I have been fortunate since entering into private practice in 2018, to forge a relationship with Swallowing Diagnostics, Inc., a Mobile provider of modified barium swallow swallowing studies (MBS). This collaboration allows me to view any modified barium swallow study...
A patient of mine — I’ll call him Frank — fell in his driveway last spring. Within a week he had a physical therapy referral in hand, a fall-risk assessment scheduled, and a home exercise plan taped to his refrigerator. It took another eighteen months, and a...
He was adamant. “I don’t have a swallowing problem.” This from a patient who had just coughed his way through half a cup of water, gasping for breath between spasms. It wasn’t until we sat down together and reviewed his video fluoroscopic swallowing study...
Surviving catastrophic events has been the subject matter taught by chemical engineer John Murphy throughout his extensive career as a risk analyst, consultant, and international lecturer. While working as a risk analyst for several major chemical companies, John...
Do You Have Swallowing Problem? Oro-pharyngeal dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related disorders, even in the early stage of disease, however, dysphagia in persons with Parkinson’s (PWP) has been underdiagnosed and...
