..Breathing Problems......Techniques to Help and What You Experience

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Okay another thread ppl wanted was on on breathing

 

I have COPD.....which basically is your breathing is made more difficult by the things that go on your Bronchia........the lil hairs catch all kinds of things like dust ect......thus making it harder to breath or if severe enough you may need oxygen and a nebulizer(sp)

 

I have Spirava and I also use the nebulizer twice a day

Morning and evening prior to bed

After my lung surgury I had to have oxygen at home ...

But I am not using it now

 

For my breathing especaiily when going up and down 3 flights of a house I do stop and I will concentrate on breathing tech's.......I never leave home w/o my spiriva

 

PLUS if you are going out in cold /windy weather.........I personally pull my coat up over mouth to stop any problems or wear a scarf...........

 

It is a very scary thing to go thru at times but you can make it thru if you use tech's and meds if indicated by doc

 

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Breathing exercises are a wonderful way to  decrease your anxiety and also help you slow your breathing down.

I have GERD and sometimes I find I am a bit short of breath.  Especially going up flights of steps.

Also my anxiety will start to kick in so I breathe to kick it back out.

There are many techniques but here is an  easy one, the 3 part breathing exercise. I like this one.

Find a place where it's quiet.

Sit in a straight back chair with both feet on the floor or lie on the floor with a straight spine.

Begin inhaling by expanding the abdomen (let it inflate like a balloon), then move the breath into your rib cage and, finally, all the way into your upper chest.

Exhale by reversing this action; begin at your collarbones and exhale down through your rib cage and into your abdomen. Contract your abdominal muscles as you finish exhaling.

You might find it helpful to lightly place your right hand on your abdomen and your left hand on your rib cage to help direct the breath on its journey.

Begin by practicing for one minute and then gradually lengthen the practice to five minutes.

This technique helps to eliminate shallow chest breathing and encourages full exhalation and inhalation.

Once again, there's no need to push yourself or judge yourself for being anxious. The idea is simply to be quiet for a short time and notice your breath.

Peace begins with a smile,

Kitt

Thanks Lyn for the thread :)

Kitt, I just recently learned about this breathing exercise lately also, and it helps me so much. I always have my albuterol on me just in case, but I try not to overdo it. The new Pro Air HFA is not as good as the older ones IMO. Kind of feel jittery at times (or maybe it's my anxiety:) lol, who knows :)

I am glad to be able to have a good technique to breath, because I think that all the years of shallow breathing since I was a child is one of the factors of my anxiety. Since I've learned this, I am so much more relaxed and calm :) Thank God!!!

Oh, and if anyone has Costochondritis or Fibro flares around the chest wall area, this breathing exercise is awesome too. It really helps with the pain at times. :) Yogis practice breathing like this for yoga for a good reason IMO :) It's just a more natural way to breathe to help your body out in many ways :)