[Dysphagia] conundrum re:estim

[mbuckie at dmc.org (Buckie,Marcia)]

That is a conundrum.

I was really surprised to see an ad in the back of our Metro Parent magazine that simply said "Vital Stim for Dysphagia" with just an individuals name and phone number.

This may not be a perfect analogy, but with some of the more controversial and/or extremely popular approaches within rehab (such as cranial sacral therapy, therapeutic touch) it seems like if you want to be competitive in the consumer market, you feel pressure  to offer these things that people are asking for, even though it may be a passing fad.

Marcia

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So I took the Vital Stim course about two years ago and being the avid  
reader of this listserve I decided to postpone implementing the program. In the  
mean time, several of the other rehab groups in town are offering it at their  
rehab/ltc facilities and now the local large medical center is providing  it!  
The situation we have now is that patients's families are specifically  asking 
for it and I believe the hospitals may be steering pts to facilities that  
provide it..........thoughts?
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