Speech therapy exercises for Muscle Tension Dysphonia, singers and speakers
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2021
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Speech therapy exercises that should help all types of singers, speakers, professional voice users, amateur voice users... people with muscle tension dysphonia or voice disorders...
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1:58 breathing
2:49 puffy fish
3:36 puffy fish w/ moving tongue around
5:36 puffy fish w/ finger in front
7:04 puffy fish w/ note that you like
7:48 puffy fish w/ note + tongue
8:38 puffy fish w/ note swinging up & down
8:51 puffy fish w/ note swinging + tongue
9:50 puffy fish w/ "D" sound
10:38 puffy fish w/ "D" sound but moving note around
11:34 puffy fish w/ "ga ga" sound
13:52 puffy fish w/ reading words
14:31 puffy fish w/ singing
14:51 straw (or straw in bubbles) exercise
Up until 5 times a day (choose your favorite exercises)
Thanks!
I suffered a tight strained voice for 9 years and I am not relying on botox anymore.I done the exercises my vocal therapist gave me and practiced for 30 minutes and noticed a massive clear change in my voice without botox.
I could not rely on botox anymore because it is costly and only gives temporary relief.
vocal retraining I recommend seeing a voice and speech pathologist. not botox because botox will not stop the strain it will only provide temporary releif. it ain't a way to improve your strained voice exercises are a better way to retrain your natural voice flow. I done this and could speak clear for all day. less tension and more open voice.
Just discovered this video today and this is day 1 for me. I’m a 20 yr old college student at Berklee so I have to sing and talk with people a lot. I’ve been struggling with pain and tension for a couple years and the doctors haven’t been able to figure out what it is. I hope this helps. Thank you🙏🏼
Hi! im sorry to read about your struggle. i'm also struggling with my vocal chords as a singer, and it can be very much frustrating.. how are you feeling now? sending you love and wishing you a quick and long-term recovery!!
This exercise has truly been a game changer for me. Thank you so much!!!!
Hi Liz! I have suffered from MTD for three years. I have been having episodes that last days, which complicate my life because I work with the public. I am so grateful to you for sharing what you know!
It's the Mind folks, liz's videos have been so helpful in connection the dots. All you got to do is to not freak about and control your emotional front.
Thank you, Liz! This is very helpful!
Thanks for this video! That you put in the effort to share your experiences with mtd and what has helped you, to help others, is really amazing and important! To just see that we're not alone and having someone to relate to is enough to help sometimes :)
Yes we need to see those examples!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ so happy to help!
Thank you so much Liz😘🥰🥰
Ahhhh you're back! You're an angel. Thank you for helping the rest of us out along our MTD journeys
what exercises are you working on specifically?
Thank you!! The puffy exhalation works!! Also I love your teaching style - the demonstrations and playful use of language especially 😊 All the best on your journey of crafting it
Aww thank you! 🥹🫶🏻❤️✨ teaching is one of my life’s callings.
I love the puffy exhalation too.
been desperately waiting for ur new vids!!!! ur vids made me feel like im not in this jounrey alone. Thank you for doing this. Been following you for a year. MTD comes and goes.
I have two more coming out over next two weeks :) xoxoxo
You are def not alone
Thank you so much!
Liz Bills, you crack me up!
Thank you!
Right now have no money for coaches nor speech therapists …so you’re it dear girl! I enjoy the encouragement and support
so happy to help! I will officially launch this RUclips channel this jan with 2 videos a week!
@@LizBills so just for some feedback, I’ve been crapping myself since I haven’t gigged for months and recently I was virtually voiceless. So I got to trying to fix it, been to docs, have ENT in a few months so found your video and started training that and slowly trying to come back to my usual voice. I also used my in ears on a solo for the first time and the combined effect was good. I got through it and kept resetting in the breaks. Today I’m a little vocally smashed nonetheless, I’m quite out of shape, so I’m not sure what to do now. SHUTUP, or exercise gently? Is there a post-gig recovery video in your set? 🙏🏽
@@prestigeproductionsaustral1171 Hey how is your voice doing now? I would listen to your body... check in with gentle glides and slides.. humming.. lip buzzes, nice and slidey... not too high or too low to start. I dont have a post gig recovery video but I do have a vocal cool down which is essentially the same thing. I'm officially launching my RUclips channel Tuesday jan. 3rd and ill release 2-3 videos per week. the vocal cool down video will be released soon just keep an eye out. you can also just search RUclips for vocal cool downs in the mean time because my video isn't live yet. xoxo
@@LizBills hey! It’s coming along! After that heavy gig I was freaking out I’d slump back, but the next day I was alright. I think it’s really placing me in a sustained better position. My default has changed. I think it’s helping me bolster a new norm. My old norm. There’s other things at play, maybe some GERD and acoustic issues too. I’m on top of it all now. Having in IEM really helped as well. I did warm down as I warmed up. I’ve also started apple cider vinegar before each meal to aid with digestion and avoiding animal fats which apparently make the larynx sluggish. Sooo much to do! Thankyou for your support
THIS HAS HELPED ME SOOO MUCH~ catch me doing these exercises anytime I’m in the car as well hehehe. on an unrelated note : obsessed with your haircut 💇♀️🌟
So happy to help yay!!!! Haha thank you :) if you want my freebie check it out here (video on tension releasing tips!) - eepurl.com/iChXBk
Hi, Liz! I've practied several times watching your video. Thank you very much for your help and tips♡♡♡
Yay!!
