Swallowing is a rapid and overlapping sequence of events controlled by the brain and executed my many muscles of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and stomach. Like many body functions, we rarely think about it till something goes wrong. Have you ever experienced a moment where food got “stuck”, or “went down the wrong pipe”, resulting in a sensation of choking? In a healthy person this is resolved with either a cough or throat clear. And you continue eating. The term dysphagia is used to describe a disordered swallow as a result of damage to muscles or nerves that control the swallowing mechanism. Dysphagia can also occur from problems related to neurological disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, or loss of organs due to surgery or traumatic injury.