Now that we learned why we should hydrate in order to have a healthy voice, and talked about hydrating the vocal folds internally, let’s have a look at topical hydration. The word ‘topical’ means something is applied directly to a part of the body, in this case the vocal folds (or the nasal passage). This week, …
We all know it’s important to stay hydrated, but why exactly is hydration so important for the voice? In this 2-part blog post series we’ll first dive into why keeping the vocal folds hydrated is important from an anatomical point of view, the different types of hydration there is (systemic and topical), and the various factors …
When the voice doesn’t work, we singers tend to reach out to all sorts of “miracle cures” in the hopes of a speedy recovery. Call it a miracle plant or not, Aloe Vera is pretty amazing and definitely worth looking at. Dubbed the “plant of immortality” by the Egyptians, this medicinal plant contains 75 healing …
