Alex's response made me LOLOL!
All I can say is, I totally agree. Singers and dancers are perceived so differently, especially when it comes to this. A dancer gets injured and almost immediately will be granted the time to heal. A singer will not, because for some otherworldly reason I can't comprehend, the vocal cords are not perceived as muscles, which they 1000% are. I can't understand why singers get vilified when our cords are injured. Singers almost have to be literally voiceless, have strep or some insane thing, to be granted that time. I have personal experience with this too, a loooonngg time ago, I was sick enough to possibly not go on for a couple shows (I was theme parking at the time) and I had to do steps A-L, etc. AND go to the first aid office for it, but when any of the dancers I was working with got injured, they didn't have to go through nearly the amount of steps I did. It's believed that because a singer can still go on because none of their extra limbs are hurt to prevent from actually going on stage, we should just "suck it up buttercup" and go on. The vocal cords ARE indeed muscles that are athletic in a different way, and need to be perceived as such.
