Muscle Tension Dysphonia: Oovo Straw Exercises
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2020
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You gave me hope.
Thank you Liz!! It was so helpful. 💜💐
Liz, you're amazing. Thank you for this.
Thank you so much! 💛
Oh Liz.....I have found you in the last 48 hours and you have put a name to what I have been challenged with. I've watched all your videos and practiced along with you. I'm so glad you shared your story in a video.......to hear that so many others have been told the same thing by ENT's and Doctors....there is nothing wrong with you. Take these drugs and go away because there is nothing we can change except to mask the phantom pain. You are so genuine and it comes right through the screen.......yes I can journey on through MTD and see the gift in the challenge.
Hi! Are you cured?
hey liz! your videos are so inspiring and your music is awesome too! keep it up :D
You’re such a big help, Liz. Thank you so much.
your amazing. love your spirit. thankyou
Thank you so much for this video, gives me hope
I've I've to voice therapy twice and your exercises have been way more effective than both. I actually feel my natural voice coming out. Thanks a bunch.
yay!
Amazing video. Thank you for all of the positive vibes, especially the virtual hug. I have been watching your videos to help with my MTD and they are helping. Thanks for offering your experience with others. ♥️
Found this today, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m glad I found your videos. 💕🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this lovely video. And what a great cat!
Marcus she’s the best :) ♥️
Amazing &interesting vedio Liz 👍👍🥰🌹
Thank you for this. 💙
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❤love this!
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thanks a lot!
Hi Liz, I just wanna say that you are an amazing person with such beautiful heart ❤️ Thank you for creating videos like this. You have no idea how many souls you are touching and healing. Keep it up! God bless you :)
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I appreciate that you continue to do these videos. I’ve been following you for a while now and thank you for sharing your journey. This video has greatly helped me & I’d love more straw exercises! Do you have any great recommendations for breath work?
Valerie For a breath work lately I’ve just been engaging my belly as I sing out and I notice it really helps to support. I just try to engage my belly and be mindful of it while doing these exercises. I also have a whole breathing video on my page if you want to learn more about breathing in general. And thank you so much for the love!
I love your videos, they are helpful to a lot of people that deal with MTD and this is making my life a lot better, giving me hope that I'll feel better one day. THANK YOUUUUUU!
Maarshal aww so happy to help 🤗
Thank you Liz! it's been a long road but my MTD is becoming more manageable and your videos have certainly helped me stay kind and patient with myself along the way. Your calm and positive vibes always help me stay grounded. Thank you, much love! :-)
Kate Taylor aww yay! We are on this journey together ♥️🤗
Love this video Liz. I find I get good days and bad days with MTD so finding it tough to consider going back to work (singing) with the worry of a bad day. Thanks for the video. Will defo give these exercises a go. Xx
Siobhan Perrin sending love to you my friend. One step at a time. ♥️♥️♥️
I am so grateful to work with your videos ... 2023 will be my healing year :D
I am so grateful to help! I am releasing two videos a week now, Tuesdays and Thursdays! Xoxo happy healing!
Thank you Liz for another great video on how to correct muscle tension dysphonia. Tongue drill is my favorite but I've learned that all your lessons are needed for complete pain relief and to correct this condition. Thanks again coach.
Love you. JP
Jack Pepper so happy to help :) and stick with the tongue trills if that feels the best for you xoxo
thank you for this beautiful video. I'm going through my second episode of MTD after healing from it 5 years ago and I was really starting to lose hope. I needed this! Your voice is beautiful btw, listening on spotify :) x
aww so happy to help! and you will get through this hard time. the dark times are our greatest teachers
Relaxing takes practice.Good on you Liz, I’m practicing! Your cat is very similar to mine.❤
aww say hello to your kitty for me
The last part was so encouraging ❤
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Hey Liz!! Thank you for this!! Very insightful!!!
Also just checked your latest single! Smashing!! 👏🏻
Totally hooked can’t wait to check out the other tunes you’ve got on Spotify.
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Aww thank you my friend!!!! ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for this. My MTD is horrendous. I have to get it under control and fixed because it's really affecting the quality of my life and I miss singing with my guitar so much. I hope these exercises help. The video got weird in a couple places but it was a good weird. 😁
She’s like “don’t think of it as a note” and I’m thinking, “I can’t, I’m not a singer and don’t really know notes” 😂 I think this is much more useful than what I did with my therapist today because she wanted me to start with sound and my voice is non-existent today. Glad to know I’m not the only one going through this and there’s light at the end of the tunnel
sounds like you already don't think in notes! hehe
I love that exercise (the breath/sound/breath straw exercise). I’ve been using it for years and REALLY helps.
breath is so healing!
