I have a student with a problem I have not seen before. As he sings, the sides of his neck (from below his jawline and directly under his ears down to about his collarbone) tense in waves. I do not know how he does this! The only way I can move just that area is by an ugly maneuvering of my jaw and mouth. However, he produces this motion without doing so. Although relaxing the jaw helps, he seems to be able to have a relaxed jaw and still have the neck movement.
I have not come up with a way to address this except by giving him awareness and also doing lots of stretches of this muscle. I believe this is the sterno-cleido-mastoid (please excuse spelling or wrong name, I am away from my books), but I cannot find anything written that addresses this specific issue with that muscle. Any suggestions or references???
Thanks!
Melinda
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