Advice for friend with voice problem

[les_paul_robot]

Hello, I have a friend who's academically smart but sceptical of anything outside of the norms. He has a problem with his voice (caused by work) where it hurts the muscles in his voicebox/larynx when he talks for any varying lengths of time. I've tried recommending homeopathy, but he doesn't believe it works so isn't worth trying. (I know :eek:).
He says when he concentrates on muscle relaxation in his mind he can ease pain and he thinks the solution is in doing this.
Somehow I've convinced him to put a small piece of orgonite near his bed. And I also managed to get him to listen to some Solfeggio tones, hehe.
Has anyone got any other suggestions for ways to help? Thanks

[pri01]

Hello, I have a friend who's academically smart but sceptical of anything outside of the norms. He has a problem with his voice (caused by work) where it hurts the muscles in his voicebox/larynx when he talks for any varying lengths of time. I've tried recommending homeopathy, but he doesn't believe it works so isn't worth trying. (I know :eek:).
He says when he concentrates on muscle relaxation in his mind he can ease pain and he thinks the solution is in doing this.
Somehow I've convinced him to put a small piece of orgonite near his bed. And I also managed to get him to listen to some Solfeggio tones, hehe.
Has anyone got any other suggestions for ways to help? Thanks

I was a professional singer for years and didn't look after my voice. As such I developed a serious problem with swollen vocal chords. I went to a vocal therapist at the hospital and was given really useful exercises to do to help repare them. It's difficult to describe verbally but I will explain the more simple exercises.

Humming is a great exercise for relaxing the voice box so I used to do this throughout the day regularly.

Also massaging in a firm downwards motion either side of the throat area works well as it helps move the vocal chords into their normal position. This is done as straining the chords can cause them to move up high into the throat area.

I also bought lozenges at the chemist called vocal zones which are brilliant at easing an overused vocal chord.

Hope this helps.

[les_paul_robot]

Thank you pri01, I will relay this information.