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Valentina Carlile
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My daily work often involves dialogue with colleagues and ongoing questions from performers and patients around voice, the body, and performance under demand.
These recurring themes highlight a growing need for clarity and shared understanding. This space was created to make that knowledge accessible — translating clinical and performance-based insight into clear, relevant perspectives.
Here you will find articles and reflections exploring the voice–body system, integrative care, and the realities of performance, offering tools to better understand and navigate complex demands.



Exercises for myotensive headache
Proper posture can help curb the frequency of tension headaches by reducing the amount of stress placed on the neck and shoulder muscles,...

Valentina Carlile DO
Aug 20, 20241 min read


Traditional treatment for myotensive headache
There are several conservative treatment methods that you can try at home before consulting a doctor. If the pain is mild and infrequent,...

Valentina Carlile DO
Aug 13, 20241 min read


Traditional therapy and osteopathic treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome
Because symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome can mimic other health conditions, it is critical that your doctor develop a differential...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Treatment of bison hump syndrome
As for options to temporarily relieve symptoms, it may be helpful to apply heat or cold (as appropriate) and make changes to your...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Osteopathy and numbness of the tongue and neck pain: the tongue-neck syndrome
Tongue-neck syndrome is a disorder that causes unilateral neck pain, accompanied by simultaneous ipsilateral numbness of the tongue. This...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jun 18, 20241 min read


Osteopathy and gastroesophageal reflux: techniques and benefits
Osteopathy, with its ability to improve body structure and function, offers a comprehensive and noninvasive approach that can help manage...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 28, 20242 min read


Tips for managing reflux through diet
Diet is essential in the management of gastroesophageal reflux, a condition that can seriously compromise quality of life. Eating...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 21, 20242 min read


Exercises and breathing techniques to manage gastroesophageal reflux
Gastroesophageal reflux can significantly affect your quality of life, causing symptoms such as heartburn, pain and discomfort. In...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 14, 20242 min read


Ear protectors and tinnitus
As we know, prolonged exposure to loud sounds and noises can cause hearing loss and tinnitus. It is important to know that hearing loss...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Hearing aids for tinnitus
Another therapeutic strategy in use for those suffering from tinnitus is the use of tinnitus noisers, i.e. a device integrated into a...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 23, 20241 min read


Food and lifestyle tips for tinnitus
It is now known that to maintain optimal health it is necessary to adopt a correct and healthy diet and change some lifestyle habits. In...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Tinnitus: causes, symptoms, remedies
About 10-15% of the population suffers from tinnitus, that annoying and mangy ear disorder that manifests itself with the famous...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 5, 20242 min read


Teeth and diabetes
What do teeth and diabetes have in common? Literature demonstrates how the presence of chronic inflammation of the gums can favor the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Eating healthy also helps you have a beautiful smile
We hear every day about dental prophylaxis from specialists, newspapers and advertisements, but did you know that prophylaxis does not...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Osteopathy and Voice: watch out for dental health!
Did you know that recent studies have shown that around 4 out of ten Italians have cavities, 4 suffer from gum disease and 1-2 suffer...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 5, 20241 min read


Osteopathy and Singing: Support and Sustainment
It happens that when I evaluate a patient's spine, palpating the dorsolumbar transition I ask, "Do you have problems with support?" It is...

Valentina Carlile DO
Feb 27, 20241 min read


The "itch" in the throat or hypopharyngeal tickling
Have you ever felt your throat tingle like an itch, without having a sore throat or other cold symptoms, and had to cough immediately...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 30, 20241 min read


The nasal cycle: this is why we breathe one nostril at a time
You will have noticed that when you breathe through your nose, one of the two nostrils is always the one that is freer and is breathing...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Hiccups: the protagonists are phrenic and diaphragm
Everyone will have had hiccups at least once in their lives, that sudden and uncontrolled sensation of spasm, sometimes painful, in the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 16, 20242 min read


Why is yawning contagious?
Have you ever yawned right after seeing someone yawn? It has always been said that we yawn in response "out of sympathy". In reality, the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 10, 20241 min read

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