Reducing Tongue And Jaw Tension When Singing Opera
Author: Melissa H.
Date: 10-31-2014
Views: 4,593
Word Count: 259
Questions Received: 0
Testimonial ID: 10285-OR
Brand Neutral: No
Scientific Studies: 8
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I am a classical opera singer/teacher and have been using Young Living essential oils to help with my singing. I have been working through some changes vocally -- most notably, eliminating tongue and jaw tension.
Yesterday my jaw was very tight, sore, and tense. It hurt to even touch my jaw. I had to stop my vocal practice, as my jaw was so tight that it really had become frustrating.
I tried the PanAway essential oil blend by itself yesterday -- with no luck. I went to bed with a sore jaw and a tension headache. I always use the Peace & Calming essential oil blend at night, which at least helped me to fall asleep quickly.
Today my jaw was not as sore, but it was still noticeable. So today's experiment went like this:
* I applied 1 to 2 drops of PanAway, rubbing on the jawline and up to the temporomandibular joint and massaging gently.
* I followed this with 1 to 2 drops of the Valor essential oil blend, rubbing on the jawline and hinge.
* I followed with 1 to 2 drops of Sacred Frankincense, half rubbed on the jaw hinge and the rest rubbed on the back of the neck.
After about a minute I felt a sense of relief, of calm, of the tension just melting away. There was a lightness -- it was so cool!
My jaw does not hurt at the moment. Everything feels calm now.
I will use this same regimen if/when the soreness returns, but I am just amazed at how it helped today!
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| Supporting Scientific Studies | ||
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| 1. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "After inhalation of clary sage oil, cortisol levels were significantly decreased.... Thyroid stimulating hormone was also reduced.... Clary sage oil has antidepressant-like effect...." | Link |
| 2. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "Lavender, mint [peppermint], orange, rose, chamomile, rosemary, and sage were used.... Depression levels in the touch-music-aroma therapy group... showed a larger decrease than in the... control groups [that did not include aromatherapy].... [FMS] symptoms such as restless sleep, headache, morning fatigue, exhaustion, feeling like crying, and bowel complaints were also significantly reduced." | Link |
| 3. | Associated topics: muscle-spasm-/-twitch — "Peppermint oil is harmless and acts locally to inhibit GI [gastrointestinal] smooth muscle contraction.... Peppermint oil solution administered intraluminally can be used as an antispasmodic agent with superior efficacy and fewer side effects than hyoscine-N-butylbromide...." | Link |
| 4. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "A number of essential oils are currently in use as aromatherapy agents to relieve anxiety, stress, and depression. Popular anxiolytic oils include lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), rose (Rosa damascena), orange (Citrus sinensis), bergamot (Citrus aurantium), lemon (Citrus limon), sandalwood (Santalum album), clary sage (Salvia sclarea), Roman chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), and rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.)." | Link |
| 5. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "Most studies, as well as clinically applied experience, have indicated that various essential oils, such as lavender, lemon and bergamot can help to relieve stress, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders. Most notably, inhalation of essential oils can communicate signals to the olfactory system and stimulate the brain to exert neurotransmitters (e.g. serotonin and dopamine), thereby further regulating mood." | Link |
| 6. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "The ylang ylang oil caused a significant decrease of blood pressure and a significant increase of skin temperature. At the behavioral level, subjects in the ylang ylang oil group rated themselves more calm and more relaxed than subjects in the control group. These findings are likely to represent a relaxing effect of the ylang ylang oil and provide some evidence for the usage of the ylang ylang oil in aromatherapy such as causing a relief of depression and stress in humans." | Link |
| 7. | Associated topics: muscle-spasm-/-twitch,stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "Lavender essential oil has been used as an anxiolytic [anxiety] drug, a mood stabilizer, a sedative, spasmolytic [muscle spasms], antihypertensive [high blood pressure], antimicrobial, analgesic [pain] agent as well as a wound healing accelerator.... The present study suggests that inhalation of lavender essential oil may be an effective and safe treatment modality in acute management of migraine headaches." | Link |
| 8. | Associated topics: stress-/-tension-/-burnout — "This controlled study showed for the first time that a 10% peppermint oil in ethanol solution efficiently alleviates tension-type headache. Peppermint oil thus proves to be a well-tolerated and cost-effective alternative to usual therapies." | Link |
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