Vocal massage therapy can help with:
- Vocal fatigue and discomfort
- Strain and tension for professionals with a heavy vocal load: singers, actors, presenters, teachers, fitness instructors, sports commentators and military commanders
- Vocal range, ease and smooth transitions between vocal registers
- Freeing up the belt voice quality
- Tongue root tension
- Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD): jaw pain, aching, clenching, clicking or tooth grinding
- Globus Pharyngeus / Globus Hystericus: a sensation of a ‘lump’ or constriction in the throat
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux: damage to the larynx caused by digestive secretions
- Muscle tension dysphonia: disruption to or loss of voice owing to muscle tension in or around the larynx
- Loss of voice related to trauma or work stress
- Recovery from whiplash
Vocal massage therapy can also provide support with the following more complex vocal pathologies, provided that we are working in collaboration with your speech and language therapist or vocal rehabilitation coach in a multidisciplinary team: –
- Vocal nodules and polyps: thickenings and lesions on the vocal folds associated with vocal misuse or abuse
- Dysphagia: difficulty in swallowing or swallowing disorders
- Dysphonia caused by nerve damage, such as adductor spasmodic dysphonia or stroke