Success Stories.
The deciding factor of success vs. failure in most of these stories came from strengthening the clients diaphragmatic breath support. While the value of using proper breath support and a having strong functional voice may not be immediately apparent, these are the muscles responsible for our ability to close our airway completely during the swallow process, clear food, liquids or other irritants from our airway to protect our lungs, allow others to hear us so we can communicate clearly, and proper respiration takes stress away from the smaller muscles of our throat and places the stressors of life and physical exertion on the much larger muscles of our diaphragm and abdomen.
For clients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multi-systems atrophy, or effects from a stroke, those with the strongest voices had the least difficulty swallowing and those with the weakest/softest voices typically had more symptoms of difficulty swallowing and a harder time clearing food/liquid residue from away from their airway.
A new client can begin mastering the exercises needed to achieve these skills in just a few sessions and notice improvement immediately.
For clients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, multi-systems atrophy, or effects from a stroke, those with the strongest voices had the least difficulty swallowing and those with the weakest/softest voices typically had more symptoms of difficulty swallowing and a harder time clearing food/liquid residue from away from their airway.
A new client can begin mastering the exercises needed to achieve these skills in just a few sessions and notice improvement immediately.