There are a bunch of reasons that we might feel that niggle in our throat but often it’s because pieces of the puzzle like the tongue and the jaw think they’re the ones who should take the lion’s share of the vocal load.

When in reality, that isn’t their job.

So who’s job is it? Well there’s a collection of muscles we can use to add support to our voice.

Let me introduce you to one - the tensor veli palatini.