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tongue twister

Tongue Twister for Oral Exercises for Seniors No. 1: Perfect for Senior Care Activities and Brain Training by Fukukuru

Tongue twisters, where you quickly pronounce set phrases, are often seen as a way to improve enunciation.

By consciously moving the tongue and articulating words clearly, you can also train the muscles used for swallowing.

To become more aware of the tongue and throat muscles and their movements, it may be more important to move your mouth fully and focus on clear pronunciation—along with using facial expressions—rather than simply aiming for speed.

Actively moving the tongue also helps stimulate saliva production, so it’s recommended.

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High-speed Patakara exercise

Hilarious High-Speed Pa-Ta-Ka-Ra Mouth Exercise: Today’s Brain Training, Care Prevention, and Dementia Prevention

Let’s try doing the usual Pa-Ta-Ka-La exercises at a fast pace! Tongue twisters help train your tongue, the muscles around your mouth, and your facial expression muscles.

Repeating the words loudly also stimulates the brain and can help prevent cognitive decline.

At first, it’s fine to start slowly with simple phrases, and once you get used to it, try increasing the difficulty.

Even if you make mistakes with tongue twisters, they turn into laughter.

Creating a friendly, relaxed atmosphere is one of the features of this exercise.

Since it requires no equipment and is easy to try, be sure to give it a go.

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5-second Keep A-I-U-Be Exercise

Improve Mouth Breathing and Teeth Alignment with the 5-Second Keep ‘A-I-U-Be’ Exercise – Oral Care Channel 641 (Oral Care Channel 2 #314)

Let’s improve mouth breathing with the “A-I-U-BE” exercises.

Mouth breathing can cause cavities and periodontal disease and has negative effects on overall health.

It’s also said to adversely affect teeth alignment.

The Japan Dental Association is promoting a campaign encouraging people to “Keep at least 20 of your own teeth even at age 80.” Having 20 or more of your own teeth is associated with being generally satisfied with your eating and diet.

So, try the A-I-U-BE exercise: exaggerate the mouth movements for “A, I, U, BE” and hold each for 5 seconds.

At first, some older adults may get tired even after one round.

It’s fine to go at the pace of the older person, and gradually increase the number of repetitions.

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Patakara exercises with butterflies

[With Lyrics] Pa-Ta-Ka-Ra Exercises Before Meals ♪ #OralExercises

We’d like to share an idea for training oral functions—such as chewing strength and swallowing ability—set to the well-known children’s song “Butterfly” (Chōchō).

The method is very simple: just replace the lyrics with the sounds pa-ta-ka-ra and sing along.

Because it’s a short song, you can do it anytime, anywhere, without worrying about the setting.

Doing it before meals serves as a warm-up for the mouth and helps prevent aspiration, so timing it before eating makes it even more effective.

Consistency is important, so please try to do it once a day.

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Patakara Exercise Song

Patakara Exercise Song

This is an exercise where you say “pa-ta-ka-ra” in time with the Patakara Exercise Song to train the muscles around the mouth.

By vocalizing “pa-ta-ka-ra,” you can expect various benefits such as maintaining and improving chewing and swallowing strength, promoting saliva secretion, and stabilizing pronunciation.

Doing it especially before meals prepares your mouth and increases the effectiveness in preventing aspiration.

Continuing the exercise enhances its benefits.

Try to do it at least once a day, preferably before meals.

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Patakara Oral Exercise: Heaven and Hell

Let's sing with oral exercises: Pa-Ta-Ka-Ra! #CarePrevention

Here’s an idea for a Patakara exercise set to the familiar “Orpheus in the Underworld” music often heard at sports festivals.

Although the piece has no lyrics, try pronouncing “pa ta ka ra” by going through the syllables: pa pi pu pe po, ta chi tsu te to, ka ki ku ke ko, ra ri ru re ro in time with the music.

Once you get used to it, speeding up the tempo can make it more fun.

Since this is a tune many people recognize, even first-timers should be able to do it smoothly.

Doing the exercise before meals can enhance its benefits, so in senior care facilities, please be mindful of the timing.

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An exercise that can prevent aspiration and choking just by reading aloud: the Pa-Ta-Ka-Ra exercise

Must-see! The “Patakara Exercise”: A routine that can prevent aspiration and choking just by reading aloud

Patakara exercises are exercises that stimulate oral functions through pronunciation.

This time, we’ll introduce a method that uses reading aloud.

All you need to do is read the sentences written on a whiteboard out loud, so you can proceed at your own pace.

Another advantage is that if you jot the sentences down, you can do the exercises anywhere, including at home.

Benefits include improving chewing strength to aid digestion, enhancing swallowing ability to prevent accidental aspiration and the pneumonia it can cause, and increasing saliva production, which helps sterilize and disinfect the mouth.

Doing the exercises before meals can make them even more effective.

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