Support your body’s ability to swallow and sing with exercise:
Better tongue posture with massage & strengthening exercises.
Improve your swallow with throat exercises.
Decrease adhesions going to your larynx (voicebox)
Improve hyoid bone tracking.
Infrahyoid and suprahyoid muscle stretching and toning.
When doing these videos, gauge your ability to swallow, see if you are choking less on your food and listen to the sound of your voice. If there is any pain, discomfort or worsening of your symptoms, stop immediately. These are meant, when it is possible, to be done while under the care of a chiropractor, dentist, speech therapist or myofunctional therapist that is well versed in your challenge.
*These videos and my comments are not meant to diagnose your problem. No promises are made for your success just a way to address your throat, jaw, tongue, hyoid, muscles and not a treatment for your condition.
Dr Fields is in Northern California. To get in-office or help over Zoom, contact Dr Fields at:
www.fieldsfamilychiro.com
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:23 Posterior Digastric insertion massage at the mastoid process for voice and swallowing
1:34 Infra hyoid muscles and platysma muscle stretch for throat openers
2:25 45° neck stretch from suboccipital to trapezius
2:56 Isometric strengthening chin-tuck exercises of deep cervical neck flexors
3:49 Chin tuck Effortful Swallow exercises
4:45 SCM massage for the throat
6:15 Anterior neck and torso stretch for the throat
7:14 Posterior Digastric muscle work for voice and to possibly help with chronic choking
8:07 Traction stretch of posterior digastric muscle
9:20 Open mouth exercise
9:59 Traction massage of suprahyoid muscles while swallowing
11:20 Inferior tongue massage from outside the mouth
12:30 Final Relaxation Breaths
