Episode 25: Respiratory Muscle Training for Dysphagia with Brooke Richardson, MS, CCC-SLP

Brooke introduces Leigh Ann to RMT - Respiratory Muscle Training through a lively discussion covering the basics of expiratory muscle training (EMT) and its applications on improving deficits in cough and dysphagia. Brooke is passionate about providing quality education on RMT and this is palpable across the topics covered in the course. Brooke guides the conversation through an introduction to RMT, illustrating the principles of strength training, and application of RMT to the cough and dysphagia. At each stage of the talk, Brooke references high-quality evidence in the literature.

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Dig deeper with the following articles:

Huge Thanks to Brooke for providing the following links to articles regarding RMT.

- Strength-training exercise in dysphagia rehabilitation: principles, procedures, and directions for future research

- Respiratory strength training: concept and intervention outcomes

- A framework for understanding shared substrates of airway protection

- Submental sEMG and hyoid movement during Mendelsohn maneuver, effortful swallow, and expiratory muscle strength training

- Expiratory muscle strength training evaluated with simultaneous high-resolution manometry and electromyography

- Impact of Expiratory Strength Training in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

- Impact of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training on Voluntary Cough and Swallow Function in Parkinson Disease

All things Brooke!

- Website: BrookeRichardsonSLP.com

- A review of my RMT course (many others are available on my site, too)

- Upcoming webinar on Lab Values for the Med SLP on August 28, 4:30-6p Eastern

- Upcoming courses in RMT: Jul 14 Long Beach CA, Jul 20 Olympia WA, Sep 28 Indianapolis, Oct 5 Dover NH, Dec 6 Dublin Ireland (register through my website)

• Oh, and if people want to sign up for exclusive offers and updates for my future courses, they can visit my website. I also am asking for real-world MedSLPs' input on my upcoming courses, so if people would be interested in kind of 'customizing' a course, they can provide input here

Brooke on Facebook:

- RMT group: facebook.com/groups/RMT.MedSLP/

- Business page: facebook.com/brookerichardsonslp/

- Brooke is a mentor/admin for this FB group as well: MedSLP Mentoring

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Brooke Richardson is a Medical SLP in the ICU at UNC Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.  She is a specialist in assessing and treating swallowing and communication disorders in critically ill and medically-complex adults, and has been instrumental in establishing the Respiratory Muscle Training program at UNC Rex Hospital.  Prior to joining UNC Rex, Brooke was employed at Duke University Hospital where she was sought out by colleagues for her clinical expertise. Brooke has more than a decade of experience in the acute care and outpatient settings, and is a graduate of the Medical Speech-Language Pathology program at the University of Washington.  She teaches courses in Respiratory Muscle Training, as well as other crucial topics in Medical Speech-Language Pathology; she is passionate about considering the "big medical picture" in the management of patients with swallowing and communication disorders.

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