The REAL Reason Why You Are Feeling Throat Tightness When Talking and What To Do About It
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- If you are experiencing throat tightness when talking, let me explain what is really going on inside your throat. Plus I will share 2 tips on how to deal with your vocal problem.
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If you have tightness in throat and neck when talking or if your throat feels strained when talking, this video will give you insights about what is really going on inside your throat. I help people with throat tension when speaking due to Muscle Tension Dysphonia or other functional voice problems, and I teach them how to release throat tension. There are two important concepts that you need to pay attention to during throat tightness treatment in order to truly know how to relieve throat tightness. It is not enough to drink plenty of water or go on a vocal rest. Tightness in front of neck or inside your neck will not go away if you just wait and do nothing. So, watch this video and learn how to effectively deal with this problem.
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Thank you for watching! Do you experience throat tightness when talking? Write "ME" in the comments below.
I get throat tightness quite often. It has been blamed on relux (LPR). I also have MS so maybe be that. Can’t seem to get an answer. I took speech therapy that helped to loosen muscles around neck quite a bit. But throat tightness occurs quite often still
ME. This video was a great help in that I don’t feel so isolated. I’ve never known anyone else to have this problem. I’d be interested in learning about your coaching program.
Yes I do experience all the time during my working place
Yeah, I’m a music teacher and singer, and have been facing vocal tension for years. I believe this can change, I’ve just yet to find what will reverse this. (Showers, warm drinks, and SOVT straw exercises are somewhat helpful). I believe there is a physical component with technique, over usage, posture, diet, possible silent reflux, etc… and I think there is an emotional component, as well. I’m currently trying to find a medical hypnotist, because I think it’s mostly a neurological thing for me. Has anyone had experience with this?
@@KetointheCountry mine is severe…I can’t conversate and then I feel like I can’t breathe
SOOO grateful for your Vocal Freedom coaching program, Katarina 🙏🙏💗
3+ weeks in now and I’m seeing definite improvements! 😊🙏💗 (for anyone reading this, this is after a year and a half of lots of vocal tension, pain, etc when talking AND singing)
Thank you for all you do, Katarina 🙂🙏💗💗
So great to hear from you Jessie. And thank you very much for your very kind comment. I am glad that you are already seeing results. Well, if you have any questions, you know where to find me.
@@healthyvoicetips You’re very welcome!! 😊💗
Yes I do know where to find you, thank you!
I keep trying to make it to a group coaching session, but it hasn’t fit with my schedule yet, so one of these days! 🥰
I am a classical singer and never have fatigue when singing even after a 4-5 hour practice session. But ten minutes talking and I’m croaky and tight and even hoarse. I have tried To talk more like I sing and it definitely helps but it’s hard because I have to concentrate to do it. Thank you for this video!
I experienced the same thing years ago when I sang classically as well. I wonder if it’s because we are so used to having such strong and powerful head voices but not as equally strong chest voices which is where our natural speaking voices like to live causing an imbalance.
Perhaps it’s from using these different head voice dominant muscles, ligaments and cartilages like the cricothyroid muscle (CA) vs our chest voice dominant ones that create this imbalance and for some of us sopranos cause hoarseness in our speech.
This is my educated guess on the science behind it. So the solution is: strengthen your chest voice like a Spartan to balance everything out. I did that and I hardly ever (knock on wood) ever experience this hoarseness hell ever anymore. This is what worked for me Tokki, maybe it can for you? I’d love to hear Katarina’s thoughts on my theory.
However, I no longer sing classically anymore unfortunately but I sing my own music instead.
@@jenniferzuiff8517 yes that is possible. I have always been very head-voice dominant even before I learnt to sing formally, I intuitively sing with a lot of head voice. I have paid attention to other sopranos’ speaking voices and noticed many of them to have croaky lower speaking voices (Renée Fleming!). Using more support in chest voice is very counter intuitive but should help as you say. Or alternatively I might just learn to talk like Julia Child 😂 she sounded like if opera was talking 😆
@@tokkia1384 yes, you are onto something for sure. I would agree with the difference in support. Many people who have problem in their speaking voice use different muscles and less support when talking. Also, the shape of the vocal tract and the vocal fold closure can differ, which may cause hoarseness and vocal issues in the speaking voice. The truth is that we use the voice differently when singing classically and when speaking. But the solution would not be Julia Child's voice!!! 😂
It's hard to explain to people this pain
Madeline Harvey , a vocal coach here on RUclips, has a video called ‘The one thing you can’t change about your voice and what you can do about it’ it may help
This is so eye opening thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for another great video Katarina. I find if I concentrate on keeping my voice in the front of my mouth and not in my throat that I can speak easier with less tension in my throat. SOVT exercises help a lot. I carry a straw or use fricatives. They are a part of my routine in the morning and throughout the day. Thanks again!
