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Posted by: wolfe ® 09/17/2009, 13:37:03 |
Several people have mentioned doing breathing exercises in past posts. I've been doing some breathing exercises that I just made up out of my head and have found that I have a slightly louder voice after six months. Could those of you who do these exercises describe them? I think they might help me. |
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Posted by: Wilma Z ® 09/19/2009, 14:51:07 |
Hi, I have been doing ZHT mouth and tongue exercises for two months. They help mild cases of sleep apnea, acid reflux and SD. I have very good results with my sleep apnea and acid reflux but as yet, not for my SD. I will continue with them anyway and hope that they will eventually help some with my SD.
The exercises are relatively easy but fatiguing but only take about three to four minutres----panting with tongue out, gulping air, coughing with tongue out and to each side, humming on different pitches,etc. Apparently mostly chiroprators and perhaps acupuncturists that have been through the training can do this---trouble is it is hard to find one that knows about this ZHT because it is fairly new--2006. I live about a four hour drive to the Dr. that did this. However, One or two sessions was all that I needed. Good luck Wilma Z Lone Pine, CA. |
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Posted by: Irish ® 09/20/2009, 02:10:06 |
Hi,
I'm undergoing speech therapy after having had SLAD-R surgery for ADSD. While having SD I developed a lot of BAD breathing habits. I don't think most SDers realize that we do that. So yes, learning to breathe correctly is very important. I have written an article on my speech therapy that I can send you. Email me at trish0@dslextreme.com and I'll send it to you. Not only do we breathe incorrectly, but we tend to stretch our vocal cords straining to get words out, which in turns tenses those muscles and makes it more difficult for us to talk. Here is one that is new that is not in that summary. You take a straw and slowly blow bubbles into the water in a cup just below the surface. Once you have that under control without water spitting out of the cup, you hum happy birthday through the straw. That activates your vocal cords and teaches you to control your breath at the same time. Remember the object is to keep the bubbles in the cup steady and not to bubble out or over the cup. If you email me, put SD in the subject header so it doesn't go into spam.
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