Tonsil pain after singing: could be tension?
I'm a beginner in singing, and I'm learning right now how to use/work with the support for the diaphragm (I'm sorry if this is not the best way to describe the technique, but I don't know how it is called in English).
I'm studying with a teacher that is able to tell me if I'm using the diaphragm wrong or not using at all and stops me when it's necessary.
Recently happened that after singing (not while singing, but a few hours later maybe and the day after) I could feel a sort of pain in my left tonsil if I touch it with the tongue.
It's not like a sore throat because it is not stinging when I swallow, it is not that. It just "hurt" when I press it with the tongue as if it's an aching muscle.
Could it be just some tension, or is it something else? Because I also feel some tension in the neck, some caused by other factors of stress.
I'm also trying to adjust my posture, I sometimes bent over my chest during exercises, I'm having some issues to stay always upright because I have this bad habit of staying a little curved, caused by an office work.
I'm a little worried about this. Is it a normal error for beginner or is something else?
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It is not normal to experience pain when singing. You should see an ENT and get a baseline image of your vocal folds. Here is a link to a major US hospital's voice center, which includes conditions and treatments descriptions:
Emory University Voice Center
Edited to add: This advice and this link was shared with me (and many others) at a public industry convention years ago by Jan Smith, leading voice coach to multiple GRAMMY-winning artists. Please see a doctor!
I have this every autumn when the rainy foggy weather begins and I’m caught cold. Don’t run to the doctor for this!
Some cups of tea (Thymian) or chewing the leaves of Salbei or Echinacea will help you to overcome this deadly illness.
N.b. these plants contain natural antibiotics. If they don’t help it might be a virus and the you just can wait and drink tea - about for two weeks.
Maybe, as you are concentrated on singing you are breathing in more bacterias?
Edit:
To those who think you should visit the doctor:
Look in the mirror and control whether you have tonsillitis or stones (yellow dots). Ask a good friend or someone of your family whether you have bad breath.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith
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