SQUIRT AND SWALLOW

Myofunktional Exercise  Collect ion

Application:

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This exercise may be installed consequently to the work-out for the retral (last) third of the tongue to realize the learned abilities in a partial reflex movement and to coordinate the newly attained motions with those already mastered. (Anatomie: I, 3, 5, Seite 25a).

Contents:

Pseudomanipulated, function kinetic exercise with an accented motivational game component.

Materials:

Liquid, pipette / syringe.

Procedure:

- Previous exercises: The constructive and educational exercises for all three thirds of the tongue should have been managed successfully.

-Starting position: The mouth opens wide, the tongue is kept in a low position and:

- Step-by-step-description:

-1 some drops of liquid are squirted against the soft palate.

-2 The tongue tip goes, perhaps in the way of the,1-2-3'-EXERCISE, up to the POINT,

-3 the molars get in contact and:

-4 ,KA'-SWALLOW.

 -Timing: One round makes one sequence. There may be rising linked together up to ten sequences.

Characteristics:

Function kinetic, partial reflex, pseudomanipulated, motivation.

Remarks:

Mind possible throat sensitivity and tendency to choke.

Discussion:

The exercise has its place in the end phase of the training for the third tongue third. It is slightly motivatory playful through the squirting in of water and, else, has the effect as the ,1-2-3'-EXERCISE or SUCKER.

Instructions:

The back part of the tongue now really should have enough strength to join in with the correct swallow.

Surely the tongue will remember the ,1-2-3’ and the ,KA’.

A makes quite a good help for the cooperation of the back muscles to squirt some water against the soft palate and then to swallow. In this situation the tongue back will have to come far up to meet the palate as to shut close as to hinder the squirted in water to run the wrong way.

You open your mouth wide, squirt and swallow…mouth open again, squirt and swallow and so forth.