What does it mean that someone does not swallow well? - Tongue thrust swallowing is a serious problem
Swallowing consists of two phases: a voluntary oral phase (chewing, chopping, moving the bite backwards) and a much faster, reflexive pharyngeal phase (larynx rises, airways close, bite enters the oesophagus and then the stomach). If the problem is seen in some stages of the oral phase, we speak of tongue thrust swallowing (myofunctional dysfunction), a type of muscle dysfunction. What could be wrong with this? [...]