@@LizBills - apparently I've had MTD all my life and only recently (in the last year) learned what speaking/singing is actually supposed to feel like. Weird. Thx for all the helpful vids. I think I have it under control now - but always love adding new things to my routine :)
Denv so happy you have corrected it! I have also spoken improperly my entire life and I understand how freeing it is to be able to speak with ease after years of not being able to. ♥️
Nice Hairstyle Liz !
Amol M aww thanks!
Im so proud pf you that you overcome it. Can you shre what is the best technique to use when singing thank you :)
jerico digno working with a vocal coach has been amazing.... working on resonance, breath support, mixing the voice etc
Thanks a lot for this video. Can you make a video about singing ee and oo vowels as they seem to tense me the most :)
Good idea I will write this down and make a little video! Trying to release one every Saturday while it feels good and right for me!
I love the fact that you keep uploading videos for those who have tension. My question is, are you already healed of MTD completely?
Stefano Bacigalupo hmm for the most part yes but I do sometimes have bad days. I’m currently seeking alternative treatment to heal my gut. I continue down the path to healing and also to enlightenment with yoga and meditation. I can sing and speak ... teach 30 kids per week w minimal to no pain at all, so I’d say yes I’ve healed from the terrible burning in my throat. I have burning now in my arms and hands at Times... problems w jaw tension... but continuing to seek holistic treatments and every year I am healthier and happier.
@@LizBills Oh that's really interesting, thanks for answering. So this thing ( MTD ) can't be cured? Is it like a type of condition that can only be treaten?
Sorry to answer again but, I need to know if Mtd a thing that can be cure or only be treaten?
Stefano Bacigalupo it can be cured for some .. and managed for others. I think if I remain an anxious person for my life I may always have some sort of tension in my body .. because it is in my mind. But In the summers when I’m stress free (I don’t work) the MTD is gone completely for me now.. so I know it can be cured. It’s a complex disorder that involves retraining the voice, making sure posture is good.. and also working on the mind to become more relaxed and present.. to not worry or be so fearful all the time.. to not be thinking all of the time etc... I have singer friends who have healed from MTD so yes it can be healed too.
This video is great. My voice was still tight and gravely after it though. I know I'm stressed. I'm going to try to practice it.
Julla just keep working on it baby steps and listen to your body. If stressed breathe deeply and do something that brings you joy xo
@@LizBills Thanks!
Hi Liz, thank you for your videos. My doctor last week diagnosed me with neurogenic/hypersensitive larynx (LHS). Is this the same thing as MTD? It seems to have all the same problems. He prescribed me speech therapy which starts tomorrow and also recommended laryngeal massage. I have not had my normal voice for several years, and it got very very bad in the past 9 months, in addition to other symptoms that were like acid reflux (burning throat and burning mouth) and post nasal drip (I have bad allergies too.) He put a camera down my nose to my vocal cords and had me do different vowels and he said my vocal cords are acting like they are pushing 500 pound weights.
jordancooperlalala hey so excited for you to start speech therapy! And I’m sorry I don’t know anything about LHS but I’m sure you can ask your speech therapist, they will probably know and can explain for you xoxo
Hello guys please pinned this somehow if you see this comment or give it a like! I am a male suffering from tension dysphonia and while doing this straw exercises, i realized that we male have deeper voice so we are supposed to go lower when we are doing the oovo straw exercises. I am not a doctor or anything but i think it only makes sense because she is female so it is fine for her to do the high pitch but since we are male, our muscle tensions could be different. Idk hahah
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Hi Liz:
I am so thankful for your videos! You have really shed hope & light for me.... I have reached out to you as I saw somewhere that you did some coaching? I have MTD really bad in my throat...(vocal area and throat/neck) and am really freaked out about it. Is there a way to contact you directly to speak to you? I reached out on Facebook PM, I dont know how to instagram unfortunately. My MTD is so bad that sometimes when I sing I get dizzy now because my throat pulls up so tight Im afraid that it is pulling on my corroded arteries...and I wondered if you had also had that experience? Please return my PM, I would love to call you for referrals if you dont do personal coaching and also for a Dr Referral? I've been on the path of being treated by a speech therapist and now a vocal coach for a couple of months... I was a professional singer as well as speaking for a living in my job a well, and this has been truly devastating.
