Brainerd, Minnesota. Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 13,592 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County, and is one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota.
It innervates the back of your tongue to the back of your throat, and helps to control reverse peristalsis. Some people have a glossopharyngeal that innervates a larger part of their tongue than other people, and have a very strong gag when they touch that area.
While there is no apparent reason why this lump in the throat feeling occurs (thereâs nothing in your throat to cause a lump in the throat feeling), you feel you have to or are forced to swallow, gag, or gasp for air because of a perceived blockage in your throat or airway.