(re: Voice cuts off) Dear Laura Sharp and All - what a fascinating post. Lots of good advice for anyone with a busy life. Thank you! Karen Jensen ... >Now I don't doubt that I have silent reflux or nasty allergies and I'm >grateful (though poorer) to have had these diagnosed and now managed. But >none of those treatments alleviated the vocal problems. When I went to the >speech therapist, she had me sing, read, and converse with her. Then she >said these very important things: > >1. You're stressed. Go have two massages and see me in two weeks. >2. Your timing is off. When you read or sing, you are breathing well, but >your coordination when you're just sitting there or describing your problem >is really off. You hold your breath, have to think to breathe low, etc. So >10 times a day, I want you to take 10 relaxed, abdominal breaths. > >So I duly had my massages and actually followed through with the physical >therapy for my shoulder injury which I'd been putting off. >And I put signs all over my house reminding me to breathe. I made myself a >rule: Whenever I saw one of the signs, I had to stop and breathe 10 times, >even if I was in a rush. I found that I'd been hurtling through my >over-scheduled day without stopping to breathe. .... (snip)
>The end result: After two years(!!!!) of being scoped from here to there, >$160+/month of medicines and endless Dr. visits, I focused on breathing well >during my daily activities for a week, and did exercises to free up my >injured shoulder, and my voice returned in all its glory (when you haven't >been able to sing consistently for 2 years, it does seem glorious when it >comes back!). .... (snip)
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