Vocal Unloading with Manual Therapy for the Larynx & Voice for Healthcare Professionals

Vocal Unloading with Manual Therapy for the Larynx & Voice for Healthcare Professionals 

Instructor: Annie Strauch, APA Musculoskeletal and Sports Physiotherapist

Course Description

I am very excited to host Annie Strauch, a Performance Medicine Physical Therapist near Melbourne, Australia, for four intense days, July 20, 21, 22, & 23, 2023, cost $2600.

One of her many unique talents is, Vocal Physiotherapy, Evaluation and Treatment is individualized to reflect the individuality of voice production, and each person’s vocal demands and goals.

Vocal physiotherapy is for all voice users, both professional and amateur, and those with vocal issues. Most commonly, Vocal Physiotherapy is beneficial for singers, actors, and people experiencing voice quality issues, increased effort with vocalization, pain with vocalization, tongue tension, and throat pain of a muscular origin. Treatment is regularly in conjunction with their vocal coach, Ear Nose, and Throat (ENT), or voice therapist. Those diagnosed with a voice issue, such as dysphonia, by their ENT specialist or speech pathologist, are often referred for vocal physiotherapy. Treatment will have a team approach with the Physical Therapist working together with the referring ENT or speech pathologist.

Freedom Physical Therapy Services and Performance Medicine is pleased to announce a Vocal Physiotherapy (known as Vocal Unloading®) tour to the USA.

**COURSE PREREQUISITE** This vocal course requires that participants have taken Mike Karegeannes’ 2-day TMJ course or have the credentials of CFC, Craniofacial Certification from the University of St. Augustine or have the credentials CCTT, Certified Cervical, and Temporomandibular Therapist thru the PTBCCT, or have taken Steve Krause’s 2 day TMJ course or have attended Jeff Manheimer’s 3 weekend TMJ Mini residency, or the crafta program with Harry Von Piekartz. I will review other potential requests based on courses and instructors you have received training. I am sorry, but the host is expecting participants to come with great knowledge of TMD and the cervical spine.

Do you have patients who lose their voice, complain of throat pain, or have swallowing issues?
Do you understand the relationship between the larynx, neck and TMJ and how this can impact the voice and throat?
Are any of your patients singers who are reporting vocal fatigue?
Discover how Vocal Physical Therapy can assist you to assess and manage laryngeal dysfunction – the missing link.
Over four practical days, this course will cover the three primary modules to introduce you to Vocal Unloading®; manual therapy that unloads the musculoskeletal components of the larynx & voice, providing you with assessment and treatment skills that are immediately applicable in your daily clinical practice. These modules will help you understand the clinical rationale and clinical implications of voice and larynx dysfunction and importantly,

Course Modules

Module One Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will
be able to:

• Define the anatomy of the larynx
• Define basic vocal fold physiology
• Define basic voice disorders and the medical assessment
• Explain speech pathology input into voice disorders
• Understand laryngeal manual therapy research
• Explain the maladaptive voice cycle
• Explain the neuromuscular cycle breaker in voice use
• Demonstrate basic laryngeal assessment skills
• Demonstrate basic laryngeal palpation skills
• Demonstrate basic laryngeal manual techniques
• Describe appropriate basic techniques formuscle tension dysphonia

Module Two Objectives

Upon completion of The Challenging Larynx participants will be able to:

• Define the anatomy of the larynx, tongue, floor of mouth
• Define the aging process of the larynx & vocal folds
• Define the most common throat pain syndromes & their management
• Consider pathobiological mechanisms of pain in the context of throat pain & chronic cough
• Demonstrate excellent laryngeal assessment skills
• Demonstrate tongue palpation & treatment techniques
• Explain the neuromuscular cycle breaker in voice use
• Understand the use of laryngeal manual techniques in the context throat pain syndromes

Module Three Objectives

Upon completion of The Performance Voice
participants will be able to:

• Define the most common voice styles & voice types
• Define the most common singing pedagogies
• Explain the laryngeal position in various singing styles
• Demonstrate singing voice assessment & palpation skills
• Explain the neuromuscular cycle breaker in
• voice use
• Understand the use of laryngeal manual techniques in the context of treating the Performance voice

Day 4

8:00am The Performance Voice

10:00am Break

10:15am The Singer’s Oropharynx

11:00am Soft palate palpation & techniques

12:30pm Lunch

1:00pm Case studies

2:30pm Break

2:45pm Singers treatment workshop

5:00pm Adjourn

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