What are the Symptoms of Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD)? What Kind of Alternative, Natural & Holistic Treatments Are Available?

The term Muscle Tension Dysphonia is a general term that could be associated with an imbalance in the vocal anatomy's muscles coordination as well as breathing patterns required to create the sound of the human voice. Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) may occur suddenly, or, most likely, as a result of a strained voice being pulled into the neck muscles. The reason behind this disorder is not always known. It may be triggered by allergies, illness, acid reflux or, by whichever other means...

Symptoms -

The most common symptom of this disorder is a change in voice quality, often associated with discomfort of the throat and/or vocal box in general while speaking or singing. Also, almost always, symptoms like hoarseness and raspiness will be associated with an increased effort to talk or sing, coupled with subsequent fatigue during continuous voice overuse and/or (outright) misuse.

Treatment -

There is an alternative form of voice therapy which is the gold standard for the treatment of Muscle Tension Dysphonia. There are no other known treatments (outside of the Vocal Science™ Method and its Unique Voice/Vocal Technique) that actually can restore the muscle balance within the mechanism which powers the sound of the voice. With that said, this unique type of therapy will help alleviate the above-described vocal symptoms.

Using the unique voice/vocal instruction (Vocal Science™ Method) geared towards voice health restoration combined with the application of natural herbs and remedies (some applied directly onto the throat) is the best natural and holistic approach to dealing with muscle tension dysphonia, as well as with many other various voice disorder issues.

This is a little information on what the herbal remedies we are using inside and outside of our voice repair sessions do: 

These remedies can help:

• Alleviate severe throat pain in its entirety
• Oxygenate and disinfect your vocal anatomy
• Get rid of excess mucous and excess gastric acid from your vocal anatomy and your physical body overall
• Boost your immune system and get more comfort (vocally speaking) and, nevertheless, also improve your overall health

Also, we would like to point out that a few of those herbal remedies strongly serve as (and are comparable to) natural antibiotics.

In short: These remedies will help you a great deal to eliminate nasty symptoms associated with your voice disorder.

However, speaking of the mechanical side of things - our unique approach to voice mechanics (Vocal Science™ Method) will help you to achieve the goal of your voice restoration and enhancement via “lifting” the sound of the voice (so to speak) off of the vocal box (using specially designed speech and, if needed, singing exercises) while achieving rechanneling of the sound into the facial muscles (sinus cavities); and then, concurrently, employing those facial muscles to work in full conjunction and coordination with the sufferer’s abdominal muscles. 

Those actions described above will naturally amplify the human voice; thus allowing the true voice to be heard without compromise. It will also minimize the harmful use of the sufferer’s throat, larynx and vocal cords. It will, concurrently, be able to eliminate pain and, needless to say, strain during the use of the vocal anatomy altogether.

If, by any chance, you suffer from any of the above voice disorders, you are welcome to contact us via our business email: info@vocalscience.com Or you can call us at: 416-857-8741