Tongue stretching: technique and clinical proposal
Author:
Buscemi Andrea12, Coco Marinella3, Rapisarda Alessandro4, Frazzetto Giulia4, Di Rosa Daniela4, Feo Salvatore4, Piluso Marta4, Presente Lilia Paola4, Campisi Santi Scirè1, Desirò Paolo5
Affiliation:
1. Department of Research , Italian Osteopathy Study Center , Catania , Italy 2. Horus Social Cooperative , Ragusa , Italy 3. Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences , University of Catania , Catania , Italy 4. Italian Osteopathy Study Center , Catania , Italy 5. Fascia Didactics , Osteopathic Spine Center Education , Bologna , Italy
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
The tongue is an organ with multiple functions, from sucking to phonation, from swallowing to postural control and equilibrium. An incorrect position or mechanics of the tongue can causes sucking problems in the newborn or atypical swallowing in the adult, with repercussions on the position of the head and neck, up to influencing upright posture and other problems. Tongue dysfunctions are quite frequent (10–15%) in the population. For the manual therapist, this frequency indicates one to two subjects every 30 patients. Exercises have been proposed to improve the tone and strength of the swallowing muscles but the results are not so clear in the literature. The aim of this study is to describe and provide a tongue muscle normalization technique that helps the manual therapist in the treatment of problems related to it.
Methods
The literature has been investigated through pubmed, Google scholar of the last 10 years, the keywords used and combined with the Boolean operators AND and OR, are: “tongue, tongue habits, tongue diseases, taste disorder, neck pain, posture, postural balance, atypical swallowing, muscle stretching exercise, tissue expansion, soft tissue therapy, osteopathic manipulative treatment”.
Results and Conclusions
The technique is possible to be executed even in a sitting position, in the case the patient is unable to assume a supine position, the subject should provides immediate feedback that allows the therapist to understand if the technique has been correctly executed. The simplicity of execution and application of the technique makes it a possible and immediate therapeutic tool in the clinical setting.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine
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