Treat Your Vocal Cord Dysfunction With Specialized Breathing Exercises

1. Treat Your Vocal Cord Dysfunction With Specialized Breathing Exercises Vocal cord dysfunction means that your vocal cords are not working normally. With VCD, instead of your vocal cords opening up while you breathe in and out, your vocal cords close. A combining approach with a physician, a voice specialist, speech therapist and a psychiatrist, if needed, is usually effective to meet these problems head-on. Common signs and symptoms of VCD: Most of the patients with vocal cord dysfunction have relatively mild symptoms, although some of the patients may have severe symptoms.       Noisy breathing (wheezing or raspy sound) Hoarse voice Feeling short of breath Tightness in the throat or chest. A frequent cough or clearing your throat. A feeling of choking or suffocation Treatment of Vocal cord dysfunction: VCD is different than any other breathing problems, as medications are not the only treatment for it. The mainstay of treating such dysfunction involves teaching patients the vocal cord techniques and breathing exercises by a voice specialist who holds immense experience in it. The techniques you'll learn help you to improve your ability to relax to your throat muscles. While this therapy, you have to meet with a therapist, at least, three to four times to learn these techniques. Moreover, you will need to practice these exercises even when you are not having Vocal Cord Dysfunction, so you can control the symptoms before they take a severe form. Besides, if your voice problem is triggered by asthma or acid reflux (GERD), it is important to talk to your healthcare provider to get control of these problems. Based in Ontario, Canada, The Royans Institute for Non-surgical Voice Repair employs specially designed speech exercises with trained voice specialists/speech therapists who teach you the right voice techniques and breathing exercises to protect and save your voice for life.