Why FacExer and how it works — dysphagia

JUNE is National Dysphagia Awareness Month. It's not too late to help spread awareness! We are looking for partners and volunteers. Please, read: The personal exerciser (FacExer) adds a resistance component to the existing oral-motor exercises for various disorders (neurodegenerative disease, tumors of the head and neck, infection, or trauma, stroke), making exercises more effective. Resistance provided by FacExer helps increase lingual muscle strength and mass , which improves the timing of the swallowing components, according to study (Senescent Swallowing: Impact, Strategies and Interventions. Ney et al., 2009). In addition, FacExer stimulates muscles of mastication and the oral-motor system during...

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      Recent research on the benefits of lingual resistance exercise suggests that strength-building exercises for the tongue increase lingual muscle strength and mass and improve the timing of the swallowing components in healthy older adults. (Senescent Swallowing: Impact, Strategies and Interventions.  Denise Ney, PhD, Jennifer Weiss, MD, Amy Kind, MD, JoAnne Robbins, PhD). https://www.acsm.org/docs/brochures/resistance-training.pdf