About Voice Massage
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What is Voice Massage?

Voice Massage is a special massage therapy performed by a trained Voice massage - therapist.

Ms Leena Koskinen, a massage and lymph therapist from Kuopio, Finland, as pioneering work in collaboration with medical and voice specialists since 1984, has developed voice Massage.

Voice massage is a massage treatment that facilitates optimal relaxation of all muscle groups related to voice production, by means of classical massage strokes. It concentrates on the treatment of the muscles in the upper part of the body, the chest, the neck and the facial area. At the same time, the functional state of the muscles related to voice production is diagnosed. Relieving muscular tension creates the prerequisite for balanced voice production in speech and singing. It is, however, the speech therapists and the vocal trainers (singing teachers) who diagnose functional voice disorders using creative hearing.

Voice massage is aimed at relieving the tension in the muscle groups related to voice production and, consequently, at preventing voice disorders caused by muscular tension. It may also be used to complement voice therapy. In addition, Voice massage helps to relieve the tension of jaw muscles and to prevent muscular dysfunction of wind instrument players.

Voice massage therapy suits all voice professionals, such as singers, elocutionists, professional speakers, phone operators, educators, cantors, ministers, wind instrument players, actors and politicians. Office workers and all computer users may also benefit from Voice massage, because it can relieve pains caused by the tension and imbalance of the muscles of the shoulders and the back of the neck.

Voice massage is always an independent treatment to be used on its own, not as part of physiotherapy. The National Board of Patents and registration of Finland have registered voice massage as a trademark.

Leena Koskinen, the developer of this method, arranges basic training in Kuopio, Finland. Leena Koskinen and the Voice Massage Therapist Association arrange continued training.

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