Wow! What great observations, John! You are doing it!!! Congratulations.
This is a great video! I recently slept in a way that put tension on my neck (propped up pillows and slept on my side in a way that gave me shoulder pain when waking up). That day, I noticed a huge difference in my singing. My throat was very tight and I couldn't reach the high notes. Do you think it was because of how I slept?
Do you have video of Isolate movements, cause after I finish singing 3 songs, as you said voice rest or hydration is not what's doing it...cause I rest and I hydrate alot afterwards.... so what you are saying here I know is the answer that I been looking for....I have narrowed it down...and I feel this is the problem..... I been trying to find the RIGHT SLP To work with me... but most of them are just the basic..... they don't analyze and get to the nitty gritty of the problem like you ... with you I been doing a personal research of my Vocals and voice and that system. In my research ... you are my Best Teacher In The Whole WIDE WORLD.
AND IM SO SO THANKFUL TO HAVE CROSSED YOUR PATH... I BEEN PRACTICING PITCH AND ALL..MY VOICE IS TRULY IMPROVING A GREAT DEAL. .BUT, MY SPEAKING VOICE, ONLY SOMETIMES.... MY SINGING VOICE IS GETTING BETTERI PRACTICE FOR 2 DAYS AND RESTING... NOW IM CHOKING WHEN I TALK....I WAS TALKING OK......
PLEASE HELP TEACHER
I don't have any videos on this topic because it is built into each exercise - bringing awareness to what is going on when making sounds. This video may help: ruclips.net/video/uIHDsdcOgtI/видео.html
Yes stress can cause many problems
Yes, absolutely agree!
Thanks a lot :)
You're welcome!
Boi I need your class, that's sound like exactly what I need
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@@healthyvoicetips can I just join the class, because, studying with you, have truly, truly help me so so much.....having your class would give me a foundation
This is me...all the time and it makes work, social life so hard!
When I speak I am hitting the words so hard everything is squeezed, with little power and I run out of breath easily. I have been under a speech therapist for 4 years with little improvement. When I put a H or S in front of words, they are a little softer, however I cannot maintain this in general conversation. Any background noise kills my voice altogether so I have to shout louder just to get a weak voice which speeds up fatigue. It's ruined my life if I am quite honest and spend most of my time by myself when not working as it eases my frustrations to a degree....but then at the same time I am not living life. It's horrible.
I am very sorry that you are going through this. If voice therapy is not helping, I would go back to an ENT, have your voice evaluated again and ask what else can be done. Because for sure, this is not a way to live your life. What exercises have you been doing?
That's just me. Feeling strangled since chilhood. Feels worse in public. I made some kind of research and finally (at 56) tumbled on TMJ problems and bad position of the tongue
I'm currently trying to re-educate myself since no doctor would go further than a quick antibiotic prescription (you said you have a sore throat) or neuroleptics or Xanax (so not only have I constricted throat but slurry speech as well, that's what they call a cure).
I KNOW it has to do with stress and a bad tongue position
I can sing to myself but not in public. People often tell me I have an irritating "whining child's voice" but I don't have it when I record a podcast all on my own in the safety of my home.
I've been mewing for one year now and things are a little better, but I'm 57 already.
I'll check on your other video
Any advise would be welcome
Ho Sophie, I am sorry to hear that you are having voice issues. Emotions affect our voice tremendously. I would suggest that you do both physical exercises to retrain the tongue position and some mind exercises to deal with the emotions when speaking/singing in front of other people.
@@healthyvoicetips I do meditation already and the Wim Hof method (which is a kind of meditation) and yoga.
At the moment I’m trying to read some of my poems aloud but even with only my dog (he loves me reading him) as a public I keep sobbing at the sad bits... pretty inconvenient, may I say (this is much more than a cinstricted and childish voice)
I don’t know where to start. Today I uploaded a text to speech app, I have yet to check how it does with poetry in my native language ...
I am a radio newsreader. I sit in studio and have to put the AC off as i often feel restriction in reading news. The words are not fully pronounced. It seems as if one or two words are half pronounced in every other sentence. As this causes consciousness , so i read news with less confidence when i feel this problem. Why is this problem ? Without AC in such condition i can overcome this problem a bit better.
Further , my voice improves after i read two to three items. The problem lessens with the use of voice.
The voice is rough , not smooth even a bit hoarse in the morning. Better in the afternoon or night.
Another surprising thing is that all these problems i face in the studio room. My voice is clear and powerful outside the studio and in normal talking.
