How to heal from Muscle Tension Dysphonia // A step by step guide
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A step by step breakdown on how I overcame and also manage my own muscle tension dysphonia.
Step 1 - Go to ENT
Step 2 - Speech therapy
Step 3 -Vocal lessons
Step 4 - Posture work
Step 5 - Yoga
Step 6 - Mental health
Step 7 - Breath work//Meditation
Bonus step - Limit screen time
Fav deep breathing meditation video: • Guided Breathing Medit...
Straw exercises: • Muscle Tension Dysphon...
Recovery story: • How I recovered from m...
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Your videos helped me so much , I was diagnosed 4 years ago. I lost my voice completely and I’m not a singer. I did speech therapy. I do have anxiety disorder and I know what you mean 100 about it acting up when you’re having anxiety. I’m so much better now but my voice and throat aren’t the same and the MTD does act up from time to time . Tm thankful for your videos .
Thanks for sharing!
Awesome video as always. Thank you so much for all of your help 🙏🏻
I have recently come across your channel and I just wanted to say thank you so much for sharing your story and advice. I'm a vocalist and pretty sure I'm suffering with MTD, (just had a scope with an ENT which showed nothing), but still on the path for a clear diagnosis.
It can take a while to realise how much mental health can affect the voice and body but after having suffered from severe anxiety for most of my life it's becoming a bit clearer now.
Thank you for being so inspirational and giving people hope 🌼
It's great that your giving it away to reach back and pull others up, that's a real sign of growth and self appreciation/gratitude , be blessed! 🙏
Thank you so much for all the sharing Liz ❤️. It's so hard for people to grasp what M TD is and how very real it is. You're a God send to share advice and tips as to how to find ways to help.
Your insight is both incredibly accurate and extremely helpful. Thanks a lot for putting this out there Liz!
Hi, your videos explaining the steps and exercises are helpful. This can all be really frustrating and embarrassing and depressing to deal with. So it's good to know there are paths through, and it doesn't have to be some permanent thing forever. Your music is very nice also. Thanks. Take care.
Thank you so much for everything you bring! This is an amazing resource
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I am so in it right now and was happy to see this video-somehow I missed it earlier. I was finally diagnosed with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth after 2 years and was treated with antibiotics a month ago and now my reflux is GONE. Which is amazing. Mine for sure was triggered by severe reflux (having to compensate for laryngospasms and swelling and creating incorrect muscle patterns) and made worse because Kaiser Permanente wouldn't test for SIBO and kept giving me antacids and encouraging a low acid diet, which only allowed the bacteria to thrive.
After having finished the antibiotics and the methane fumes stopped coming up into my throat, I started to feel so much hope but then the MTD came back with a vengeance because now the muscle tension is often involuntarily and seemingly anything can trigger it--a weird sleeping position, natural stimulants like chocolate, the smoke from the recent fires .... and then the stress that occurs when I feel everything locking up and speaking becomes effortful again.
I also make meditation and yoga a daily practice and it is immensely helpful.
MTD is often classified as a mindbody connection issue similar to fibromyalgia and PTSD in the sense that all are caused by the brain's response to long term stress. I had severe anxiety my entire life and now it's just a habit. I know that burning pain in the muscles all too well. Fortunately I'm very Zen these days, but sometimes those brain signals just fire off and the only solution is rest.
SO glad you are feeling so recovered most of the time. Some days I think, "This will never go away and I just have to accept it." Today my neck and traps were like rocks and I couldn't do any voice work and I said, "I'm just done." But I know it's not true. Thank you for providing hope.
Thanks for your videos. I'm not a singer but am a teacher. Emergency abdominal surgery a month ago left me with MTD (from trauma from intubation). Thankfully my ENT was great and diagnosed it right away. I'm now working with a voice therapist. It's nice to know someone else felt all the things I'm feeling and has got through it. Thank you for sharing your story and what worked for you.
You're bloody awesome Liz, soooo good this vid! Thanks a mil for sharing! Hadn't come across MTD until I got fed up a couple months ago & your vids popped up... we may be a bit slower here in Australia :) I've a very similar story, polyps, burning voice/neck, the failed theories (acid reflux, poor/confusing vocal therapy etc etc), failed surgery even...
I love your wholistic approach, the yoga/relaxing part really stopped me in my tracks. I'm in IT so lots of hunched over lappy time.
