Sounds like me, Chris. I failed my barium swallow test miserably so swallowing therapy was ordered. I did 35
1-hr sessions of therapy and still couldn't do much better than I did when I first started them. I did learn to bend my head down when I couldn't swallow something, and also turn my head from one side to the next to swallow. Yippee! Insurance paid some but not all and it was expensive. It might help others, but to me it was a waste of time and money. Your "common sense" approach is better than the therapy was, hate to say.
Julieann