Massive thanks, Me, everyone, doctors, could not help me, or do not want me to live, even i thought i tried everything, and this stretch came along. That is clearing my throat and neck, and their is alot of stuff in their that should not be their. And its clearing up! Im so thankfull. I would allmost donate all my money to you just kidding about the money though. Just by speaking of thanks. Probally the final stretch that fixes things
You saved my life just want you to know that, had an allergic reaction and my throat closed I couldn’t breathe. This helped me get to the er and control my breathing patterns, and I was able to calm myself down.. thank you so much !!!
Yep, I will try it my throat is always tensioned. Because I had a blocked nose in the past before the surgery, and a shallow breathing. Unfortunately my brain and my body is get used to the past and I have to break through it.
Yeah. The initial payoff from doing the tongue stretch doesn't take long, but it does take a while to create a new habit. Just keep interrupting the current habit as often as you can - without looking crazy... though it will get you a seat alone on mass transit!
Jim Johnson Thanks for your advices and your videos, yeap new habits we can do it, and I was a child I used to eat my nails but by interrupting this bad habit as I could I overcove it.
I feel like my throat is closing. I got an endoscopy and they didn't see anything now I'm going to go see a head, neck & throat Dr. Hoping i get some answers soon. Thank you for this great video the tongue stretching made me feel a little better and made me laugh as well as my family they think I'm going crazy lol
Thank you for the video Jim! How long and how many times per day would be optimal in order to make habit? How long will it take the muscles to subconsciously stay open? Thank you again!
+Josh Merrill You need to do it often and long enough while speaking so that you begin to feel the positive effects - it can feel like a vocal massage. That creates the positive reinforcement that makes you want to do this even as it become more unconscious. I'm afraid the question of how often and how many times is very different from one person to another - you have to put it in motion on a very regular basis.
It very well could. Deepening the voice doesn't really require a lower pitch - it's typically about opening up the lower tone of the voice, and this will help to open the resonant space that will bring out that lower tone.
I get pain around palatoglossus arches, back sides of tongue and tightness down either side of throat. I feel resistance opening my mouth wide. Drs had a look and said there was nothing. Will this help?
I don't know... (I'm not a doctor, so keep that in mind.) The thing that occurs to me is concern about TMJ - jaw joint issues. That's something you should have checked out before you try to stretch your mouth more wide open, because that could aggravate the TMJ. I'm also wondering about any swelling in glands around that area, which can occur from allergies, for example. (My wife is dealing with some of that right now.) Those would be my first concerns, especially regarding the TMJ because you don't want to do things that could make it worse. If you get an okay from the docs, then this might very well help you to get used to more open space in the mouth, and reduce the sense of tightness. I've had students/clients who've felt a lot more open from doing this exercise.
Did you happen to find anything that helped you with your mouth pain? I have been having issues like this for 3 months straight and haven’t found anything that’s helped. I’ve gone to my orthodontist, dentist, and my chiropractor for help and none of them gave me answers that have helped. It feels like I have wires/bands in between my molars on the back left and right sides of my mouth. It also making my teeth widen out from each other. I’ve watched a lot of videos and I’m still having a hard time finding anything that will help my mouth. Please let me know if you did find an exercise or if there was anything that helped you with that. Id really want to try it and see if it would help me. I’d really really appreciate it!🙏🏼
Jim, for opening the throat, is there a technique to relax the posterior and/or sides of the pharynx? Or should I the focus on tongue, tongue exercises, and raising the soft palate? Working on singing. Thanks.
Are you working on classical singing style? You actually may not be wanting to relax the posterior and/or sides - rather you may want to actively retract them. You might want to check out the singing training offered by teachers who use the principles of Jo Estill, working to retract your false vocal folds. It's not true that you necessarily want to relax your throat - you primarily don't want tension that closes it up, but there can be useful tension that opens it further!
No jk right this worked instintly for me I woke up this morning and made breakfast and I ate my eggs and my throat just felt like a bunch of rocks I was trying to swallow it friggin hurt and then i looked this guy up
Can this exercise help in relaxing the cricopharyngeus muscle? I am trying to find exercises that can help with R-CPD which is the inability to burp, it's quite hard to live with this dysfunction of those muscles in the throat.