Something further thats been helping me: Ever since watching this, I've been consciously relaxing my shoulders to sink into my bed for a few mins each morning/night (without a pillow so the neck flattens right out)... there couldn't be a simpler exercise really. Heaps of lil cracks and a real satisfying shoulder/neck muscle release. Then I try to incorporate the voicebox into this release, opening the mouth and letting the tongue drop (the "dead bloke in a bed" exercise), tilting the head slightly on each side and holding. It may feel more like a stretch than a release when it's really tight. You may benefit from a gentle massage on the stiff side to encourage a few lil gentle cracks.
I've been holding off replying here at the risk of jinxing it, but its really been working wonders, and might hopefully help others or yourself too...
So THANKYOU! i wish you a tension free life and im thrilled u've overcome it enough to continue singing!
Oh and ur spontaneous bursts of singing the section digits really make this vid! haha :)
Wow that exercise sounds amazing I will try it! Thank you for sharing and it sounds like you have found an amazing holistic way to practice relaxation in your physical body!!! Good good stuff!! Sending love light and heading to you Rob
Thank you so much for your videography on MTD. you are so right about different approaches suiting different people. I found the one thing to help was laryngeal manipulation - speech therapy (in London) did not help. I also struggle with stress affecting my MTD, even though I do yoga, mindfulness etc.
You're awesome Liz! Thanks for opening up and bringing awareness to this MTD thing
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God, sometimes I just want to give up. It's been so hard and heartbreaking but your videos make me feel less alone..
I have literally been struggling with this for months without realizing what it was. My name is Vince, and I’m also a singer/songwriter. I actually bought this online singing course by Ken Tamplin a while back and was pretty consistent with it for two months and had zero throat pain or tension whatsoever. I ended up stop doing it because I got pretty busy doing college applications (tons of stress lol). But recently, after several months I started to practice again and after a few weeks I was seeing great progress before suddenly, i felt this ache from the right side of my throat. That ache then encompassed the entirety of my throat and I went to the ER cause it felt like I couldn’t breathe sometimes. I saw an ENT and they gave me a diagnosis of having some sort of throat infection and I was prescribed antibiotics that i know did not work. Heck the only thing that worked was to not use my voice at all, which I did. It was super demoralizing cause I was so motivated to practice but knew if I did it, my throat would just hurt.
So yeah, I stopped singing for a month then my throat seemed to be fine. But now that I’ve started singing again, Im feeling that throat soreness/tension and I now trying to really figure out whats causing it and how to fix it. I’ve been practicing vocal technique such as my diaphragm support, gargling salt water, eating honey, pretty much every home remedy I found online. It’s helped a little bit but I still feel the tension in my throat. Luckily, I found your channel! I’m going to see another ENT and tell them I think I have MTD so hopefully I can get referred to a speech therapist. I’m also going to get a vocal teacher because theres only so much and online singing course can do. Anyways, hopefully I can figure this out-Thank you so much for posting this video-its a literally gold mine. Its actually given me hope that I can change my situation and finally sing cause at the end end of the day, I’m just trying to have a good voice 😅. So once again, Thanks!
Fun fact: I’m literally moving to Boston this fall for college lmao
Liz, your videos give me so much hope. I’ve been dealing with MTD for about 6 months now and have pretty much been put through the wringer with other various injuries to my ankle, shoulder, arm, etc. Every time I feel like I’ll never get better I watch one of your videos and it helps me believe that I’ll be able to get better one day, because seeing your success story gives me hope that this condition won’t take control of my life forever. So thank you for sharing your story and giving hope to people like me who really need it 💛
Josh O'Donnell I’m so happy to help and I know how it feels to be struggling with MTD ♥️ I hope this video can help you on your healing journey xoxo
Hey, Just wondering how your doing now. Hope your progressing :)
@@tapangasoul6928 Hey just saw this and I am coming along pretty well! Not exactly 100% as I still have some pain talking/singing and don't have my full range back but I have been able to access my upper register which has been awesome. Still got some work to do but I can definitely see a light at the end of the tunnel.
@@JoshODonnell Thats awesome. Are there any herbs or medicine you are taking or have taken? Are there any exercises you like? By the way, I find that it heals in stages. Each stage is painful, then the muscles open up and it feels great, then another stage of pain and healing comes. Thanks again for responding it really gives hope and direction :).
@@tapangasoul6928 Yea I totally feel that! I haven't been taking any medicine per se, i've mostly been doing a mixture of voice therapy, massage therapy, singing work with a trained alexander teacher, chiropractic care, and physical therapy. All those elements combine have kind of helped me get where I am today. Best exercises would probably be shoulder rolls and neck rolls but it depends on the day. Some days when I'm especially tense I just hold back on singing/talking and try to easy the tension instead. It is a tough hand we have been dealt with a condition like this but all we can do is play the cards we were handed and keep moving forward :)
Thank you very much for thisssss 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Dear liz. I just wanted thank you so much for sharing about this condition at such a length. I've went through most of your videos. And after being misdiagnosed for an year listening to you made me felt For the first time I found with whom I can resonate what I have being going through. Thank you so much. Please keep sharing. What I've come to understand this is complete lifestyle change. I m hope I will get there soon.
so happy to help! and yes its a life style change and a journey, and the journey can be beautiful!
