Voice Massage Therapist
BSc (Hons)
Polly Cross is trained in Sports Massage and Remedial Soft Tissue Therapy and specialises in vocal massage/laryngeal manual therapy (LMT).
Polly trained in the Jacob Lieberman Protocol in Hamburg, the Stephen King/Voice Care Centre London Protocol, and Walt Fritz’s Foundations in Manual Therapy for Voice and Swallowing Disorders.
Polly initially trained in vocal massage to help the singers and actors that she works with, but very quickly began to see the benefits for those outside the performing arts industry when she saw the effects it was having on her clients with jaw dysfunction, swallowing issues muscle tension dysphonia and more general voice issues.
Polly began her career as a professional singer and musician. Alongside her work as a laryngeal manual therapist at the Faringdon Wellbeing Clinic, she has nearly 20 years teaching experience, and currently is a lecturer at Wilkes Academy of Performing Arts, lecturing the diploma and degree students in singing, vocal technique and vocal health, as well working within their injury team giving vocal massage. She is proud to say that many of her students now have exciting careers on the West End or in the music industry.
Training & Qualifications:
- Laryngeal Manipulation, Osteopathy and Management of Globus – Theory and Practice (Jacob Lieberman, Hamburg)
- Level 5 Diploma in Sports Massage and Remedial Soft Tissue Therapy (NLSSM)
- Certificate in Vocal Massage (Voice Care Centre, London)
- Foundations in Manual Therapy: Voice and Swallowing Disorders (Walt Fritz)
- Advance Swallowing Disorders (Walt Fritz)
- Balancing the Body (Walt Fritz)
- BA (Hons) Jazz Studies – Voice (Leeds College of Music, now Leeds Conservatoire)
- Estill Voice Training Levels 1 & 2
- Vocal Health First Aid (Vocal Health Education)
- PTLLS teaching qualification
- Emergency First Aid at Work