It could be a few things. The first thing that comes to my mind is your stress level in the studio room. Stress can easily influence your confidence. Also, you becoming more conscious how you speak will loop back and influence the freedom of your voice. I cannot be sure but I would recommend doing some mindfulness and meditation activity so that you learn how to manage stress. I would also speak to a voice specialist just in case.
Me:( to follow up on one of your points, how do you isolate muscle structures? What are some ways in which you practice this, after being self-aware/noticing the problem? Thank you for this video!
If you notice tension in other parts of your body, you can add movement of that body part, you can massage it or you can decrease muscle effort to isolate it. Also, any type of feedback - visual, auditory, tactile - helps with isolation.
@@healthyvoicetips Great, thanks so much!
I have cerebral palsy and I sing I've recently been diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy. Dysarthria from cerebral palsy has come to my attention and I have a tight throat when I sing and talk. Since having sfn I have had to learn a different way to sing without stress on the muscles
Thank you for sharing your story! All the best to you!
I feel tight throat when speaking and some times causes me to gag, or sound real nasaly. It has made me anti social and i use to be so outspoken. Also the more i think about it the worse it gets. Is ancient a factor? Also when i wake up and early on in the day its not nearly as bad and i can talk normally but as day goes on it gets worse
I am sorry to hear that you are dealing with a voice issue. You did not mention that you saw an ENT. I assume that you have not had your voice checked yet so I suggest that you start there. There may be many different reasons why your voice feels tight. A laryngologist can assess your voice and tell you what the next step should be. Here is a link to a page where I talk about what to expect when visiting a laryngologist: www.vocalfreedomsystem.com/ent
I'm struggling with this already couple of years,sometimes I'm better,but in some situations without any reason I barely can speak and I have spasms in the throat when I talk and I feel so ashamed of that,especially when I'm with womens who I like.
I am so sorry to hear that! There is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not your fault!!! Have you been to a laryngologist?
Keep growing 🤌✨🤍
Thank you! I am working on it.
This happens every single time I make a talking RUclips video. I stript it before hand, and as I am talking my throat literally tightens so much cause i forget to breathe and forget how to talk normal when it is scripted. It sounds so ridiculous here but it’s a problem.
It's not ridiculous. It is common for many people. It may take some practice to find a sustainable way of saying a script out loud. I would practice outside of the recording session and playing with different ways of talking. Find a way that still sounds like you, feels easy in your throat even though you are reading.
Mam, my thyroidectomy was done one month before. Now there is strain and hoarseness in my voice. I happened to listen to your straw excercise video today and subscribed to it. I tried it twice. After the exercise, there was some change. But after that my voice had the same issues. Please advice me, as to how I can regain my voice. Will the straw exercise help me to recover fast. I expect an appropriate answer at the earliest.
I hope you are doing better today and you were able to find some help for your voice. It is common to have vocal problems after a surgery like you had.
I have this issue and I have been doing speech therapy for the last 3 months. Can I ask you something? Does smoking worsen the situation and negate the gains of my speech therapy?"
Please reply mam
I experience this, and I drink water and breathe with my diaphragm, but I still feel tightness
Drinking water is the absolute minimum that you can do for your voice. I am not quite sure what you do when you "breathe with your diaphragm" but there are many other things you can do to release tension from your voice. Drinking water and breathing don't directly release tension.
Hello ma’am as I told before I am a ventriloquist and I need to make a pressurised voice by lifting up the larynx and lowering the soft pallet for my puppet’s voice without moving my lips… the problem is, not every time but sometimes it happens that my throat feels tight and strained after a little practice ,,, is it ok ? And using a pressurised voice is also OK or it may damage my voice? , I am also following and practising your tips and exercises regularly,,
Thanks in advance.
The question is if the sound you are making is sustainable for the work you do. If you use that sound occasionally and you have time to rest your voice, it may be ok. if you are going to use that sound for prolonged periods of time, maybe you need to change something. I would focus on the amount of muscle effort you are using when making the sound. Can you make the same sound using less effort? Can you anchor more in the body to release tension from the throat? Can you open your throat more to counteract the constriction?
@@healthyvoicetips this is great I have got my answer.. Thank you so much ma’am ❤️
Are vocalzone and similar lozenges beneficial to the voice?
Maybe this video can help answer your question: ruclips.net/video/PMaAaKneMZA/видео.html
Hi Katarina, im experiencing inhibited voice problem...when im at college my voice tightens but after i come home ,about an hour later, my voice becomes normal, loud and deep.
Is this a case of social anxiety..🥲
Yes im introverted also
I sometimes get tension in the throat while talking especially after a few minutes, my problem started when I began to take singing lessons and I quit afterwards.
Have you had your voice assessed by a laryngologist?
@@healthyvoicetips No. Now that I think of it, I think I went once many years ago, all was normal.