I’ve been so anxious all my life , but after lots of things happened to me , and I hit puberty as my voice started changing , in quarantine , I was diagnosed with MTD , and at home I actually can talk , but in school it’s so difficult because of my anxiety , thank you for your video
sending love to you
i've been dealing with MTD for the past few months for the second time after first having it for a couple of years back in 2014/2015. this time is killing me because an ENT won't scope me cos of covid times and I just want to know it's definitely that again. This time instead of ENT on the NHS I've been seeing a vocal coach over Zoom who's also helped people with MTD. Learning how to deal with it as a singer rather than generally with the ENT is so much more eye opening and made me realise that the first time I really didn't get the full picture! I'm really trying to stay hopeful and it's only now after all these years that i've thought to youtube it so I don't feel so alone. Thank you for your videos!
Hi Natalie. Hope you're on the mend! Could I get name of the vocal coach please? Are you tonight to see them at all have to face? Would of thought they'd need to meet you in person. Thanks
can you please tell more about your vocal coach. hope your doing fine. i'd be grateful if you can help me further.
Thank you so much for helping me to cope with my pain. I'll always be grateful! You're an amazing teacher and I'm so thankful for this❤️❤️You're my inspiration ♥️♥️😘😘😇😇👍🏻👍🏻
Shubham Lagad aww so nice to hear from you! You are an amazing human yourself and I miss you, I hope you and your family are safe and doing well ♥️♥️♥️
Hii shubham I am suffers from iam also from India can we connect? On any platform plz
Thank you so much with this information and God bless your soul for going through this for so long. And I know this might be immature. But you are the most natural beautiful woman I have ever seen.
aw thanks Josh!
Very welcome.:-)
Hey Liz! Your videos helped me finally understand that there is something wrong with my voice, as opposed to what all the doctors told me. I have issues with vocal tension since several years and all the doctors I went to didn't find anything or just didnt make the effort to check my throat and larynx at all. A few months ago, when I discovered your videos, I didnt want to put up with those excuses of diagnosis and I decided to see a ENT vocal specialist. Finally I got diagnosed with vocal cord hyperfunction, which is very similar to MTD. I am now 5 weeks into speech therapy and the results are already amazing. My therapist is amazing and after my first session I had to cry because finally my vocal journey was going somewhere. For the first time in forever I feel like I can actually feel when my body doesnt like the way I use my voice. I know it is still gonna be a long way until I can sing properly again, but I am filled with so much hope and excitement for the future. If it weren't for your videos, I would probably still be sitting around depressed complaining why my voice is not working. Thank you so much! :)
Timbo Music I am so happy I can help! 🥰🥰🥰
Amen to that!
Thanks for your videos. I commented on another one mentioning I was diagnosed with hypersensitive larynx/esophagus, which to my eyes seems identical to everything you are describing and it even got done with the same scope test looking at my vocal cords, and I was also prescribed weekly vocal therapy session too exactly as you describe (trills, bubbles, etc.)
I just wanted to comment to say I had the exact same experience with misdiagnosis. So you may not believe this but after complaining of losing my voice to my ENT, over 10 months I had to go to EIGHT different GIs, one ENT, one urgent care ("i have no idea what is wrong with you") and finally, one "voice and swallowing" doctor to finally get my hypersensitivity diagnosis. Every GI I saw was 100% confident I had acid reflux, put me on medications that really messed me up. I got the wedge pillow, radically changed my diet (I did lose weight which was nice), and tried dozens of natural supplements, all that did nothing as my voice and throat got worse every day. As I got worse and worse and desperately sought more doctors, more testing, and was just told I had anxiety, acid reflux, GERD, etc, etc. To be fair, my endoscopy did show bad esophagitis, which I still don't understand.
But finally the last doctor, the voice expert, who I had to personally google and seek out (meaning: NOT ONE GI DOCTOR recommended I see someone like this), put the scope in, saw my vocal cords dysfunction and put me on the right path (I think.) I also finally got a GI to give me the BRAVO pH test, where they insert some sort of receiver into your throat for 2 days and measure acid. My results last week came back NEGATIVE...No abnormal acid at all.
