Aim To increase the amount of pressure in your mouth and throat. This will help move food and/or drink from your mouth into your throat and down into your food pipe more effectively.

What you need to do:

Swallow normally but as you swallow squeeze your tongue hard against the roof of your mouth.

Next, squeeze your throat muscles hard. Imagine you are trying to swallow a large egg.

Advice from your speech and language therapist

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