Treatment of VCD.

Speech therapy is the first

line of treatment for VCD.  Special

exercises increase the patient awareness of abdominal breathing and special

vocal cords physiotherapy relaxes the patient’s throat muscles. This enables

the patient to have more control of his vocal folds and throat. Learning to

focus on expiration rather than inspiration can also be extremely helpful.

Practicing these techniques when symptom free ensures effective use of them

during an episode. All of the exercises are aimed at overcoming abnormal vocal

cord movements, controlling the vocal folds with the breath stream, and

improving airflow into the lungs. State of the art techniques like AGIN

technique will focus on doing all these exercises during body movements like

pace walking, running etc.