[For Older Adults] Choking-Prevention Training: Boost Chewing and Swallowing Strength to Prevent Aspiration

Swallowing training with a blowout toy

Swallowing Training You Can Do at Home: Using a Party Blower #Rehabilitation #SwallowingTraining

Some of you may have played with them as children.

The party blowouts that are familiar as toys are perfect items for swallowing training.

Products are available as sets with different levels of resistance, so be sure to make use of them.

The easier ones can be done with just enough breath to move a tissue, while the more difficult ones require enough breath to blow out all the candles on a birthday cake without any trouble.

Choose a resistance level that suits the older adult’s condition, and have them train with it!

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Swallowing muscle training

Countermeasures for Coughing and Aspiration! Swallowing Muscle Training (Shaker Exercise)

Some people may choke while eating or wake up at night coughing on saliva.

How about trying swallowing muscle training? This training focuses on the larynx, which serves as a lid for the trachea, to strengthen the muscles used for swallowing.

Lie on your back, bend your ankles to 90 degrees, and slightly lift your head.

Keep looking at your toes and hold that position for 60 seconds.

There’s also a method for abdominal exercises using a towel, so give it a try if you like.

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5-minute oral exercises

Prevent aspiration and choking: a 5-minute oral exercise routine. This is the PaTaKaRa swallowing exercise for seniors and older adults.

This is a training routine that helps prevent aspiration and choking, which often occur in older adults.

First, rotate your neck to stretch, then to strengthen the area around your mouth and inside the mouth, move your mouth deliberately while pronouncing “aaah” and “eeeh.” Next, puff out your cheeks and move your tongue.

Once you’ve finished everything, move on to the Pa-Ta-Ka-Ra swallowing exercises.

This exercise involves saying the four syllables “pa,” “ta,” “ka,” and “ra” out loud to strengthen the tongue and throat.

Start by saying “pa” five times in a row, then repeat it faster after you finish.

Do the same for the remaining syllables.

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At-home throat training

Let’s do it every day! Throat training at home! Swallowing Training Association Demonstration: Akito Tamazawa Let’s do it every day. SWALLOW TRAINING ASSOCIATION

Throat decline doesn’t only make it harder to speak; it can also affect swallowing and lead to choking incidents.

To help reduce the risk even a little, here are some simple exercises you can do daily.

First, inhale for three seconds and exhale.

Next, consciously engage the muscles around your mouth and cheeks and move your mouth widely while saying “u” and “i.” Then continue with sticking out your tongue, varying your pitch, and swallowing a small amount of water.

These simple exercises are suitable for anyone, so please give them a try if you like.

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Tongue training at home

Strengthen your tongue muscles! Prevent aspiration! Let’s do it every day! At-home tongue training ★ Swallowing Training Channel ★ Updated every Monday ★ Demonstration: Akito Tamazawa

Let me introduce some training to strengthen your tongue muscles and prevent accidental swallowing.

Start with sticking your tongue in and out, pronouncing “ra,” circling your tongue around the inside of your closed mouth, and pressing against your cheeks.

In the next stage, move on to actions many of us often did as children, like clicking your tongue and rolling your R’s.

As you get older, you may find that rolling your R’s is surprisingly difficult.

But if you practice every day, you’ll be able to do it, so don’t give up.

It’s an area where it’s easy to miss signs of decline, so take this opportunity to learn it well and train consistently.

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Chewing Chewing 100-Year-Old Gymnastics

Kamikami 100-Year-Old Gymnastics: Hiroshima Prefecture Dental Association Version

These are exercises to help you chew well with your own teeth and enjoy meals up to age 100.

Start with deep breathing, then tilt your head forward, back, left, and right.

After that, gently lean your shoulders to each side to stretch.

From here, begin moving your mouth.

First, say “A” and “N,” moving your mouth clearly as you voice the sounds.

Then add “I” and “E.” Next, with your mouth closed, trace the inside of your mouth with your tongue.

Massage in front of your ears and under your jaw to stimulate the salivary glands.

After pronouncing “pa-ta-ka-ra” in sequence, swallow your saliva to train your swallowing ability, and you’re done.

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Gokkun training

Prevent aspiration! Improve swallowing power! Gokkun training ★ Swallowing training channel ★ Updated every Monday ★

Swallowing is something we could do without thinking when we were younger.

However, many people feel that as they get older, they cough or aspirate more often.

Because there’s also a risk of choking, if you feel you can’t swallow well, try “gokkun” training.

Prepare some water, then practice swallowing while checking your tongue position and by varying the amount you swallow.

Simply performing the act of swallowing with awareness becomes training.

Let’s improve your swallowing ability and enjoy meals safely.

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