Unfortunately, I don't know. You're now above my pay grade/training in all of what happens internally with this exercise. Sorry I can't clarify further!
It's likely both, though one may be more the cause - but generally I find that working on the tongue tends to open the throat, and it's easier than throat opening exercises. (To open the throat, try taking an inbreath with a huge smile or the inbreath for a laugh - that's the most likely to open the throat, possibly retracting the false vocal folds - vestibular folds.)
This hurts my jaw. Am I doing it wrong? I have a lot of throat clearing and am investigating alternatives so maybe this exercise isn't even one I should do?
Throat clearing on a regular basis isn't good for your vocal folds - it may be a sign of some damage, though there's no way to know without scoping. It can also just be allergies or something like that, but you might want to see an otolaryngologist. But it's probably not related to the jaw pain. Good rule of thumb: If it hurts, don't do it! The jaw pain does make me wonder if you might have TMJ (you can google that). (Do you wear a bite guard or grind your teeth at night? That's a sign you're more likely to develop TMJ in the long run.) Don't continue the exercise full on, though you can do a much smaller tongue stretch to accomplish some of the same effect.
Accent Help thank you for your thorough reply. I saw an ENT Dr recently and the scope showed no vocal nodules. Maybe it's post nasal drip. I'm being more mindful of the throat clearing and doing other alternatives. I may have TMJ but never formally diagnosed. Thanks again!
Very much makes sense. Closing like that is not at all uncommon as a coping mechanism. The tongue stretch may help your body to readjust to a better mode of operating...
Dear Jim, My name is Derrick and I am a big fan of English learning. I have been learning English for a few years ( its not my first language) and I do know lots of words. However, one time I spoke with a guy and he pointed out that I got accent not like native speaker, which made me stunned. Before that I totally thought me was as same as others. Then, I just used my iphone to record my voice and guess what, that was super ugly voice actually. So, my question is whats the best way to speak like a native speaker, deep and loud. I want to practice to a level like someday I record myself and it sounds like a guy from radio station. Is this possible? Thanks.
hey Jim, I've been at this a few months now and have definitely seen results with your technique, all my flatmates think am retarded buh at list people aren't asking me to repeat myself anymore. Just wondering though if this is a forever thing, like does my subconscious finally get it, if I stopped doing this a couple months would I regress?
Unconscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence is the first step. Then when you know how to make a change, you can move to Conscious Competence - which is where you are now. Eventually it can move to Unconscious Competence. It'll require you having enough awareness of it for a while and consciously making the shift without even needing to do the tongue stretch. (That said, I still do the tongue stretch as a part of my warm up, and I'm old.)
@@AccentHelp not the response i wanted, but the one i needed. Makes me feel better knowing am not the only one suffering. I'm digging the new beard in ur new vids btw, just started growing my own last month. The video you have about the transverse abdominal muscle, been doing research the last couple of days, found a vid of this guy, & the way he's explained it, i swear it's the most common sense thing I've never noticed. No one on RUclips is talking about this technique either, it's the only method I've stuck to, cause i know without doubt it's working. no link cause youtube will flag me👇 How To Strengthen Your Transverse Abdominal Muscle Channel name: MoveU
@@AccentHelp not the response i wanted, but the one i needed. Makes me feel better knowing am not the only one suffering. I'm digging the new beard in ur new vids btw, just started growing my own last month. The video you have about the transverse abdominal muscle, been doing research the last couple of days, found a vid of this guy, & the way he's explained it, i swear it's the most common sense thing I've never noticed. No one on RUclips is talking about this technique either, it's the only method I've stuck to, cause i know without doubt it's working. no link cause youtube will flag me👇 How To Strengthen Your Transverse Abdominal Muscle by MoveU
First of thanks i really like the video and i just tried the technique and i feel like this will help me a lot... One thing though is that every time i try it i feel like I'm going to throw up?? Is that common?
