Our Vocal Massage treatments have become synonymous with the words “Pain Free” because of our evidence based approach to this interaction. The Vocal Massage treatments are all delivered by voice specialist practitioners who truly understand what it is to be a professional voice user.
Vocal Massage / Manual Therapy
What is Vocal Massage/ Manual Therapy?
Vocal Massage (or Vocal Manual Therapy) is a treatment process that includes a variety of blended techniques such as; Manual Maxillofacial Therapy, Clinical Massage, Myofascial Release techniques, Stretches, Medical Acupuncture and even Low Level Laser Therapy.
Any manual therapy in or around the area of the throat should not hurt, and by the specialised and reviewed definition below, there can never be “good pain” in a useful vocal massage experience.
“[Pain is] an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage” – International Association of the Study of Pain 2020
If you are experiencing pain, discomfort or dysfunction with your voice, jaw or throat, adding more unpleasant sensory or emotional experiences to it is counterintuitive and potentially risks further damage or practitioner reliance.
What can Vocal Massage/ Manual Therapy help with?
- Globus Pharyngeus / a sense of a ‘lump’ in the throat
- Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Loss of range or smooth transitions between vocal registers
- Tight or hoarse “belting” voice quality when singing
- Difficulty swallowing or swallowing disorders
- Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Jaw and tongue root tension
- Functional Neurological Voice Disorder
Evidence informed, person focussed approach
Vocal Massage can be used as part of the treatment of rehabilitation for vocal pathology, this can be from any dysfunction such as Muscle Tension Dysphonia/ functional dysphonia, or even Vocal Fold Nodules (DISCLAIMER: working with vocal fold pathologies must see a multidisciplinary team in place, usually including an ENT surgeon), so we would be then working alongside your Speech Therapist and Vocal Rehabilitation Coach.
If you do not yet have a team in place, book a consultation call to find out how we can help.
Because our Vocal Massage has an evidence based approach to the treatment, we don’t need to pound and grip and bruise the muscles on which we are working, instead our relational approach has a light, consented pressure for this soft tissue bodywork. Every treatment, with any therapist on the team uses a Myofascial approach to help the body change, relax and heal by putting the body into a rest and digest, Vagal state. It’s no secret that the Voice Care Centre has some of the most advanced Myofascial Release (MFR)
practitioners in the UK, and with our own literature based research into this field specifically relating to voice, we take this level of expertise to a new level.
The person centred, relational approach to treatment has been taught to many clinicians via our Vocal Massage Training and was pioneered by Stephen R. King and Robert Price who co-authored the book, “The Handbook of Vocal Massage”.
Below is a short video by Stephen introducing the concepts.
📍Vocal Massage is an IN-PERSON service. This appointment is carried out at The Light Centre, in Monument.
You can book in with any of the practitioners below by following the links through to our booking system where you will pay a booking deposit. The remainder of the fee will be due after the session has ended.
£65.00 for 30 mins /£130.00 for 60 mins (Vocal Massage)
📍Vocal Massage is available both in London and now at the VOICE CARE CENTRE – Devon.
This treatment can differ from our standard vocal massage by being able to hone in on swallowing or voice disorders, and adds in other therapeutic elements like psychotherapeutic counselling. This appointment type is only currently available from Stephen.
Schedule Biopsychosocial Manual Therapy with Stephen
As a thought leader in the voice health sector, Stephen has been responsible for creating the Voice Care model in the UK…
Schedule Vocal Massage appointment with Robert
An Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist, Robert is also one of London’s leading voice teachers with 20 years experience training actors in Britain and Ireland…