I'm still not sure if esophagitis is from acid, hypersensitivity or what. I don't know if the acid triggers hypersensitivity responses but in my experience, my throat seems to get really bad if I talk or have some sort of stressful day where I yell or something. I have tried so many diet changes and there's no real pattern: sometimes I feel better after acid foods, sometimes worse, sometimes worse after non-acidic foods, etc. Tonight my voice is REALLY bad and I had some tomato sauce and I still have the instinct of wondering if it's the sauce that made it worse or not, despite doctors testing me and telling me I have no issue with acid.
One doctor wanted to put me on Amitriptyline but I am too terrified to take it, as I always react horribly to most medication.
To end positively, since starting voice therapy a month ago I think I have been on an upward trend. I have ups and downs and good and bad days but the overall feeling has been a lot better than the past 10 months. No burning feeling in my throat, no actually losing my voice totally, just some slight ups and downs. So I think something is actually working.
Anyway, just thought you'd find this interesting...perhaps not. Thanks for your channel!
jordancooperlalala wow! I am so happy you made it out of the woods. It sounds like speech therapy is really helping! It is baby steps but at least it’s going somewhere and over time you will just become stronger and stronger and stronger. Thank you so much for sharing your story and I wish you happy healing
Hey Liz, just wanted to share thus in case you're interested. I'm not out of the woods as lately my voice seems worse than ever. I made this video to try to explain what's been going on with me. I wonder if you have any thoughts, though this is an hour long so I don't expect most people to sit through it: ruclips.net/video/uLmel45BEg8/видео.html
I count my blessings that my dysphonia could be so much more worse. I been diagnosed with MTD since 2014. Botox has helped but it will not stop the tension from rising back and tight feeling in my voice box. I am doing vocal therapy now. Practicing my airways and voiced and voiceless sounds. Takes more days and more hours of retraining the speaking voice.
3 months waiting to be seen by ENT doctor here,in Ottawa :(
I am only assuming it must be MTD what tires me out while speaking, singing and causes this hoarseness and cracks
I follow your tips
Thank you Liz!
Pleasure to listen to your testimony
Lizz I have reflux, and I did the same thing, I changed my diet completely, I'm ONNN the pills for many months now, but still, my voice is soooo tense, I feel like I'm being chocked, my voice is always irritated, its just so bad. I will get better, and your videos really inspire me to push through and work as hard as I can on myself.
try meditation for the choking feeling. lots of deep mindful breathing meditations
My ent told me I had reflux, 2 years later I just now realize I have mtd. self massage helps so much, more than anything else.
That’s amazing! Massage is wonderful! I can’t live without it :)
I've had the MTD diagnosis for 2 years. Gave up on speech therapy, believing this must be related to my GERD - possibly LPR. This week, I began Googling how to "fix this". I identified the tension in my neck/ shoulders & jaw. Then the Universe sent me to your video...what an amazing life changer! You made so much sense, and knowing you suffer with this also helps tremendously. I now have a game plan!!
Thank you so much. ❤
May 1, 2023
We have the same issue and it's so depressing. How are you now? Did you go back to speech therapy? How do you treat your gerd? Hope you feel better.
Honestly, the thing that stuck with me most in my recovery was understanding that singing is more speaking than melodic phonation mechanically speaking. Melodic sounds come from intrinsic tension, but it has to be subtle and intentionally practiced, and ingrained through muscle memory so it shouldn't be something you're doing at all when recovering. Like AT ALL. When I was told by my voice therapist to act in rhythm with the song instead of singing it, then add pitch I was able to see exactly where I was adding the tension subconsciously where it wasn't needed. If I don't need the tension to increase my volume and produce better tone quality when I'm speaking I don't need it when I'm singing. I just need more air traveling through the vocal folds points of contact and the tension required to close and maintain laryngeal posture against the extra sudden expulsion of air. required for high notes. Another thing that I needed to utilize this properly was to master tongue posture and soft pallet mobility as these things influence not only the resonance in your mouth but can block off nasal or chest resonance when not maintained properly causing you to push with your throat more than necessary once again, using your resonance cavities properly with propper annunciation, tongue posture, and soft pallet control allow you to use less air to attain the same volume with less strain, which is another reason we feel the need to add extra support in the laryngeal region, to avoid excessive vibration when we anticipate strain due to using far too much air to produce a sound. The strain tension just travels all up your nack into your shoulder and jaw and you basically sing and sing until you burn out and choke out if you don't get on top of it properly.