It's not uncommon at all. I can do these tongue stretches, but I struggle to brush my tongue very far back - it's a similar thing. In general, I don't have much of a gag reflex, but that seems to set it off. It will usually get less over time, but it may not progress too far. Be patient with yourself...
This isn't about changing "where the sound is coming from." Rather, it's about keeping the throat open as you speak - which doesn't change the origin of the sound. It's actually just shifting the shape of the "filter" that the sound moves through on the way out.
Dear Jim Johnson, for about one year I get throat pain on my left side and only on my left. It seems to pull all the way up to the ear sometimes and also my left nose seems to be breathing impaired. As the day goes on my speaking hurts too only on the left side. ENT looked inside and found nothing. I do have a little bit of acid reflux but that does not seem to be the cause because I have it always regarding if I eat or not. Also sometimes when I speak a lot and relaxed it has suddenly disappeared by itself. I tried all types of throat stretching at no avail right now. Is there anything you could help me with?
I really don't have enough information to try to offer you a fix... We'd really have to experiment to try to figure out what brings you relief - it's especially tough since the ENT couldn't see anything. Usually people can't really feel much at the vocal folds themselves, so I think it's more likely that it's about other muscles or your tonsils or something... Sorry I don't have a resolution for you!
Hi Jim, should this method be helpful with stuttering? because im a stutterer that seeking for some kinds of solution. People often doesnt realise i have stutter because I try to hide it with my own tricks but the roots of the problem never been solved. I am gradually getting better but the stutter itself never seem to go away...
Honestly, I don't know. My training and work is all based in theatre, so I don't have the knowledge to pretend that I know what best helps people with stutters. If it helps you, huzzah! but I don't know if anyone has really brought this into clinical practice or done studies. Sorry I can't clarify it any further than that!
+Jim Johnson as another person who stutters I want to know if this will help with stuttering. Cuz it's said that we stutter or block because our vocal folds lock in place ! Does this help open the vocal cords ?
+jimbo Rose It tends to open the throat, but probably not the vocal folds themselves - it will tend to open the space above them. Like I mentioned above, we're outside of my expertise with this... Sorry I can't be more helpful than that. My work tends to focus on people who are operating in the broad range of "normal/acceptable" but need to move to more optimal functioning. When we hit something beyond that, I know just enough to shut my mouth and refer people to a Speech Language Pathologist or an Otolaryngologist.
That's not uncommon. You can do it with less tongue reach and see if you can go further over time. The big gain is really keeping the back of the tongue from bunching up in the throat, so it's possible just realizing that's the point, you might be able to do it without the tongue stretch. That's the end game here.
Will this help opening up the throat with throat cancer too? my Dad is going through cancer and treatments for it but I feel like the radiation and chemo has actually made his throat worse than it was before would this help at all so he could swallow a liquid? water, juice, etc.
I really don't know well enough because I'm focused on the vocal effect. I don't have any scientific or even anecdotal evidence to give a decent answer... Sorry!
Massive thanks, Me, everyone, doctors, could not help me, or do not want me to live, even i thought i tried everything, and this stretch came along. That is clearing my throat and neck, and their is alot of stuff in their that should not be their. And its clearing up! Im so thankfull. I would allmost donate all my money to you just kidding about the money though. Just by speaking of thanks. Probally the final stretch that fixes things
You sir are a godsend. My voice changed entirely just from watching this video and doing the stretch. I can’t thank you enough!
That sounds amazing! How long did it take for you?
You saved my life just want you to know that, had an allergic reaction and my throat closed I couldn’t breathe. This helped me get to the er and control my breathing patterns, and I was able to calm myself down.. thank you so much !!!
Wow! I shall retire now. So glad you're okay!!!
Thank you so much for this! I’m suffering from TMJ/TMD and this exercise helps a lot with eliminating throat, tongue, and jaw tension ❤️
I can't thank you enough for these videos! Subscribed!
Thanks for the advice, I have a lot of work to do with my voice. I watched a few of your videos and I've subscribed as well.
I really like this video. Would please help me how to get rid of mumble.
I'll post a new video on this soon...
These videos are really helpful! I feel like I am being tutored by Walter White!
Just don't tell my family...
