After a solid start with his new club, Aaron Hall claims he's about to get much better; literally.

The pacy midfielder has revealed he's been battling a throat issue which has rendered him listless at times on the field, and out of breath for the past year and a half.

Called a vocal chord dysfunction described as an abnormal narrowing of the larynx, Hall is now trying to strengthen his vocal chords.

“It is a really sharp pain down in your throat, you are wheezing and not getting enough oxygen,” Hall said.

“When you go to breathe, your vocal chords expand, and mine don’t when I get fatigued.

“It happens generally in the first quarter and I can’t get enough oxygen and struggle to breathe. I feel like I am going to topple over and faint.”

An asthmatic, Hall said the condition was only identified last week. 

“I am so glad we found the problem,” he said.

“AFL footy is already hard enough, let alone going into it not being able to breathe (properly).

“I base my game on my repeat speed and my second and third efforts, that’s my trademark, then when you get to the games, your legs are fine, but you feel like you need to close your eyes and faint.

“It was heaps better last week.

“I’m hoping that continues for the rest of my career now.

“It is like doing rehab for a strained muscle … they have given me new breathing techniques while someone is having a shot on goal; while the bounce of the ball is happening; and while I am on the bench.”

Hall will line up for the Roos in the annual Good Friday match, although the game itself poses a challenge for him religiously. 

The 28-year-old is a devout Christian but is welcoming the test.

"When you are in a professional sporting environment, instead of looking at the politics side of things, I just try to embrace it,” he told The Herald Sun's Glenn McFarlane.

“I will go about my day (on Good Friday), and on Sunday morning, I’ll take the family to church.

“I am a believer. What I appreciated when I first came to the faith was the non-judgemental (aspect), the grace and the love that has come with it. In anything that I am in, I use that to embrace anyone in the world.

“We got our season kickstarted (last week),” he said. “We need to take that into the game against Essendon. It really is a big day for the club.”