Thank you so much!! And at least there is hope!
I have to tell you, that my path was 18 months of my aggressively trying ENT help and all kinds of Dr's before finally we figured out what it was... My story is very much like yours. Finding your post was a Godsend, and it also allowed me to show a few people who probably thought I was crazy. It has been a very rough road. Thank you again.
Please let me know who you recommend if not you for further help as to fast tracking. I have some great gigs booked in the fall, and after 18 mo of laying off and cancelling gigs and turning down offers, I dont want to cancel them.
Is this the speech theraphy for vocal nodules ? please reply
I was in despair until I found your videos
so happy to help!
Hi ... Have this prob for like at least 10 years now... May i know how long it takes to recover?
I found your channel today and tried the exercises today , is it normal that i feel air trapped in my mouth as i can't blow the air out of my mouth ?
But one thing as i tried your exercise , i felt this burning sensation in my throat and started coughing as well. I assumed thats a good thing ?
Thank you beautiful 👀
Dear Liz, what diameter do you use for your straw? Thanks so much, wish you bright career
hey I use a standard straw size. I experimented and stuck with the one that worked for me, I knew it worked because it felt GOOD to me :) I use a size small drink straw from dunkin donuts if that helps. just a reg straw size.
my "note" sounds choppy, or spasmodic. I have been been dx'd with MTD though.
Does this have any impact on voice for those who currently have no voice pain?
luke brodin yes for sure! Helps with or without pain to develop good technique :)
Plz Liz IAM from India and there is no any best doctor can I send u my stroboscopy video plz ?
Hey Kalash, I am not a doctor so I wouldn't know how to look at your stroboscopy video. If you'd like to talk to me on zoom email me. Lizbills1@gmail.com
I was quite Sceptic and disappointed but I tried anyway.
I feel something in my throat now, something changing, I don't know what.... But .... Hey, I think it's work! I'll try for another couple of day, hope that my dysphonia decrease
amazing!!
hi liz how is MTD diagnosed? does it also cause problems like dissociation and panic disorder? i was always told i have excercise induced asthma and then rediagnosed as vocal chord dysfunction . i have terrible anxiety and insomnia and it really is so hard to breath all the time
I know mtd can be connected to anxiety and other mental health conditions. They diagnose mtd by scoping you with a camera. Usually they can see inflammation, they might incorrectly diagnose with acid reflux, that’s super common. You really have to go to the ent and suggest to them that you think you may have mtd after doing some research (if your symptoms seem in-line with mtd) and then have them scope you. You can ask to work with a speech therapist after if you are having issues with speaking due to your breathing issues.
I would dive deeper into your mental health and look for ways to relieve your anxiety and insomnia. Some suggestions that have helped me - Meditation, therapy, cold water therapy, nutrient dense diet, spirituality, exercise, time in nature… making sure you feel safe in your life and body… just keep asking for help, keep searching for answers. You will find them. ❤️
@@LizBills Thank you it means alot i relate to alot of what you said but the pain, i dont really experience burning. i might just be overthinking but i do think i need an Speech therapists opinion reguarding my throat and breathing :/
Another super helpful video. 17:32 to the end of the video. Such healing and helpful words. Thank you, Liz. You are amazing. 🫶♫₊˚.🎧 ✩｡🦋⃤♡⃤🌈⃤˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗♡₊˚ 🦢・₊ ♪ ✧
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What a cat haha
This is two instruction videos. It’s also for cats on how to bathe yourself.
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Liz Bills your exercises also help Spasmodic Dysphonia (we have talked before in Facebook)
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I'm from Pakistan. I'm suffering from voice problem. I can't speak louder. Is it useful for the problem related to me. Please help me in this regard
do extensive research on this... do RUclips videos.. follow healers that resonate with you.. take up lots of breath work meditations... yoga... stretching. you can do this!
of course if you can go to an ENT and find a speech therapist as well
thanks liz whats your IG I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
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Your so beautiful
im late
Big up! Where Do you find inspiration? I would love to Be friends :d
hey :) I have a wonderful vocal coach... I am constantly searching for happiness in meditation, yoga... dancing... nature... Eckart Tolle is a great teacher my friend.
I'm a cat, meow me help me?
HWL haha
For humans lol. Hahaha.
Your armpit scares me a bit!
Watch out it might eat ya!