While Vocally Injured, Everything I Needed To Know I Learned From My Alternative Care Voice Specialist
When the vocal injury occurs it’s definitely not a
“picnic” for every party involved.
If it happens to a regular person, who is not a
singer at all, and not at all prepared that one day he/she wakes up and will
sound with the hoarse raspy voice which is hardly resembling the voice which
the sufferer originally possessed. Not being in agreement with that, the person starts
to push all surrounding muscles – like throat, neck, shoulders and chest, trying to extract some sound familiar to
them.
Unfortunately, the more they push, the less they
accomplish.
Moreover, the sounds actually gets pushed more so
down and may easily get stuck at the neck, which in a short while may become an
indication of what’s called Muscle Tension Dysphonia. Now, clearly, the real vocal injury has occurred. Naturally, the first thought that comes to the
sufferer is to get referred to ENT doctor. They wait for months for the appointment and
finally arrive to the ENT specialist’s office.
After being examined and being diagnosed,
especially with something the doctor has nothing to operate on, they are being
let go with the absolute confusion and no direction how to proceed further and
conquer their voice injury.
So what is the alternative?
Some people are not at all open to that idea;
others, with more understanding, are more than happy to embark on a proper
voice/vocal technique supplemented with natural herbs and remedies. Some people truly think that the only problem they
have is that their vocal anatomy is not intact, but otherwise they are fine.
So if only they could get a hold of a “magic pill”,
preferably prescribed by a medical doctor, they would be just fine and would
continue their lifestyle – speaking/singing with a wrong technique/application
of the voice, speaking excessively loud, singing with the strained voice and
colds, and consuming a lot of dairy, sweets, and red meat.
Go figure!?
We all wish that it would be that easy, but
unfortunately, it’s not as easy as it may seem. By the time the person experiences the severe
symptoms, the whole body, and sometimes, the soul is also out of whack. So at this time the problem is quite deep and quite
encompassing and thus has to be approached and treated holistically. By the time the person with the voice disorder
finally finds an alternative help, he/she usually suffers quite a bit
psychologically and emotionally.
A lot of them are very tearful and feel like a
failure; some of them are so depressed that they feel suicidal. No wonder though, as the voice is a great tool for
communication - speaking or singing. Suddenly, these affected people are being deprived
from their voice – in the global understanding of that word. It actually could be quite devastating.
So now these people not only need the work on their
voice, but first of all, they would need to work on their mental balance, and
their physical body balance (diet and what not), and then on the actual proper
mechanics of the voice, which once employed, will save and protect the voice
for life, and thus prevent the occurrence of this ever happening again.
What price tag can you put on that?
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