Treatment Options For Vocal Cord Dysfunction

Deep Breathing Exercises

An individual affected by vocal cord dysfunction may be taught how to do certain deep breathing exercises to help relax the muscles in their throat. Some breathing exercises that may help with the immediate acute vocal cord dysfunction symptoms are breathing primarily through the nose, breathing diaphragmatically, breathing through a tube or straw, breathing through pursed lips, and making a hissing sound upon exhaling air from the lungs. Another breathing exercise involves the use of helium and oxygen called heliox, but it is only used in individuals severely affected by vocal cord dysfunction. Some of these breathing exercise methods are effective for strengthening the function of the vocal cords in the long term. These exercises can help keep the individual's vocal cords open when they inhale air, instead of spontaneously closing and producing vocal cord dysfunction symptoms. Deep breathing exercises can help reduce the number of future symptomatic episodes of chronic vocal cord dysfunction.

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