I live in Korea myself and while I recently got my diagnoses I have struggled to find a speech therapist that can work with me here. ah.
Thank you for your help i am beginning to understand my condition because of prayer and because of your actually experiencing mtd . You speak and teach and im gaining some understanding finally. I have had mtd for 8 years and i have somewhat just progressed. Not near like you. M
But im just getting to see how stressful i am and stopping and sitting down soing breathing exercises. Please demonstrate neck exercises.
Thank you for your help.
Hey my friend! Head on over to my playlists and you will see “stretches” try them out! Massage and breathing are very helpful too… I have those as well.
Woh great dear♥️♥️👍
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Hey Liz! You have helped me so much and I'm so grateful to have found your videos. For the blowfish exercise with the dee/ga, I was wondering if it's okay for my cheeks to go in and out or if it should not move at all? My airstream is consistent but I'm not sure if my cheeks should be moving. I was also wondering if you teach vocal lessons online because I've been looking for a teacher that can help me sing with my MTD?
Yes the cheeks will move a bit so don’t worry about that. As long as it feels good. I’m not taking students but in the description box below this video I linked a coach. ♥️
@@LizBills awesome, thank you so much!
I wish there was some background info on what exactly you are practicing when doing these exercises, like a little theory as introduction on what is dysfunctional in MTF and how to overcome it ❤
these exercises are called SOVT exercises :) check out this video I explain! ruclips.net/video/J4SHMonwNnk/видео.html MTD is muscle tension.. checkout "voicesablaze" on instagram, she has some great info and explanations on why MTD is dysfunctional! You overcome it by these exercises! It's tension, one is using the voice wrong. Some need therapy as well but it depends on the person.. for some there can also be an emotional component but not everyone.
HELLO, I MIGHT HAVE THIS,I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH ALLERGIES RECENTLY, AND MY VOICE HAS BEEN FEELING TIGHT WHEN I SING, PARTICULARLY IN MY UPPER VOICE, MY THROAT DOES NOT FEEL OPEN ON CERTAIN VOWELS IN MY UPPER RANGE, I ALSO HAVE MY JUGULAR VEIN POPPING OUT MORE THAN USUAL AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS SITTING ON IT I OFTEN FEEL IT SHAKING MORE THAN USUAL, AND A SORE FEELING ON MY TONGUE,AND SHARP PAIN IN MY THROAT, I ALSO HAD ACID REFLUX A YEAR AGO AND EXPERIENCED THESE SYMPTOMS, IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE MY VOICE WAS SO DEEP, I WAS SCARED TO MAKE A MUSICAL SOUND COME OUT MY MOUTH, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO NOT MAKE IT LIKE LAST YEAR? THANK YOU SO MUCH
Have you ever heard of dr mort cooper?? He has an approach to speech disorders in his books he wrote. I have a stuttering disorder and his approach helps me alot too.
I haven’t I’ll check him out thanks!
Since there is no his book in Serbia where I am from, can you please share it somehow with us?
Do you do these same exercises WHILE in the midst of a voice loss episode? I'm not sure if this is more for the regular maintenance of our voices. I'm currently on day 15 of voice loss with this particular round of silence. My MTD flared up following an upper respiratory infection. I appreciate some new things to try.
Hey Holly :) what does your speech therapist say? Do you have one? If it’s mtd the best course of action is to retrain your voice, not rest it… if you have no voice at all I would work closely w a speech therapist and when the voice is back add on a vocal coach when you’re ready. I know that vocal rest will not fix the issue, retraining the voice through exercises will… practice patience and persistence … if you’re sick and recovering I would def just rest it… drink tons of fluids… steam on the voice… healthy foods, lots of rest.
I am an elementary school teacher, MTD has been pretty rough for me for the past couple of years but, I only recently got the actual diagnosis.
I’m sorry to hear, it’s so tough having mtd as a teacher, as a teacher myself I understand. So happy you got the diagnoses so now you can move forward with treatment. Will you start speech therapy soon? It gets better. I teach 30 kids a week and mostly have zero pain these days!!!
@@LizBills I'm currently an English speaker living in South Korea with an American spouse serving in the military. So, I have to go through Tricare's system and the resources they have available here.
So, I'm waiting and hoping for a phone call with some sort of referral. It's a bit emotionally draining just waiting and hoping, it feels like the American way for healthcare.