@@AccentHelp it hurts when I stick out my tongue as my lower teeth hits the lower part of my tongue,what should I do?
Yep, I will try it my throat is always tensioned. Because I had a blocked nose in the past before the surgery, and a shallow breathing. Unfortunately my brain and my body is get used to the past and I have to break through it.
Yeah. The initial payoff from doing the tongue stretch doesn't take long, but it does take a while to create a new habit. Just keep interrupting the current habit as often as you can - without looking crazy... though it will get you a seat alone on mass transit!
Jim Johnson
Thanks for your advices and your videos, yeap new habits we can do it, and I was a child I used to eat my nails but by interrupting this bad habit as I could I overcove it.
Beware. You may be arrested if you speak like this in public.
Actually: Will be. Finally out on bail.
I feel like my throat is closing. I got an endoscopy and they didn't see anything now I'm going to go see a head, neck & throat Dr. Hoping i get some answers soon. Thank you for this great video the tongue stretching made me feel a little better and made me laugh as well as my family they think I'm going crazy lol
Glad you're getting into a doctor about it - good luck!
Awesome! Works already. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for the video Jim! How long and how many times per day would be optimal in order to make habit? How long will it take the muscles to subconsciously stay open? Thank you again!
+Josh Merrill You need to do it often and long enough while speaking so that you begin to feel the positive effects - it can feel like a vocal massage. That creates the positive reinforcement that makes you want to do this even as it become more unconscious. I'm afraid the question of how often and how many times is very different from one person to another - you have to put it in motion on a very regular basis.
Very interesting! Will this also help me with deepening my voice?
It very well could. Deepening the voice doesn't really require a lower pitch - it's typically about opening up the lower tone of the voice, and this will help to open the resonant space that will bring out that lower tone.
This would help me to be more better to sing better by not thinking to much and in my head about what's it trying to figure out how I'm doing it
It’s works but the reaction I get from people is I’m mad or about to yell; kind of like a stern voice or like your performing a speech
I get pain around palatoglossus arches, back sides of tongue and tightness down either side of throat. I feel resistance opening my mouth wide. Drs had a look and said there was nothing. Will this help?
I don't know... (I'm not a doctor, so keep that in mind.) The thing that occurs to me is concern about TMJ - jaw joint issues. That's something you should have checked out before you try to stretch your mouth more wide open, because that could aggravate the TMJ. I'm also wondering about any swelling in glands around that area, which can occur from allergies, for example. (My wife is dealing with some of that right now.) Those would be my first concerns, especially regarding the TMJ because you don't want to do things that could make it worse. If you get an okay from the docs, then this might very well help you to get used to more open space in the mouth, and reduce the sense of tightness. I've had students/clients who've felt a lot more open from doing this exercise.
Did you happen to find anything that helped you with your mouth pain? I have been having issues like this for 3 months straight and haven’t found anything that’s helped. I’ve gone to my orthodontist, dentist, and my chiropractor for help and none of them gave me answers that have helped. It feels like I have wires/bands in between my molars on the back left and right sides of my mouth. It also making my teeth widen out from each other. I’ve watched a lot of videos and I’m still having a hard time finding anything that will help my mouth. Please let me know if you did find an exercise or if there was anything that helped you with that. Id really want to try it and see if it would help me. I’d really really appreciate it!🙏🏼
Jim, for opening the throat, is there a technique to relax the posterior and/or sides of the pharynx? Or should I the focus on tongue, tongue exercises, and raising the soft palate? Working on singing. Thanks.
Are you working on classical singing style? You actually may not be wanting to relax the posterior and/or sides - rather you may want to actively retract them. You might want to check out the singing training offered by teachers who use the principles of Jo Estill, working to retract your false vocal folds. It's not true that you necessarily want to relax your throat - you primarily don't want tension that closes it up, but there can be useful tension that opens it further!
No jk right this worked instintly for me I woke up this morning and made breakfast and I ate my eggs and my throat just felt like a bunch of rocks I was trying to swallow it friggin hurt and then i looked this guy up
Can this exercise help in relaxing the cricopharyngeus muscle? I am trying to find exercises that can help with R-CPD which is the inability to burp, it's quite hard to live with this dysfunction of those muscles in the throat.
