Saturday 20 April 2019

Times Have Changed - Breathing Retraining for Asthma

Assessing the impact of breathing retraining on asthma symptoms and dysfunctional breathing in children.

CONCLUSION:
In addition to standard medical therapy, individually tailored physiotherapy interventions improved asthma control and DB in children on all levels of asthma treatment. A randomized controlled study is required to determine whether these improvements are due to the intervention.

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Apr 1. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24300. [Epub ahead of print]
Assessing the impact of breathing retraining on asthma symptoms and dysfunctional breathing in children.Hepworth C, Sinha I, Saint GL, Hawcutt DB


Breathing exercises are a simple and often overlooked part of therapy.


Sean is the only Physiotherapist in NL which uses capnography to assess how much carbon dioxide you breath off. He is an international expert in therapeutic exercise.

Note: You should not respiratory exercises on your own without consulting a trained professional.