Vocal folds as strong as mountains !
Which type are you ?
It's just like at the gym, where you have some specific individual exercise program for your physique and its current capabilities. With each subsequent meeting at the gym, you measure and confront yourself with new challenges and pleasures, which as systematic work bears its fruit.
C U L T U R I S T A
For example, he goes to the gym almost every day, and perhaps also works with a trainer to build and sculpt muscles even more effectively.
A C T I V E M A N
People who don't even use the gym simply have plenty of exercise provided during their day at least through work, where they use the muscles of the whole or at least a particular part of their body. For example, a courier,
a construction worker or a carpenter need a stable body and strong muscles so that they don't strain other parts of their body while working. We can also include a nursery or kindergarten worker who lifts small children to change a new diaper or simply while playing. During such simple activities, the relevant parts of the muscles must work so naturally that they do not cause discomfort or aggravate possibly already existing curvatures of the spine.
S E D E N T A R Y L I F E S T Y L E
Do you commute to work by car? Do you spend 2/3 of your day behind a desk? Do you use the elevator constantly? After work in your apartment you have practically nothing to do, except reheating dinner. Usually most people don't have gardens where they could simply have contact with nature, if only by lying down on the grass and stretching. Instead, such a place is occupied by a bed, where it is usual for people to assume a position that is unhealthy for the spine. Namely, they lie down leaning their heads against the headrest of the sofa, which literally resembles the now common problem among the public of standing up, where the head staring at the phone is pointed down non-stop. Such neck strain not only leads to tension in the neck, but also habituates certain muscle parts to not work as they should in nature. In essence, the muscles in this area additionally become too lazy that a person wants to point their head downward at all times. People with this lifestyle usually also spend their evenings doing non-motor-intensive activities, such as reading
a book, browsing social media or watching TV, among others. In summary, people in this group usually may not have enough strength to lift heavier purchases, a suitcase or a child. Hardly, they may harm themselves in addition when attempting these or similar activities.
Yes, between these three types we will find many or perhaps even infinitely many different cases of people who combine selected features of a particular style, but for the purpose of illustration I show the assumptions in three main groups.
Weak and strong larynx
Muscles in every part of the body serve and can serve to make life more efficient and simpler. This is especially true in individual professions. Despite the differentiation and many dependencies, the basic muscle parts should be trained by all types of people to keep all functionalities in order.
In the case of the muscles responsible for a correct and healthy-sounding voice, everyone should also train the basic exercises in order to at least feel and have a stable sound of their voice when speaking. There are quite a few muscles on the outside as well as inside the larynx. Inside it are the vocal folds through which passing air creates sound. With the larynx in the open position when a person produces a voice, the folds must be tightened tightly together with the muscles to essentially create sound.
S T R O N G L A R Y N X M U S C L E S
The vocal folds are compressed, they then converge to form a tiny gap between them.
W E A K L A R Y N X M U S C L E S
The muscles around the vocal folds and the outer cervical muscles,
a larger gap can be seen between the folds.
When the folds are compressed in this case, the process will also quickly weaken. The muscles are not accustomed to working properly and healthily, the so-called “voice setting.” With weak laryngeal muscles, a person begins to have problems with the basic sound of the voice during quiet or even louder attempts at phonation. A frequently heard statement for such people is “my voice gets weaker over the course of the day” , “I can't be heard in noisy places”.
C A U S E S
- Rare use
- Introversion
- Aging
- Disease and debilitation.
S T R E N G T H E N I N G A W E A K V O I C E
How to react in the case of weak voice, excluding other diseases of the body (such as: nodules, polyps, benign
or malignant growths, neurological disorders) ?
B U I L D A N E W ! > S T R A T E G Y "D O I T Y O U R S E L F"
There are plenty of people who have trouble accessing a speech therapist or phoniatrist. That's why it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with options that will help you build your new and strong voice.
Regularity and repetition throughout the day is the basis of the healing and strengthening process.
It is worth mentioning that, just as in the gym, one and the same exercise task can be performed and felt differently due to minimal differences in the alignment of a particular body part. So, too, in the case of training the muscle parts around the larynx, it is advisable to be patient, to search on your own for positive sensations without tense, in order to find the golden mean, where you will essentially feel and understand that in this particular “place” your voice resonates and sounds best and most pleasant when exercising or singing. Keep in mind that working with this organ, which is the voice, requires
a lot of precision, because it's a very tiny muscle, so everything that happens here is several times more subtle than when training muscles in the gym. ]
I T A S K “ V O I C E O F P O W E R ”
It is literally wandering around your lowest tones. And I don't mean the tones that go into the so-called “vocal fry” register, but the lowest stable-sounding tone of your scale. This is the place where you can practice speaking as well as singing. In this place you are free to feel your voice clearer and louder.
I I T A S K " C A L L I N G "
Yes, you are not wrong! This is literally an exercise in calling out. You can imagine that you are calling out to
a neighbor, someone from across the street, or you just got lost in the woods: “Look out !”, “Hey !”, “Where are you !”. Naturally, at such moments we use belting in our voice.
I I I T A S K – „ S I R E N ”
Literally a siren sounding the alarm, starting from the lowest possible sound of your scale to the highest. The whole passage in a relaxed sound, without unnecessary tension, without any effort under the title of “I have to”. This is also one of the exercises that introduces you, by the way, to the world of mix in the voice.
W H E N AND W H E R E
Everywhere! You have the option to do it wherever you want. The easiest way, if you are afraid of strange stares from people, is to use the time in the shower, in the car when you go shopping or to work, riding a bike quickly, or even in the basement.
L A S T T I P S
You can do each exercise for 20 seconds at a time , so you literally need one minute for a whole round. That's why you can do more than one of these rounds in a day if you want to. It will be especially motivating when you notice, feel and hear small results with each successive round of exercises. Over time, I recommend increasing the length of each exercise.
It is worth overdoing the articulation, as it is part of proper muscle work. Just like at the gym mentioned several times, where there are also certain rules to properly and healthily perform a given exercise, which will basically lead you to automatic body movements and settings during various tasks of daily life.
After every two weeks of practice, take stock of yourself, what has changed, what sensations you now have in your body, whether you hear your output differently.
❤ WRAP UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR WORK APPARATUS,
AND YOUR WHOLE BODY WILL THANK YOU ❤
