they will typically only be prescribed while having the patient perform them during an X ray swallow study so they can see which posture changes are safe vs. unsafe for the individual patient. Some postures, like the chin tuck can be dangerous to perform with food/drink and increase the risk of aspiration depending on the person's individual physiological problem. Practising the exercises with dry swallows (no food/drink, just swallowing saliva) is relatively safer.
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I had a UP3 operation removing my soft pallet that I deeply regret, I had to learn how to swallow, now if I sit and eat at 45 degrees I choke as I also do with saliva at the dentist. This is interesting & helpful thanks for posting.
Make sure to consult with a Speech Language Pathologist before doing any of these posture changes while having foods and liquids, as they will typically only be prescribed while having the patient perform them during an X ray swallow study so they can see which posture changes are safe vs. unsafe for the individual patient. Some postures, like the chin tuck can be dangerous to perform with food/drink and increase the risk of aspiration depending on the person's individual physiological problem. Practising the exercises with dry swallows (no food/drink, just swallowing saliva) is relatively safer.