Also MTD isn't a diagnosis, it's a categorical term used to communicate dysphonic vocalization or the illusion of vocal pathology due to excessive intrinsic muscle tension. For this to be a condition, there'd be more than the symptoms on their own. It only organizes the symptoms and physical characteristics there's no explanation as to why it's happening within the assigned category. For example, MTD is a set of symptoms that can be caused by anxiety, PTSD< Autism, or really a whole host of psychological reasons as well as physical illness. The diagnosis would be for example, I have autism and as a symptom of comorbid anxiety I have developed Muscle tension dysphonia symptoms"
Hey Liz. Thanks for these videos. It's interesting to hear you talk more about your mental health. I'm sorry you've struggled so much, it's horrendous to live with it all the time. I had panic attacks as a kid, and then severe chronic anxiety and insomnia, leading me to feel I couldn't go on. Then at the peak of all that, my voice began to hurt out of nowhere, extreme burning and tension, and I couldn't use my voice at all. I think I've mentioned it in a comment on your channel ages ago. It's been 4 years now, and I still can never use my voice without pain, and mostly only speak a few minutes a day. It's been debilitating and I feel its hard to live an enjoyable life. It's inspiring to see you have made so much progress and can actually speak and sing without pain.
I do believe it all stems from emotional stuff, which is why I really believe the TMS approach. There's a recent podcast called 'Tell me about your pain' by people who followed on from John Sarnos ideas. I think you'd get a lot out of the podcast, look it up.
Also for anxiety, I have found an Australian doctor from the 60s called Dr Claire Weekes to be amazing. Check out her books on amazon and the reviews. Many people say it saved their lives. Its very straightforward. I will email you her audiobook if you like
Thanks again
Alex
Alex Delfont thank you for all of this amazing information! I am so sorry you struggle with pain in your voice still and I hope you can get to the bottom of it soon! Xo I hope my videos can help you on your healing journey to get a little bit closer. I will look into the books! And I would love the audio book! Lizbills1@gmail.com and I love podcasts I’ll add this one to listen too - love love love and light - Liz
@@LizBills Thanks Liz, yeah the podcast just put out a new episode, I think you would relate to it a lot. I did! :)
Wow Alex! Your story is very similar to mine. Thanks for sharing the podcast and story!
Hi Alex! I am the same! Almost 3 years in 247 throat pain and basically don't talk at all due to the increase in pain! How are you getting on?! What have you tired to help?? Anything worked?!
I have same problem I suffered from anxiety in 2016-2018 and in that period I lost my half voice now I always feel pain when talking I can't speak much now I am taking so many anti allergy and antibiotics but still nothing works for me. Can you tell how are you now? What medicine you take for this throat pain?
Thanks, Liz! YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION!
Yeah, I have acid reflux and MTD. I've been dealing with MTD for 4 years and your videos really helped me actually know what was going on with my cords. I have managed all my symptoms with meds, diet, propper everyday voice speaking techniques, and neck and shoulder massages.
Thanks again! So glad you're in the world!
Kevin Qualls so happy to help guide you on your healing journey!! Yay!!! ♥️♥️♥️
Hey Kevin, I have the same exact problem man! I've just not gotten better at all in 2 years. Idk what to do man. What did you do!?
@@dynamix298 I'm so sorry that you are having this issue with your voice. It is very discouraging. I dealt with it for 3 years before I saw any relief. I didn't know what was going on until I saw Liz's video on MTD. However, I do have GERD ( acid reflux) & MTD (muscle tension dysphonia). For my acid reflux, I went to a GI doctor for an endoscopy (They put a tube down your throat and into your stomach when your asleep) to see if there were any underlying issues that might be serious. It showed that I do have a lot of acid reflux. So for my acid reflux I take 10mg of Omeprazole, I never over eat, I drink about 48oz of water daily, and I've cut out all food & drinks that cause my reflux to flare up including caffenaited coffee. For my MTD, I message my neck and shoulders (that's where I keep all my tension from stress) the muscles in the neck & shoulders help the larynx to move freely when they are loose. I message them until they a very loose & free of tension especially if I'm about to perform or record vocals. I hope this helps you. I know this is a very discouraging time for you but it will get better. I will do almost anything to keep my voice and continue to express myself creatively through music. If I have to make some lifestyle changes to do it, I will. I pray that you will get relief soon, my friend! Bless you!
@@KevinQualls @Kevin Qualls I have mild reflux, but I have lots of tension all around my larynx, neck, and shoulders. I just dont know how exactly to get rid of that my friend. This is actually so bad, and like you said very discouraging, 20 minutes ago I had to tell my choir director that I couldn't record my part because I'm in total discomfort with my throat right now (every time I have to record for the choir. I say the same thing. Because it just feels so tiring and I can barely talk man). When I swallow I feel like I'm swallowing a big pill, under my chin its so tense and very discomforting just everywhere. I dont know what exercises to do besides the ones that Liz has shown, but its just even some of these straw exercises are uncomfortable because of the extreme tension i have.
