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Can Breathing Exercises help COPD patients?



Changing weather got you coughing?             
            
We understand! Remember to take your inhaler as regularly as said by your doctor. But besides medicines what can someone with COPD?             

Breathing exercises can help you out.             

Breathing exercises are an effective way to improve the functioning of lungs.              

1 Few breathing exercises are as below-

Strengthen your lungs            
The diaphragm is a muscle located below your lungs that helps you breathe. Diaphragmatic breathing exercise2 helps you use diaphragm correctly while breathing, strengthens it and helps slow down your breathing. Slow breathing3 further relieves shortness of breath, improves oxygenation and helps to keep your symptoms under control.

Relax your lungs            
The pursed-lip breathing4 exercise helps you to control shortness of breath and provides a quick and easy way to slow down the pace of breathing. This makes each breath more effective.

Cleanse your lungs            
The Huff Cough method5 is a gentle way of coughing that helps remove mucus and clear your lungs. This controlled coughing form of breathing exercise teaches how to save energy and therefore, oxygen.

Read more on breahefree.nepal.com.           

References             
1. Santino TA, Chaves GS, Freitas DA, Fregonezi GA, Mendonça KM. Breathing exercises for adults with asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;3(3):CD001277. Published 2020 Mar 25. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001277.pub4            

2. Hamasaki, Hidetaka. "Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Health: A Narrative Review." Medicines, vol. 7, no. 10, 2020, p. 65, https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines7100065.             

3. Russo, Marc A., and Danielle M. Santarelli. "The Physiological Effects of Slow Breathing in the Healthy Human." Breathe, vol. 13, no. 4, 2017, p. 298, https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.009817.             

4. Vatwani A. Pursed Lip Breathing Exercise to Reduce Shortness of Breath. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019;100(1):189-190. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2018.05.005            

5. Tripathi AK, Sankari A. Postural Drainage and Vibration. [Updated 2024 Jun 8]: StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK604210/