L. G.
September, 1998
In 1985, I experienced a severe injury to my vocal cords. The physical
pain was excruciating. The injury also caused a major impact to
my promising career as a singer and drastically affected my ability
to have a social life, for speaking felt like a tremendous effort.
I had several odd symptoms; my neck muscles were in agonizing spasms.
The various medical doctors I saw didn’t understand (or believe)
my symptoms and recommended palliative methods (lozenges, cortisone
shots, and voice rest), none of which solved the problem or eased
the physical pain caused by my damaged cords. I 'found' Dr. Morton
Cooper when, after a couple of months of this lack of progress,
I happened to turn my television channel one day to a local morning
show. Cooper was describing the very symptoms I had (the same symptoms
the other doctors had not understood or believed). I felt I’d
finally found someone who perhaps could help me. I also found one
medical doctor who believed strongly in Dr. Cooper’s methods
and agreed that I should seek Cooper’s help.
It’s thirteen years later, and I can attest to the fact that
Dr. Cooper indeed taught me how to recover my voice. Within ten
minutes of our initial session, Cooper had me doing exercises, which
alleviated some pain for the first time since the injury. That day,
he helped me begin the road to retrieving vocal health. For the
first time in months, I had hope. I had a way to truly heal.
My voice is clear, resonant, increasingly mobile, and in the last
few years I’ve enjoyed being able to do voice work in radio
commercials, interviewing people, and enjoying the ability to participate
in a long conversation without being in pain. Many people compliment
my voice; they have no awareness that I'd ever been injured. I feel
very grateful for what Dr. Cooper taught me. I have recovered enough
muscle control to enjoy performing some material again as a singer,
and that’s a wonderful dream come true. I have even narrated
a motivational audiocassette for people who are going through life
challenges and in need of a caring pep talk!
For those of you struggling to recover from a problem with your
voice, I can heartily attest to the fact that Dr. Mort Cooper's
methods work. It’s hard work, but don’t give up. I’ve
experienced only two setbacks during the last decade, both occurring
when I slipped and caught myself accidentally competing with sounds
in a louder room environment, attempting to speak over the sounds
without realizing it. In each instance, I was able to successfully
recover from physical pain symptoms and regain comfortable use of
my voice within a few weeks by relying on the rehabilitation exercises
and general guidelines and techniques I learned from Dr. Cooper.
Because I realize my vocal cords are vulnerable if I 'slip' like
that, I remain conscientious about taking care to avoid environments
where noise would be a problem.
Progress is directly related to how often and how consistently
you use what Dr. Cooper teaches you. There is light at the end of
the tunnel, and the pain does subside and can go away completely.
Hang in there.
L. G. |