@@dynamix298 Yeah, it is extremely frustrating. I watch Katarina H.'s videos a lot. She does great videos about the voice. Here is one that may help with your muscle tension under the chin: ruclips.net/video/60TRKdsyYpw/видео.html
Your too talented to be so stressed, but I guess your a perfectionist and that's just how the fate of your life is. But your on the right path to personal joy and contentment, be blessed 🙏
Haha thank you! Well I am working on not being a perfectionist! It’s totally possible :) I can change my fate 💪🏻♥️ we all can! 🤘🏻xoxoxo
@@LizBills True dat 👍👍
Hey liz!! I'm so inspired by your video!!! I'm a Filipina from Philippines and I have the same condition as you :((( I am still a student but a part-time worker too.. I'm currently working in one of the most famous fast-food store in our country as a cashier there... And you know what, it's such a fun journey working there because of my considerate and homorous workmates... Unfortunately, I've taken leave for almost 3 months and It's very saddening. You know, separating with those pips whom you've been used to seeing and working everyday 💔💔💔 Like you and everybody else suffered/suffering from this condition... I think we all feel the same pain 🥺💔 You know that feeling that you're not able to do things you were able to do before, things you used to do all day such as simply talking and socializing :(((( I have to admit... It's really depressing 🥺 It's like my whole life have changed... because this voice problem controls my life!!! It's really dark 💔💔💔
Now, my leave will be ending and I need to go back to my work, to report whether I'll continue working or not... And it's so so so hard! Very harddd!!! Deciding whether I should continue working or... Huhuhuhuhu this is why I wrote this comment..... I want to get some opinions, some words from you who have gone through from my situation right now... As you can see, I have a hard time deciding all by myself so please if you will get to read this (which I hope you will 🙏) please do answer me 🥺🥺🥺
Your answer will be a big help to me... THANK YOU VERY MUCH LIZ AND MORE POWERS TO YOU AND YOUR VOICE ❤️
Hey my friend ♥️ I would say that you should believe that you will heal and that you can go back to work and talk and enjoy your life and your friends. Make sure that you keep searching for the right speech therapist if you have not already ♥️ stay curious and open and keep trying new things that will help your body relax. There’s so much to explore :-) I would start with meditation and yoga and therapy. However not all at once, just do what works for you my friend. Go slow be patient and trust trust trust. The body is miraculous and healing and do not let Western medicine practitioners tell you otherwise because they only really look at one side and wellness is three dimensional!!
@@LizBills oh my gosh liiiiiizzz 🥺🥺🥺 I'm so moved by your words ♥️🥺 I really appreciate it ✨ Super thank youuu!!! Thank you thank you very much! Yes, you're right!!! I believe in u and also to myself ♥️♥️♥️ I won't stop and from now on, I will continue to look for hope (together with the therapies and exercises you've posted 🥺♥️)
I love you Liz!!! More powers to your career and voice ❣️
@@abegailmedina1056
Hi, I am also from the Philippines. Huhu, i feel you!!!!
It's interesting that you mention you're shy. I have MTD, done everything I could and I'm still doing the exercises every day yet I'm not getting any better, and I'm shy too. Like, I'm a confident person but I get socially shy and I feel like MTD could be related to this, kinda like a restriction of the spontaneous emotions, a need to control ourselves in front of others, the opposite of Expansion. I'm also very introverted. So right now I'm focusing on expanding more...
Www.TMSwiki.org free pain program helped me w the emotional side. Xo
Hi Liz, Tku ! You’re such a blessing to the Singing fraternity. Am suffering MTD from the last 3 months due to vocal strain and incorrect vocal techniques. This worsened with Acid Reflux post a car accident 8 weeks ago, so too many things happening. With a Speech Therapist now hoping to get respite from this. Tku !
Leena Christi speech therapy will do wonders!!! I am wishing you lots of happy healing ♥️
Tku Liz for your kind words. Just hope it works too! 🙏🏼
When you say vocal strain like are you saying that you like overstrained those muscles and now muscle tension/tightening occurs? Thanks. All the best!
@@gabbysambienceofrivers4813 hmm I think what I mean is that there had been straining for quite some time... it wasn't just one time that I strained.
@@LizBills Exactly, so that's exactly what Im saying that due to muscle strain and even lots of it repeatedly, muscle shortening/tension starts occuring. I have similar situations with my muscles and tension/tightening/shortening and yes you do feel the difference and I mostly just want to be Completely normal again with Wholeness again. Need a miracle for such situations especially if it's chronic
Hi Liz. Thank you so much for your videos.. The TMS books say to 'stop all physical treatments". Does chiropractic work or even speech therapy go against these principles do you think?