Unfortunately, I don't know. You're now above my pay grade/training in all of what happens internally with this exercise. Sorry I can't clarify further!
How can you know if the problem is a closed throat or a retracted tongue or even both of them?
It's likely both, though one may be more the cause - but generally I find that working on the tongue tends to open the throat, and it's easier than throat opening exercises. (To open the throat, try taking an inbreath with a huge smile or the inbreath for a laugh - that's the most likely to open the throat, possibly retracting the false vocal folds - vestibular folds.)
This hurts my jaw. Am I doing it wrong? I have a lot of throat clearing and am investigating alternatives so maybe this exercise isn't even one I should do?
Throat clearing on a regular basis isn't good for your vocal folds - it may be a sign of some damage, though there's no way to know without scoping. It can also just be allergies or something like that, but you might want to see an otolaryngologist. But it's probably not related to the jaw pain. Good rule of thumb: If it hurts, don't do it! The jaw pain does make me wonder if you might have TMJ (you can google that). (Do you wear a bite guard or grind your teeth at night? That's a sign you're more likely to develop TMJ in the long run.) Don't continue the exercise full on, though you can do a much smaller tongue stretch to accomplish some of the same effect.
Accent Help thank you for your thorough reply. I saw an ENT Dr recently and the scope showed no vocal nodules. Maybe it's post nasal drip. I'm being more mindful of the throat clearing and doing other alternatives. I may have TMJ but never formally diagnosed. Thanks again!
Happy to help!
I can't do this without gagging. any help??
thaaanks so muuuch! i just needed it sir!
i need to try this...it seems like there is no room at the back of my mouth.palate.etc..and anxiety is feeding off of the muscle tension
Very much makes sense. Closing like that is not at all uncommon as a coping mechanism. The tongue stretch may help your body to readjust to a better mode of operating...
Dear Jim,
My name is Derrick and I am a big fan of English learning. I have been learning English for a few years ( its not my first language) and I do know lots of words. However, one time I spoke with a guy and he pointed out that I got accent not like native speaker, which made me stunned. Before that I totally thought me was as same as others. Then, I just used my iphone to record my voice and guess what, that was super ugly voice actually. So, my question is whats the best way to speak like a native speaker, deep and loud. I want to practice to a level like someday I record myself and it sounds like a guy from radio station. Is this possible? Thanks.
hey Jim, I've been at this a few months now and have definitely seen results with your technique, all my flatmates think am retarded buh at list people aren't asking me to repeat myself anymore. Just wondering though if this is a forever thing, like does my subconscious finally get it, if I stopped doing this a couple months would I regress?
Unconscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence is the first step. Then when you know how to make a change, you can move to Conscious Competence - which is where you are now. Eventually it can move to Unconscious Competence. It'll require you having enough awareness of it for a while and consciously making the shift without even needing to do the tongue stretch. (That said, I still do the tongue stretch as a part of my warm up, and I'm old.)
@@AccentHelp not the response i wanted, but the one i needed. Makes me feel better knowing am not the only one suffering. I'm digging the new beard in ur new vids btw, just started growing my own last month.
The video you have about the transverse abdominal muscle, been doing research the last couple of days, found a vid of this guy, & the way he's explained it, i swear it's the most common sense thing I've never noticed. No one on RUclips is talking about this technique either, it's the only method I've stuck to, cause i know without doubt it's working. no link cause youtube will flag me👇
How To Strengthen Your Transverse Abdominal Muscle
Channel name: MoveU
@@AccentHelp not the response i wanted, but the one i needed. Makes me feel better knowing am not the only one suffering. I'm digging the new beard in ur new vids btw, just started growing my own last month. The video you have about the transverse abdominal muscle, been doing research the last couple of days, found a vid of this guy, & the way he's explained it, i swear it's the most common sense thing I've never noticed. No one on RUclips is talking about this technique either, it's the only method I've stuck to, cause i know without doubt it's working. no link cause youtube will flag me👇 How To Strengthen Your Transverse Abdominal Muscle
by MoveU
First of thanks i really like the video and i just tried the technique and i feel like this will help me a lot... One thing though is that every time i try it i feel like I'm going to throw up?? Is that common?
