UMAR lowering the larynx

Exercises to Lower the Pharynx and larynx.

1. Shaker Exercise:

This exercise involves lying on your back with your head raised off the pillow, and then gradually lifting your head higher and higher, engaging your throat muscles. 

2. Mendelsohn Maneuver:

This exercise involves swallowing and consciously holding your Adam's apple high for a few seconds, strengthening the muscles responsible for swallowing. 

3. Masako Maneuver:

This exercise involves extending your tongue out of your mouth and biting down gently, while swallowing, strengthening the posterior pharyngeal wall. 

4. Super-Supraglottic Swallow:

This exercise involves taking a deep breath, holding it, and then bearing down as you swallow. 

5. Head Turn:

Turning your head from shoulder to shoulder, as far as possible without causing pain, can help stretch and relax throat muscles. 

6. Yawn, then Swallow:

Yawning and then swallowing can help lower the larynx and open the throat. 

7. Hot Potato:

Imagine having a hot potato in your mouth and avoid touching the sides of your mouth, which can help widen the throat. 

8. Giggle Posture:

Pretending something funny is happening and feeling a giggle in your throat can help relax and lower the larynx. 

9. Flip-Top Head:

Rest your chin on the back of your hands with your elbows on a table and imagine raising your upper jaw, which can help widen the throat. 

10. Tongue Stretch:

Extend your tongue as far as possible and say your telephone number, trying to maintain clarity, which can stretch throat muscles. 

11. Hyoid shift Maneuver:

This exercise involves shifting the hyoid bone (a small bone in the neck) with a straw blowing which can help change the voice .