Brian Kelly hey I’m not sure. I would first do all of the treatments and then after maybe give a try to stopping them all and see what happens
Hey
Liz! Thank you for your videos, they are extremely helpful. I have mtd too, but mine is that weird type when your abduction muscles are hyper tense and keep your vocal cords from closing properly, so my voice is strained but also breathy and hoarse. It feels like I'm in a constant state of a deep deep yawn and that's really uncomfortable and painful. What's worse is that my speech therapist has no idea how to deal with this kind of problem, all usual mtd technics doesn't work, so I'm on step 2 from your list and can't move forward. This is soooo depressing! I always wanted to sing, but now even talking is pain...
im so sorry you are struggling. I would suggest doing some more research and finding a specialist who can help you.
All of you should check out the Medical Medium. I am ob his protocols and my MTD, depression, brain fog is completely turning around. I felt miserable so many years before I came across those information.He gives you the true information why the vagus nerve is inflamed and how it is connected to other neurological symptoms like depression. you can all heal !
Oh yes I have his book! I’ll look more into him. Thank you
Hi, Liz, I'm pretty sure lots of people will benefit from your video and your insights. Just wanted to point out that the pain is always real but it might be caused by several different reasons, Dr. Sarno used to make this very clear with his patients, they were not crazy, but maybe their pain wasn't caused by a severe physical damage as most feeling it would be lead to believe instinctively. I myself went through it and became aware of the possibility to stop the pain by pure will which made no sense to me until I experienced it. Of course when I came up with MTD I tried to apply the same thought process and ended up spitting blood so that made me reevaluate the situation again.
Alberto Mauiztic yes I agree that pain is always real as well, I was trying to explain the dr sarno idea but I don’t know if I did a good job haha... I meant to say mb that pain is real but could be a neurologically learned pathway.
Hey Liz! Your videos are so inspiring. I've been going through MTD for half a year now and am hoping to get my singing voice back to normal! A quick question, would you recommend using a thin oovo straw over using a wider tube - if so, what's the difference? Thanks! :D
lakemaster ex hey! I would experiment, what feels best for you?? I like the Dunkin’ Donuts straw size best but that’s just me.. I think McDonald’s has a similar size to dunkins... you can even squeeze the straw a little w your fingers to see if you like how that feels or not... you can even let some air escape through sides of the straw and see if you like that. :) just experiment and see what is the most comfortable for your voice xo
The difference is with smaller straws you will feel more back pressure
@@LizBills awesome! thanks, will definitely experiment with both straws, keep the awesome work up! :)
Hi! Hope you're having a good day! I just have a quick question. Does the speaking straw exercise help you a lot? Also, should I do the exercise in the morning to prepare my voice for the day, and will it help it last longer?
Hey :) yes the speaking straw exercise helps me the most! (everyone is different though so stay curious and find what feels good for you) and yes try doing a little warmup in the morning! I have a speaking warmup under my MTD playlist :) try re-setting in the straw throughout the day if you can as well for awhile.
@@LizBills thank you!! How long did it take before you need improvements with the straw?
Hey, thank you for sharing whit us,,,, I have a question please, when you recover from muscle tension dysphonia, did you get back your voice health as before or their is a permanent change in the voice tonality and clarity?
Hey :) My voice was not personally damaged or changed in any way from MTD. I consider my voice normal and healthy now.
@@LizBills thank you ❤️,,, good luck in your journey
@@MyKhalilovic hey how are you feeling now, did you get rid of your muscle tension dysphonia yet & how’d you do it?
If i have pain and queit voice after infection is this symptoms of dysphonia?
Im not sure, you have to see a specialist and they can tell you. I have videos that help with speaking, you can try that to see if it helps? xoxo Just browse through my channel.
Is it possible to have MTD and yet not experience pain in the throat? I have been suffering from hoarseness and loss of voice for 2 years now. I've been to many speech therapist but voice exercises never really help. I don't know what else could be the problem.
Yes perhaps! I would look into your mental health. Some people with traumatic events lose their voice when they can’t speak about what happened to them.. that’s proof that people can lose their voices due to emotional issues. Yoga, meditation and therapy help me sooooo much!