It's not uncommon at all. I can do these tongue stretches, but I struggle to brush my tongue very far back - it's a similar thing. In general, I don't have much of a gag reflex, but that seems to set it off. It will usually get less over time, but it may not progress too far. Be patient with yourself...
Can you make a video a routine one can do daily for a powerful loud voice
Could you elaborate a bit on the speaking thing? Where should we focus the sound coming from then?
This isn't about changing "where the sound is coming from." Rather, it's about keeping the throat open as you speak - which doesn't change the origin of the sound. It's actually just shifting the shape of the "filter" that the sound moves through on the way out.
Dear Jim Johnson, for about one year I get throat pain on my left side and only on my left. It seems to pull all the way up to the ear sometimes and also my left nose seems to be breathing impaired. As the day goes on my speaking hurts too only on the left side. ENT looked inside and found nothing. I do have a little bit of acid reflux but that does not seem to be the cause because I have it always regarding if I eat or not. Also sometimes when I speak a lot and relaxed it has suddenly disappeared by itself. I tried all types of throat stretching at no avail right now. Is there anything you could help me with?
I really don't have enough information to try to offer you a fix... We'd really have to experiment to try to figure out what brings you relief - it's especially tough since the ENT couldn't see anything. Usually people can't really feel much at the vocal folds themselves, so I think it's more likely that it's about other muscles or your tonsils or something... Sorry I don't have a resolution for you!
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Hi Jim, should this method be helpful with stuttering? because im a stutterer that seeking for some kinds of solution. People often doesnt realise i have stutter because I try to hide it with my own tricks but the roots of the problem never been solved. I am gradually getting better but the stutter itself never seem to go away...
Honestly, I don't know. My training and work is all based in theatre, so I don't have the knowledge to pretend that I know what best helps people with stutters. If it helps you, huzzah! but I don't know if anyone has really brought this into clinical practice or done studies. Sorry I can't clarify it any further than that!
+Jim Johnson as another person who stutters I want to know if this will help with stuttering. Cuz it's said that we stutter or block because our vocal folds lock in place ! Does this help open the vocal cords ?
+jimbo Rose It tends to open the throat, but probably not the vocal folds themselves - it will tend to open the space above them. Like I mentioned above, we're outside of my expertise with this... Sorry I can't be more helpful than that. My work tends to focus on people who are operating in the broad range of "normal/acceptable" but need to move to more optimal functioning. When we hit something beyond that, I know just enough to shut my mouth and refer people to a Speech Language Pathologist or an Otolaryngologist.
When I do this exercise it triggers my gag reflux. Does this just mean I have a really tight throat?
That's not uncommon. You can do it with less tongue reach and see if you can go further over time. The big gain is really keeping the back of the tongue from bunching up in the throat, so it's possible just realizing that's the point, you might be able to do it without the tongue stretch. That's the end game here.
Awesome
Will this help opening up the throat with throat cancer too?
my Dad is going through cancer and treatments for it but
I feel like the radiation and chemo has actually made his throat worse than it was before would this help at all so he could swallow a liquid? water, juice, etc.
I'm afraid you're beyond my range of knowledge, Robert. Wishing for the best for your father through this!
@@AccentHelp thank you
Can this exercise help with Anaphylaxis?
The short answer: I don't know. (Sorry!)
@@AccentHelp It's totally fine!
Will it help with snoring ?
I really don't know well enough because I'm focused on the vocal effect. I don't have any scientific or even anecdotal evidence to give a decent answer... Sorry!
Will this help when trying to chug a drink?
I used to win chugging contests all the time, but I don't know if these two things are directly connected.
Tks
Really you had Great job. May god shower his blessing , am Muhammad Zahid from Pakistan
I am here because i cant sleep at night because my throat is too tight sense of swallowing toughness.
You should definitely see a doctor to make sure there's nothing concerning, especially if this is a new development.
When I do this I get so much saliva