@@kajerlou I’m so sorry to hear. I am going to make a video for you so you can start the speech therapy work while you are waiting. It’ll be up asap.. I’ll tag you in it. ❤️ Katarina H. healthy voice tips on RUclips will be helpful for you too. She is a speech therapist who helps speakers with mtd. She also has a zoom program so if you can make the investment you can retrain your voice with her!
@@LizBills I am also, ADHD and despite dropping out of highschool I managed to get through university with a 4.0 GPA as an Education/Special Education double major. I share that to preface that one of the things I found helped me the most was embracing a quality so many adults trained me out of, self-talk.
I got told so many times that talking to one's self appears insane and is a very bad thing in many various ways. Yet, I have found it is really quite common among neurodivergent people. Furthermore, once I allowed myself to start doing it while studying and even composing essays my academic performance sharply increased. I just needed to imagine myself bouncing information off another person through self talk. Well, now this trait that helped me so much is apparently contributing to my physical discomfort. The thing is, I have been role modeling this not just to children but to grown adults trying to help them to understand how helpful it is for some children and adults.
Following that line of though, part of my whole teaching style embraces my ADHD characteristics of hyperfocusing and outright hyperactivity which, for me often comes in the form of my pitch, tone and the speed at which I talk fluctuating as I animate and emote a great deal--which works a lot toward increasing student engagement and increasing how impactful my lessons are in terms of being remembered. However, it seems to me that this quality of mine is also a negative for this dysphonia of mine.
I just popped up here and loved this video. I am an actor with MTD. I played in movies but I had to take a step down. Still do small parts for tv or movies just to be on the set what I love and I am finding my way. My idea of MTD. Everything had to do with breathing. I have had a severe panic moment in my life where I litteraly had to find air. I was almost chocking and after this event my voice went away and never come back. I am getting back on my feet but my question would be the following. My words are falling appart when I try to speak. Most of the time you do understand what I am saying but there's a gap now and then. Not that often. But it is frustrating. Is this normal for MTD?
I got my first botox shot and they told me next time they increase the dose to counter that. So that should tell me that it is possible that this would return. I dont hear anything in your voice like this. Singing for me is btw no problem in high of low notes. It's my mid register that's totally gone.
Do these tips help with this? I am going to do them because I need to get my breathing back on track. Hopefully you find some time to let me know if words can re-appaer again with hard training. Thanks so much!
Hello my friend! Have you been officially diagnosed with MTD? I never lost my midrange but MTD presents differently in people. I would address your anxiety if I am understanding correctly? Is the air issue from panic or are you panicking because of a breathing issue?
Yes I would do these exercises because they will not harm your voice, as long as you’ve been officially diagnosed and are okay to do so.
@@LizBillsMe too, my problem is my mid register. High and low are ok but my voice became lower. I am a professional singer but I can’t sing anymore. I don’t really know if it’s Covid or not but I had Covid in last December since then I just can’t sing anymore, probably because I coughed a lot. I saw a specialist, I do not have any nodules, vocal cords are perfect. The specialist mentioned the word Tension and sent me to a speech therapist but they are expensive. Also I have some jaws problems, I grinding my teeth at night, I kept biting my tongue at night and the day time. My jaws are making noise when I am eating. My talking voice is ok but tired easily. What should I do? Please, help me out. Thanks in advance.
@@Asmrsoul-dm8xc so sorry you’re struggling! Sounds like tension.. you must retrain your voice… get a vocal coach or if you can’t afford that do my videos on here 3-5 times a week. You have to retrain your voice to sing without tension. I will be taking students in the fall and if you can’t afford that you can join my group classes… cheaper! I’ll announce soon .. submit your email via the link here and I’ll email you when I launch group classes and private classes.
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Thank you so much for answering back. I will love to join you on your group classes. I don’t see where to put my email, I will check the link again. I do some of your exercises only once and I am already feel the benefits. Thanks a lot. Stay blessed beautiful lady!
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Is your vocal coach Christina Sweet?
do you do online sessions?
I do! I just had a baby so I’ll be back at it in September. In the mean time sign up for my free secret video, that way I’ll have your email and I’ll be able to reach out to see if you’d like lessons.
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I'm struggling so much from MTD...everyday my voice fatigues, breaks, is weak and sore etc. Makes communication extremely difficult at times. Speech therapy doesn't seem to work or I can't find an exercise that helps :(
Perhaps look into your mental health and stress. Try yoga and meditation. See if this helps and look for a new speech therapist. ♥️
@@LizBills I do think about it everyday...do you really think that mind, body negativity can really impact the voice so much??
I might have too
Richard, I think it does because I have episodes when I am highly stressed. I lived through a traumatic event a few years ago and went mute for a month.
@@gapicho okay...so do you find it you are over thinking it, worrying about the quality when you speak etc you find your voice fails?
I have been speaking all day at work and my voice is so sore and squeezed etc no power
@@rp2320 Not for me. I experience it when I stress too much about work, things like that. Also, my doctor said it's a symptom of GERD. If you don't have GERD, look into Silent GERD. I definitely have that. Using an inhaler helps.
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