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Celine Dion<\/a> is opening up like never before about her <\/span>health struggles and battle with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 56-year-old music icon was diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disorder in 2022 and was forced to cancel her Courage World Tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a new sneak peek clip from her <\/span>upcoming interview<\/a> with the <\/span>Today<\/span><\/em> show’s <\/span>Hoda Kotb<\/a>, Dion speaks out about the affect the condition has had on her vocal cords.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s like somebody’s strangling you. It’s like somebody’s pushing your larynx this way,” Dion says, demonstrating the pressure on her throat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The “My Heart Will Go On” singer says that the condition causes parts of her body to spasm, and it has previously been so intense that it has caused her to break a rib.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “It can be in the abdominal. It can be in the spine, in the ribs. But it feels like if I point my feet, it will stay in it,” Dion explains. “Or if I cook, my fingers or my hands will get in position. It’s cramping, but it’s like you’re in the position of you cannot unlock them.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kotb explains to her<\/span> Today<\/span><\/em> co-anchors that the disease is “chronic and progressive” but adds that there are medicines to help manage it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n