Hi

In case the Structural Integration alone, or with whatever else he is
doing, is not fully enough, here are some other resources.

This spasmodic condition could also have a nutritional component, as
muscles and nerves, of course, need a lot of nutrition such as
calcium, magnesium and B-vitamins especially, and even Vitamin A or
beta carotene helps all tissue quality - as does C-complex and even
Vit E. This is something I look at in a basic improvement kind of
way, just as removing all the bunch up in the fascia system is a
basic improvement. Most people I have met are low on calcium and
magnesium, from raw food sources, even many of those who take liquid,
pill or powdered minerals.

I have always found, for a number of years now, (and maybe you have,
too) that people with chronic tightness had a big nutritional
shortage of the minerals especially. And having pain drains even
more of it out. When I have people do a lot of carrot and green
leafy vegetable juices, preferably organically grown, and a lot of
kelp seaweed, the pain and tightness diminish, and the tissues also
get softer and easier to manipulate with hands on and they also go
much further, easier, with stretching. My first Hellerworker said
that when he worked on a man who'd been doing a multi-day juice fase,
his tissue was so easy to spread.

For his information. Collards & kale are high in calcium, dandelion
and beet greens are the highest in magesium, and chard, parsley,
spinach and others are helpful as well. If the person can do 1-1/2
pints to 2 quarts of fresh juice a day the change in one week is very
significant.

My educated guess is that when he starts to talk, there is an
increased requirement for the nutrition, and doing the Structural
Integration should also be removing some of the emotional material
that could have been contributing to why it happens in his vocal area
versus someplace else. (Like, some people were choked in infancy or
had falls that hurt the neck area, or their genetic disposition
requires more of the nutrition to bring them up to normal in that
area, versus you or I.)

As other information: Netherton Therapy is a method to add to any
Reichian methods that improves the ease and thoroughness of removing
contracting emotional energies in the body as well. This adds to the
release of the Bodywork and it is more effective after Structural
Integration processing, too. Postural Integration is an approach
that synthesizes Structural Integration with Reichian therapy and
Chinese Medicine Five-Element Acupressure.

There is also information about small parasites - little roundworms
even - in specific areas of the body causing unique location
problems. The Hulda Clark Yahoo Email Group and The Hulda Clark
Information Websiote are places to find information and methods of
approach for this element.

Best,
Lou Gross
Structural Integrator since 1982

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> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:49:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: susan stone <susanstone@...>
> Subject: Spasmodic Dysphonia
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> I recently saw a client with Spasmotic Dysphonia. Does anyone have
> any experience or suggestions about working with him.
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> I've copied definitions below.
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> Spasmodic dysphonia, a focal form of dystonia, involves involuntary
> "spasms" of the vocal cords causing interruptions of speech and
> affecting the voice quality.
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> Doctors recognize two types of spasmodic dysphonia. In the more
> common adductor type, speaking causes abnormal involuntary
> excessive contraction of the muscles that bring the vocal cords
> together. This causes a tight voice quality, often with abrupt
> initiation and termination of voicing resulting in a broken speech
> pattern and short breaks in speech.
> In the abductor type, there is an overcontraction of the muscles
> that separate the vocal cords, resulting in a breathy, whispering
> voice pattern.
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> Biodynamic Cranial Therapist
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> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:40:00 -0700
> From: Michael Vilain <vilain@...>
> Subject: Re: Spasmodic Dysphonia
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> >I recently saw a client with Spasmotic Dysphonia. Does anyone
> have
> >any experience or suggestions about working with him.
> >
> >I've copied definitions below.
> >
> >Spasmodic dysphonia, a focal form of dystonia, involves
> involuntary
> >"spasms" of the vocal cords causing interruptions of speech and
> >affecting the voice quality.
> >Doctors recognize two types of spasmodic dysphonia. In the more
> >common adductor type, speaking causes abnormal involuntary
> excessive
> >contraction of the muscles that bring the vocal cords together.
> This
> >causes a tight voice quality, often with abrupt initiation and
> >termination of voicing resulting in a broken speech pattern and
> >short breaks in speech.
> >In the abductor type, there is an overcontraction of the muscles
> >that separate the vocal cords, resulting in a breathy, whispering
> >voice pattern.
> >
> >Susan Stone
> >Certified Advanced Rolfer
> >Biodynamic Cranial Therapist
> >Jenkintown, Pa. 19046
>
> I have a client who sings that was diagnosed with this. He ended
> up
> in my office when a speech therapist who's also a singer told him
> there was a lot of tension in his upper torso and that he should
> get
> 'Rolfed'. After our first session, I concur. On a muscle tonus
> scale of 1-10 (1=low), he's definitely a 10 or maybe even a 12.
> What's your client's general tonus like?
>
> If this is like "focal dystonia", there might be a neurological
> component. His tissue reminded me of fibromyalgia. Halfway
> through
> the session, I stopped "cranking" on his tissue and started
> "meeting"
> it instead--more unwinding and less stimulation to his nervous
> system. I'll probably take more than 10 sessions with him and add
> some cranial to start rehab on his autonomic nervious system.
>
> I also did some 7th hour differentiation on the neck compartment.
> We'll see if that did much this early on in his series. A goal for
>
> him would be to reduce the overall tonus of his system.
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> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:02:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Archie Underwood <archie@...>
> Subject: Re: Digest Number 288
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> > Just wanted to check whether you had seen Ray Bishop's article in
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> > Massage & Bodywork Magazine on Structural Integration as a form
> of
> > meditation.
>
> Wonderful. I fully broke into tears, which was a little
> disconcerting considering there was a
> telephone tech at my house working on my line at the time. I feel
> like Ray touched on something
> deeply personal that I carry into my work. Something that I rarely
> share with others, but is
> really the core of this work to me in many ways. The info was
> dynamite, the photos where a little
> confusing though. I guess it was stock massage photos or something,
> I kept on noticing that her
> fingers were hyperextended. I heard myself saying, "You know you'll
> ruin your tools that way". Haha..
>
> Archie Underwood, HHP
> Structural Integration
> 619.861.3232
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