[Dysphagia] physios/chiropractors in swallowing rehab

[fezia at tm.net.my (fezia)]

Hi
I am a CranioSacral therapist.....unlikely that it can be fixed with one
manipulation.

I work wth children who have dysphagia , usually CP kids. we work a fair bit
in the mouth to get the suck reflex working and we also work alot on the
hyoid.  But 1 maniplulation?..... I need to go learn from this person!!
CST does help but if it is  a nerological problems theres much much more
work to do and other modalities (PT/OT/SP)are needed.

We do a fair bit of spinal manipulation which is really very helpful with
posture.

I have a lot of referrals from Speech therapists who find it much easier to
work after the CranioSacral Theratments....and I would consider myself a
fairly good therapist but if only it were that simple.  :-)

That is a very frightening statement to make   1 manipulation  .....???

cheers/Fezia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meyer, Jennifer" <JMeyer@mail.twu.edu>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 2:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Dysphagia] physios/chiropractors in swallowing rehab


> Hello Deanna,
> I have taken the first CranioSacral course offered by the Upledger
> Institute (see www.upledger.com) and have found it a very helpful
> ADJUCNCT to therapy but have never heard anyone claim to be able cure
> dysphagia with one manipulation.  I have stopped migraines with one
> manipulation, but on the whole it should be thought of as a gentle,
> "over time" kind of thing.  I have referred several children on my
> caseload for CST and seen reduction in GERD (my own son included).  Did
> you hear anything on the news a year or two ago about the conjoined
> Egyptian twins who underwent separation surgery in Dallas?  They are
> getting regular CST.
>
> I think there is enough there to warrant further exploration and have
> seen and experienced direct results and improvement in some areas, but
> there is certainly a lot of room for quackery and I advise people to go
> carefully.
>
> Jennifer S. Meyer, M.A. CCC-SLP
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Deanna Rolfe
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:54 PM
> To: dysphagia@b9.com
> Subject: [Dysphagia] physios/chiropractors in swallowing rehab
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> Has anyone had any experience with either physiotherapists or
> chiroractors who do spinal manipulations, treating patients with
> dysphagia...especially due to reduced anterior hyoid movement?
>
> A colleague spoke with a private physiotherapist who does
> "cranio-sacral" therapy (I hope I got the term right), who said he could
> fix the dysphagia with 1 manipulation!
>
> I would be interested to see this...or hear from anyone who knows
> anything about this.
>
> Deanna
> Australia
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