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6 Techniques to Help with Your Asthma
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Furthermore, it is believed that asthmatics face
another breathing difficulty breathing through
their mouths. This results in a direct hit of
cool and dry air straight into the lung. This is
a direct asthma trigger. When this type of air
gets into your lungs, it can result in the need
for a reliever inhaler as a matter of urgency,
alongside other necessary asthma
medication. When your asthma is causing you
significant breathing difficulties and shortness
of breath and chest tightness seem to be ever
more prevalent, it can be particularly worrying.
For you as the patient, but also for your loved
ones watching and feeling helpless. But there are
things you can do to help take back control.
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  • Read on to discover some simple breathing
    exercises that could control your breathing
    issues and help to ward off future asthma
    attacks.
  • Breathing exercises you can do
  • When it comes to the management of your asthma, a
    2014 article published in The European
    Respiratory Society (ERS) journal stated that
  • Breathing exercises can improve patient-reported
    outcomes and psychological state and
  • Breathing exercises should be offered to all
    asthma patients with symptoms or impaired quality
    of life despite standard treatment
  • This recent study highlights the positive impact
    that breathing exercises might have in relation
    to your asthma management, and in turn, improve
    your overall quality of life.

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  • The article also highlighted that
  • Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and abnormal
    breathing patterns (dysfunctional breathing) are
    commonly associated with anxiety and
    breathing-control exercises have long been used
    as a treatment for anxiety and panic.
  • Hyperventilation and other abnormalities in
    breathing have also been associated with asthma,
    implicated as triggers for bronchoconstriction
    and the production of asthma-like symptoms in
    patients of all levels of objective asthma
    severity.
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  • So, what are some helpful breathing exercises?
  • 1. Diaphragmatic breathing
  • It is a relaxing method, as opposed to the type
    of breathing in the upper chest known as
    emergency mode typically associated with an
    asthma attack.
  • It is a sign that your body is in a peaceful
    state and helps it to regenerate.
  • METHOD
  • When you practice this type of breathing, you can
    choose to lie down or sit straight up.
  • Concentrate on your breathing. Preferably you
    should breathe in slowly through your nose.
  • Place one hand flat on your upper chest and the
    other hand on your stomach.
  • When you inhale, focus on your abdomen, as it is
    this part of your body that needs to be moving
    out and not your chest.
  • Exhale very slowly and ensure that your abdomen
    is moving in an inwards motion.
  • Try to make your exhalation breath twice the
    length as your inhalation breath.

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2. Buteyko breathing
  • Konstantin Buteyko created this type of breathing
    during the 1950s as a way to breathe more slowly
    and deeply.
  • As rapid breathing is a common feature in people
    diagnosed with asthma, the Buteyko method can
    help to decrease symptoms like shortness of
    breath.
  • Buteyko uses a measurement called the Control
    Pause (CP). This is the amount of time between
    breaths that an individual can comfortably hold
    breath.
  • People with asthma who regularly practice Buteyko
    breathing should notice an increase in this
    Control Pause, and a decrease in pulse rate.
    According to studies, this can lead to decreased
    asthma symptoms.
  • Buteyko breathing isnt just one type of
    exercise, it uses a series of reduced-breathing
    exercises to teach you how to focus on your
    breath and to slow it right down.

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METHOD
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  • 3. Pursed lip breathing
  • This type of breathing exercise can be utilised
    if you are during an asthma attack. Since
    shortness of breath is one of the main symptoms
    of asthma, this technique is an ideal method to
    help relieve it.
  • METHOD
  • First, relax. Close your mouth and then breathe
    in slowly through your nose.
  • Then, you just purse your lips as if you are
    about to whistle.
  • Finally, you breathe out slowly through these
    pursed lips, to a count of four.
  • You should exhale for twice if you inhale.
  • This should be done while using diaphragmatic
    breathing as described above to make breathing
    difficulties disappear.

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  • 4. Yoga
  • Yoga is one of those all-around exercises that
    can help to improve a variety of health issues.
    From localized pain, stress, anxiety and as it
    turns out, asthma, its a wide term with various
    forms.
  • Combining movement with deep, meditative
    breathing, yoga is an exercise that can really
    help to improve asthma breathing difficulties and
    overall lung function, as some smaller studies
    have found.
  • Yoga can also help to quickly reopen your
    airways, clear mucus and stop wheezing in its
    tracks.
  • Studies have also indicated that specific yoga
    breathing exercises also known as pranayama
    can reduce asthma symptoms whilst others can
    reduce inhaler usage.
  • The most popular type of yogic breathing is known
    as the Ujjayi breathing technique.
  • METHOD
  • Here, you take a long breath and focus on filling
    up your stomach. Then move on to filling up your
    chest.
  • While you inhale, the stomach is the first to go
    in followed by the chest. This facilitates
    maximum oxygen retention by the body.
  • This is an excellent way to reduce respiratory
    issues, and lung-related problems.

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  • 5. Nasal breathing
  • You should have at least one routine asthma
    review every year and a structured review can
    improve clinical outcomes for people with asthma.
  • Just a third of people with asthma have an annual
    asthma review with inhaler check and an asthma
    action plan.
  • There should be a section within your asthma plan
    which states the necessary information
    surrounding this. This section should contain a
    checklist of what you will bring to the review
  • ?? Your action plan to see if it needs updating.
  • ?? Any inhalers and spacers you have, to check
    that you are using them correctly and in the best
    way.
  • ??Any questions about your asthma and how to cope
    with it.
  • ?? Next asthma review date

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6. Papworth methodDeveloped in Papworth
Hospital, this method has been used for over 50
years. Similar to the Buteyko breathing technique
and the diaphragmatic breathing exercise, It
focuses on problems of dysfunctional breathing
including hyperventilation and hyperinflation
that are often found in asthma sufferers.The
Papworth Method has helped to cut asthma symptoms
by a third is not designed to assist asthma
sufferers with severe episodes or those who
suffer from allergy induced attacks.These
exercises are helpful to those diagnosed as
having mild asthma and the associated symptoms of
rapid breathing and mouth breathing.
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