RESOURCES & FURTHER DISCOVERY
If you have attended one of our conference presentations or workshops, please click here for cited sources and references.
Quick Reference Guides (Q.R.G.)
Q.R.G. to POTS
The Chronically Singing Team has put together this free quick reference guide to understanding POTS and how it may affect singers. Feel free to download and share!
Q.R.G. to EDS and Hypermobility
The Chronically Singing Team has put together this free quick reference guide to understanding EDS and Hypermobility Disorders, and how they may affect singers. Feel free to download and share!
Disclosure: A Delicate Balance
Disclosure can be complicated.
This blog post includes two Mad Libs-style templates that can be used to get the conversation started with your teachers and directors.
Recognizing the Invisible
Read Marita Stryker’s 2024 Doctoral dissertation - a mixed methods study about Singing with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, including six case study interviews and survey results.
Additional Resources We Love
Compiled by Marita Stryker, DMA, PAVA-RV, and Joanne Bozeman, BM
POTS and Dysautonomia
Cleveland Clinic - POTS Overview
HSD and hEDS
BAPAM FactSheet: Hypermobility
● 2017 EDS International Classification
● Healthcare Professional Directory
● Speech, language, Voice and Swallowing in the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
Listening and Reading (Podcasts, Videos, and Blogs, oh my!)
Bendy Bodies Podcast with Dr. Linda Bluestein
Ep 152 What Can Difficulty Swallowing and Voice Fatigue Mean? with Stacy Menton
The Visceral Voice Podcast with Christine Schneider
Hypermobility and the Voice: Finding Stability with Mairin Srygley and Jamie Terry
Alie B. Gorrie: Disability Advocacy in the Arts
Joanne Bozeman: Hormones and the Impact on the Voice
Supporting Voices: Marita Stryker on POTS in the Voice Studio
Alien Partljic: Exploring Hypermobility and Its Impact on the Voice
Eloise Stager CST-D: The Rare and Most Common Types of EDS, Focusing on the Most Common- Hypermobility
The Chronicled Voice (IG and Facebook group facilitated by Molly Noori - A safe space for singers with disabilities to share experiences, inspire each other, do some healthy venting, and know they are not alone.
The Disabled Divas Podcast with Molly Noori and Christina Jones
Ep 7 Disabilities and Accessibility in the Voice Studio with Katherine Meizel and Anne Slovin
Sing As You Are: Towards Disability Informed Pedagogy Curriculum by Anne Slovin
Writing and Workshops by Sara Algoet
Clinical Insights from a Voice Therapist Who Specializes in Hypermobility
Go From “I’m So Stiff!” to “Could I Actually Be Hypermobile?”
Hypermobile Singers: From Pretty Impressive to Pretty Painful
Grace Drummond’s Recital (Classical singer with POTS)
“How a Disabled Performer has Redefined their Success in the Industry” - Podcast
Robin Hahn - Opera Singer with hEDS
PT and Healing from Chronic Pain - Podcast
Diagnosing Callas - What Really Happened to Her Voice? [Could it have been EDS?]
Books
Disjointed: Navigating the Diagnosis and Management of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Edited by Diana Jovin
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
Breath by James Nestor
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
The Driscoll Theory Newly Revised by Diane Driscoll
Explain Pain by David Butler
Hypermobility Without Tears by Jeannie Di Bon
The Illuminated Breath by Dylan Werner
Suggestible You by Erik Vance
This Is Your Brain on Food by Uma Naidoo
Wired for Healing by Annie Hopper
Products
Heal with Tracy - Online body awareness, team-approach
Body Braid - Posture Support System for Hypermobility
Insight Timer - Meditation App
Ten Percent Happier - Meditation Podcast and Courses