Help for a Hockey Coach’s Sore Throat or Hoarseness

I’ve just finished a week-long hockey camp with Team NEHI players.  And most of my fellow coaches know what that means…

Most drills need to be explained beforehand, a coach needs to provide constant feedback while the drills are in progress, and then he or she usually needs to offer a brief wrap-up at the completion of each drill.  Of course, this also means competing with the droning sounds of rink machinery, whirring fans and pucks booming off the boards.  So, as you might expect, I’ve been suffering with some serious hoarseness and a really sore throat since about last Monday night.  Worse yet, my fall/winter season is about to begin, which means that things aren’t about to get much better where my voice is concerned.

Obviously, I was thrilled to come across the following video entitled, “Hoarseness:  Save Your Voice”.  Then, knowing you likely suffer as much as I in this area, I thought I’d see about making it available to all my coaching brethren.

– Dennis Chighisola

Now, I’ve said it countless times within the past year, in that one can meet some of the world’s best and brightest over on the social media site called Twitter.  CoachChic.com guest writers — like Scott Umberger, Jason Price, Kat Hasenauer and the folks from the Mental Edge — are great examples, as is our current guest contributor, Dr Talli van Sunder.

Dr van Sunder is a self proclaimed “health fanatic by passion”, but she also possesses the scientific background necessary to provide truly sound advice for her huge following…  Talli is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, later adding to her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  And, besides sharing awesome advice through a website I’ll tell you about a little later, Dr van Sunder is a physical therapist by trade.

Now, here’s the advice I’m going to follow for now on.  And, if you like this presentation by Talli, please see below for some other ways she might be able to help us (and even our players)…

Dr Talli van Sunder runs an awesome website called Being Healthy for Busy People.  (<= Kinda sounds like us ice hockey coaches, huh?)  There you’ll find some written advice, some podcasts you might want to download and listen to on the go, as well as other great video presentations.

Talli also welcomes you to contact her with your health related questions… Click to Email Tali

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