Say YES to NMES for Dysphagia

Craig Mateer

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Highlighting the many, many success stories that therapists are having using VitalStim therapy. Using NMES in the application of dysphagia therapy? Want to share your success story or know someone who does? Contact me!

26/08/2023

Jane Moore - Feeding Hope

Send us a textWelcome to another enlightening episode of "Say Yes to NMES"!In this episode, we dive deep into the world of pediatric dysphagia and the incredible impact of NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation) therapy on children's feeding challenges. Joining me today is Jane Moore, a veteran pediatric occupational therapist at Beach Kids Therapy Center, who has transformed the lives of countless children through her comprehensive feeding program. Jane shares her heartwarming journ...

38 phút
19/07/2023

Nikki Howell - VitalStim critical to helping with patient buy in

Send us a textOn this episode, I am joined by Nikki Howell. Nikki is an SLP currently at a small rural hospital but has worked in just about every patient setting. She talks about several of her patients - one with a more traditional dysphagia challenge and a unique one caused by oral aparaxia. In both, she talks about the benefit of VitalStim treatment in getting that extra buy in that is so critical in to the success of her treatments.Nikki has also learned and investigate...

35 phút
07/05/2023

Jessica Barron - NMES in the NICU

Send us a textOn this episode, I am joined by Jessica Barron. Jessica is an SLP at a Level IV (4) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Jessica has used NMES extensively on the kiddos in her unit since getting trained several years ago. She estimates that 80% of the patients could benefit from NMES use for their swallowing and eating challenges. Jessica talks about one the many successes she has had using VitalStim - helping a 5 month old with a trach get on the path t...

18 phút
12/01/2023

Janice Osborne Dowdy - He was drowning on his own secretions.

Send us a textOn this episode I’m joined by Janice Osborne Dowdy, MS/CCC-SLP, CBIS - an SLP with NeuroRestorative/Sevita in Ashland, Kentucky. We discuss a stroke patient of hers who was not progressing with traditional therapy. He was a practicing attorney who now had a trach, peg tube, and was drowning on his own secretions. Hear how adding VitalStim therapy first changes his outlook on life and then his future as it soon facilitates his return to his practice. Ja...

41 phút
26/10/2022

Kimberly Gomez - My very first VitalStim patient.

Send us a textKimberly Gomez is an SLP and Rehab Director for a SNF/LTC facility in Amarillo, Texas. Kimberly discusses the success she had with her VERY FIRST VitalStim patient. A retired chef who had months of traditional therapy but could still not initiate a swallow. With both he and his wife dealing with serious depression and even saying he would rather die than not be able to eat, Kimberly uses her newly acquired training to get him eating a steak and drinking a beer ...

26 phút
11/07/2022

Lubna Nabulsi - NMES and Chef Boyardee Changing a Life Forever

Send us a textOn this episode I’m joined by Lubna Nabulsi an SLP with FutureCare in Baltimore Maryland. We initially talk about a success she had with one of her stroke patients, but I am soon drawn to her story about a young man with muscular dystrophy. At 16, he is institutionalized and told he would would never eat again. However, when he was 21, Lubna helps him to eat his favorite thing - Chef Boyardee. Hear how that seemingly small act starts changing his life forever.Also, hear how addi...

29 phút
06/07/2022

Lesley Mateer - Ethics, NMES, and her mission to protect her fellow therapists

Send us a textOn This episode I talk to Lesley Mateer, owner of CIAO SEMINARS and the owner of the VitalStim/Dines training program.She talks about how she almost went to jail and why that has crystalized her mission ever since. Listen as she talks about ethics and NMES for dysphagia and why protecting her fellow therapists is such a critical part of everything she does.

16 phút
29/06/2022

Tina Mastrangelo - I don’t care what anyone else has told you, let’s just get down to work

Send us a textTina Mastrangelo - an SLP at an Encompass Health inpatient facility talks about one of her early patients.A gentlemen who just wants to have a "little bit" with his golfing buddies has been told he would never eat again. But for Tina, his treatment with VitalStim therapy becomes her inspiration to say to future patients - “I don’t care what you have been told before, let’s just get down to work!”Hear his story and what Tina has learned along the way.

20 phút
17/06/2022

Yorick Wijting - The past, present, and future of NMES

Send us a textYorick Wijting is the author of the VitalStim and Beyond: DINES Specialty Certificate Course. Yorick has taught all around the world in multiple languages. Yorick is the perfect person to discuss the success of NMES in the treatment of dysphagia as well as its past, present, and future.

33 phút
15/06/2022

John Kelly - PT Aiding the SLP in the Treatment of Dysphagia

Send us a textToday I talk to John Kelly MPT. John is one of the VitalStim/DINES course instructors. We discuss a range of NMES topics including the PT instuctor role in the VitalStim DINES course. We also discuss several courses that John has developed for the SLPs (using typically PT techniques and practices) to help them treat their dysphagia patients - including Myofascial Releas and K Taping. We also talk about Bell's Palsy and the upcoming Annual VitalStim/DINES ...

30 phút
10/06/2022

Stacey Brill - Head and Neck Cancer

Send us a textStacey Brill talks about her success treating dysphagia in her Head and Neck Cancer Patients using NMES.

12 phút

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Craig Mateer
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Say YES to NMES for Dysphagia

Say YES to NMES for Dysphagia

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Jane Moore - Feeding Hope

Nikki Howell - VitalStim critical to helping with patient buy in

Jessica Barron - NMES in the NICU

Janice Osborne Dowdy - He was drowning on his own secretions.

Kimberly Gomez - My very first VitalStim patient.

Lubna Nabulsi - NMES and Chef Boyardee Changing a Life Forever

Lesley Mateer - Ethics, NMES, and her mission to protect her fellow therapists

Tina Mastrangelo - I don’t care what anyone else has told you, let’s just get down to work

Yorick Wijting - The past, present, and future of NMES

John Kelly - PT Aiding the SLP in the Treatment of Dysphagia

Stacey Brill - Head and Neck Cancer

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