Woww ! Ur hair !! ❤️❤️ I need help realeasing that tension do you have an email where could contact I COULD USE YOUR SERVICES ! Whether its zoon or in person im near Boston area also.
lizbills1@gmail.com
So I ended up going to an ENT after dealing with this for like 2 months and he diagnosed me with MTD but he was kind of weird and a little Idk... creepy😅 so all he did was tell me that it was due to stress and send me on my way without even trying to treat it or telling me how to treat it😭 I don’t mean to put all this on you but can you give me any advise on what I should do?😭
If it’s stress try www.tmswiki.org their free pain program xo - changed my life
Hey Liz i am suffering from dystonia from।last 7 year, i want to talk to you once, please guide me.
prabhat ranjan subscribe and watch the videos, I will help xx
Can doctor tell after endoscopy if you have mtd or not? How doctor can diagnose mtd
my doc looked at my vocal folds and diagnosed due to the redness and swelling surrounding my vocal folds.
I have so much pain in my throat when talking and even when I try to talk pain get worse in 2016-2018 I suffered from anxiety and in that period I lost my half voice. I take anti allergy medicine daily to deal with this pain and take antibiotics when throat hurt too much but nothing really helpful still I have pain in throat. Please tell me if there is any medicine for it or what can I do for this pain in throat
Try some of the things I suggest in this video. Baby steps. Xo
12:48 your saying sth about "us mtd ppl have a problem with mixing the voice" but then you stop the sentence... can you elaborate what you mean? cause i feel like your onto sth and that i felt that and that its very relevant to know( for me) lol. thanks a lot for all your videos, you look gorgeous- your hair is so beautiful you look like a hippie straight outta 70s- is that a coincident or your period of inspiration? thanks and love.
@Liz Bills I'd also like your thoughts on this. I know the 'mixed' area of the voice is my most problematic (most prone to hoarseness and also most prone to making my whole voice fatigued) but I haven't really figured out how to improve this yet
@@JenMcPherson same!
Yes, I have just been diagnosed with this and I always found mixing was the hardest thing and caused so much fatigue for my voice!!
@@0607span From what I've read, our problem is that we use too much bottom-up singing (ie chest voice) in our mixed voice rather than top-down (more head voice). Not sure how to fix this but have been experimenting
I have reflux that caused mtd. It stinks because my voice gets tired easily. I have an amazing vocal therapist and coach but being a college student I can no longer afford to see her unfortunately
Try diet change for the reflux … elevated pillow can help some as well.
This lady is free and awesome for mtd - ruclips.net/user/KatarinaHowtoImproveSinging
Hi I have an audition and I'm really struggling I have pains down my back to my neck and my jaw. And There's a deadline to sing for and I really would like it if you gave me some tips, or exercises or anything that helped you just take away the pain. And if you sing with mtd, can it damage your voice. And can I still sing with pain. And can you fully like get rid of Mtd or does it stick with you forever. And before I could sing all these high notes now I can't anymore how can I like hit the notes. And does Mtd limit your range in any way?? And how do I readjust my the volume of my speaking. Cause I speak rlly low. And I constantly have pain in my back and my throat and jaw how can I take that away or limit it When I'm singing?? I know it's a lot but I'm really struggling and I have an audition and I don't know if I can manage through the pain. So please can you give me like some tips that helped you a lot or something please xx Thank you.
And how do you sing without pain??
Hey :) do you have a vocal coach? if not I would get one asap.
@@LizBills Thank you soo much I rlly appreciate it. But because of lock down I've been trying to get a gp to get the ent people but he can't he just gives me. Hayfever medicine and bacterial or viral infection medition. To acid reflux medicine but nothing helped. Thank you soo much I rlly appreciate it!!
@@LizBills Is it the breathing and meditation that limits the pain and helps??? cause I found your how to breath correctly video and I'm about to watch.
@@LizBills And wow you taught me more from that paragraph that 2hrs of research online ever did.
I am from asian country, here ent are not good standard they don't really understand my problem so i have no help from ent or speech therapist and even speech therapist not exists in my country so i am on my own all alone dealing with this burning problem in my throat this pain i wish if u could help me more and what's cough drops? Can you name them? Maybe i can get cough drops to help me . I take anti allergy medicine daily for this pain but nothing really works. The only person who understands me is you
My muscle tension dysphonia makes menso negative. Especially since singing is my career and I need to make a life out of it. Sometimes I get so negative I just wanna cry out with frustration.....
So many extra costs like speech therapists, osteopaths/chiros.
And it's funny cause the ENT thought it could be my tonsils. So I got my tonsils removed until the speech therapist and osteopath came to the conclusion that I do have MTD.
I was told it was post nasal drip.. then acid reflux and then my tonsils. Then I had my tonsils removed, and it helped a little but because it created more space in my mouth.
I also had to get my speaking voice corrected.
It's a really emotional journey! Some people can sing and just never have pain or the complicstions hh