I think my problem is I just got some bad habits as in technique and also psychology is involved as in stress and things like that. I didn't sing that much, I think my vocal chords are well, hopefully.
If I do some exercises or warm up the voice I tend to do better, though I'm too lazy to do it every day, heh heh!
Thank you for the reply.
#1 Neuroligical. I have ADHD. lol
Sorry to hear that. How are you dealing with it?
@@healthyvoicetips It's a struggle. Mainly because I forget and remember at the same time.
Hi Katrina , i need your help please, I have vocal cord paralysis.What exercises should I do.
Thanks
Hi Ramkoomarie,
Sorry to hear about your vocal issue. Have you been assessed by a laryngologist? That’s the first step I highly recommend in solving vocal problems.
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Yes. I saw the ENT and she did a vocal cord injection .I had the injection since Mar.22 and I still have my voice , but sometimes its weak after my 8 hr shift. So I am grateful for any help .
With thanks
I think I might have voice functional problems. I'm pretty sure it came from the stress of having to speak in general because I have a stutter.
Yes, stuttering can do that. And anxiety can cause tightness.
I'm an opera singer and I feel some pain in my vocal courts after finishing my song I think the reason is Throat Tightness!
Did you find some help for your vocal problem?
@@healthyvoicetips Yes thank you
I’m not a singer, but I have always had a lot of tension in my neck and jaw and it has affected my social life to a great degree. It’s difficult to talk to people and make friends. It sucks. A lot. It’s like being strangled or my vocal cords getting crushed. I’ve always had a difficult time projecting my voice. And my voice isn’t grounded, it’s high pitched when I’m having these issues. Im glad I found you, not many people understand
Do you have difficulty swallowing? As well
Jesse, I am sorry to hear that you have been dealing with it. And I completely understand that you feel alone because there are not many people who speak about this. But what you are experiencing is absolutely legitimate. It is a physical problem that has solutions. Have you seen a laryngologist for a proper voice assessment?
Joe, if you have difficulty swallowing, definitely talk to your doctor. There may be tension related swallowing problems.
@@healthyvoicetips I can swallow a bit more, but still uncomfortable had got a ct scan on my throat and neck and they told me my left tonsil was inflamed but I went thru antibiotics and hasn’t really worked, also been dealing with neck stiffness
How do I changed my motor effort
Here is a video that may help: ruclips.net/video/uIHDsdcOgtI/видео.html
Me
I have tightness in my throat. I can't speak loud. If I spoke loud, I will get cough why??
That's the sign that there is too much muscle effort and impact on the vocal folds. Have you had your voice seen by a laryngologist?
Madam
After continuous practice of straw exercises, I am slowly recovering from my whispering voice and gradually increased my voice sound. kindly let me know how to sustain it.
Keep up the good work. Voice work takes time. Also, I recommend that you work with a voice therapist who can guide you through this process.
Thank you madam for your immediate response. Please guide me further.
While i speak my throat get pain and voice break... ... Should i do operation?
Have you seen a laryngologist for a voice assessment?
Can grerd cause it or a thyroid problem or throat cancer?
Yes, throat tightness can be caused by any of those. There are many different reasons why people may feel tight throat.
@@healthyvoicetips Ok thanks!
ME
I am very sorry to hear that. Here is a resource that shows you all the exercises that you could do to release tension from your voice: www.vocalfreedomsystem.com/blueprint
They say I have voice spasms when I speak
That is possible.
I dont know but i unable to speak why
I am sorry but I don't know either. There may be many different reasons. I suggest that you speak to your doctor.
I been struggling with this problem for 3 years , i have no idea how do I slove this issue
U seems only hope
What ever u saying it's all I feeling everyday
Have you had your voice evaluated by a laryngologist? Start there. There are things you can do to release tension. Once you know how your voice functions and what it looks like, you can then take the next steps.
Me 🥺
I am sorry to hear that. Do you have a plan how to deal with it?
Me😔
Sorry to hear about that. I hope you have a plan to help with throat tightness.
me 🤧 i have puberphonia too
Thank you for sharing. I hope that you work with someone who can understand and help you.
When I fast it gets worse
Is it because you may be dehydrated?
When I fast, my voice is better.
Me😢
I am so sorry to hear about your vocal troubles. Do you have a plan how to deal with your voice problem?
@@healthyvoicetips I am diagnosed with sulcus vocalis and on relative voice rest now. How to join your program? How much is the fee?
Me
I am sorry to hear that you are dealing with throat issues. But there is help. There are many things that can release throat tension. My channel has videos on these topics and I also recommend that you work with a voice therapist to help you release the tension.
ME
Sorry to hear that. What have you tried so far that is working for you?