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Valentina Carlile
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In my daily professional practice, I often talk to colleagues and answer patients' questions on topics relating to the Voice, Osteopathy and Singing.
I realized that these topics generate great interest and deserve to be shared with a wider audience. This is why I decided to open this space in my blog: to make this precious information accessible to everyone, presented in a clear and direct way.
Here you will find articles and reflections that I hope will enrich your knowledge and answer your curiosities in these fascinating and complex fields.



Osteopathy and gastroesophageal reflux
Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GERD) is a pathology related to part of the stomach rising into the chest through the lower esophageal...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 23, 20221 min read


What is art medicine better known as Performing Arts Medicine?
Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) focuses on the care and treatment of specific problems affecting performing artists, including musicians,...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 16, 20221 min read


Osteopathy and Musicians #4: Bad environmental conditions
Often the musician is not aware of the effect of environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity or acoustics on his performance...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 10, 20221 min read


Osteopathy and Musicians #3: Inadequate adaptation between body and instrument
The design process of musical instruments has rarely taken into account the need for a better fit to the musician's body. The musician...

Valentina Carlile DO
May 2, 20222 min read


Osteopathy and Musicians #2: Take more care of your musical instrument than your body
Musicians' bodies are trained to adapt to enormous workloads, but only if we respect certain limits. If we set ourselves a very intense...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 25, 20222 min read


Osteopathy and Musicians #1: Don't compensate for asymmetric work
No musician works in a completely balanced way. The oboist, for example, supports the weight of the instrument on the front of the body,...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 18, 20221 min read


Musicians and instruments
Our body has a wonderful ability to adapt to the many different situations and challenges it encounters, and it is all the more adaptable...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 12, 20222 min read


Noise pollution: how to reduce its harmful effects?
Noise pollution can significantly impact our body (hypertension, impaired cognitive functions, chronic stress). How to overcome this...

Valentina Carlile DO
Apr 4, 20221 min read


Noise pollution and stress
Noise pollution means any intrusive noise that disturbs, distracts or reduces normal auditory and physiological functioning. Noise...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 28, 20222 min read


Children and memory: how does this process arise?
We know that from the moment of birth the so-called mental maps begin to form in our brain which will be made up of acquired experiential...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 22, 20222 min read


Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux
Hiatal hernia is a very common pathology, sometimes asymptomatic but which can also lead to gastroesophageal reflux. The diagnostic test...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 17, 20221 min read


Endometriosis: what it is, how it manifests itself and how it is treated
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory pathology of the endometrial tissue, which affects approximately 5-10% of women between the ages...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 8, 20221 min read


Sound Control: Singing vs. Wind Instrument
When you take a rubber band and stretch it, its increased length translates into a reduction in its thickness. The vocal cords or lips...

Valentina Carlile DO
Mar 2, 20224 min read


Ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis or ulcerative colitis (if it also involves the rectal area) is a chronic, disabling inflammatory disease of the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Feb 22, 20221 min read


Cataract: what are the symptoms, how is the operation performed and what are the results?
In mature age, one of the most frequent problems (from around 60 to 75 years of age) is the loss of sharpness of vision due to cataracts....

Valentina Carlile DO
Feb 15, 20221 min read


Anxiety and panic attacks, what's the difference?
Anxiety and panic are terms that are very often used interchangeably, whereas in reality they are two disorders with different...

Valentina Carlile DO
Feb 8, 20221 min read


Manual laryngeal assessment and its manipulation: Dysfunctional Indications
There are many factors that can influence the "laryngeal posture" as the larynx is a suspended organ that is affected by all the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Feb 1, 20222 min read


Achilles tendonitis
Achilles tendinopathy is classified as both an insertional and non-insertional phenomenon, depending on whether it occurs at the...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 25, 20223 min read


On the Principles of Osteopathy
When I first approached the world of the Principles of Osteopathy (PO), I didn't think they contained much depth. Philosophically there...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 18, 20223 min read


COVID vaccines and mammograms: when is it best to get them?
There is now official data that COVID vaccines, especially the mRNA ones, can temporarily cause an increase in the size of the lymph...

Valentina Carlile DO
Jan 11, 20221 min read

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