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Pursed lip breathing
- While keeping your mouth closed, take a deep breath in through your nose, counting to 2. The breath does not have to be deep.
- Put your lips together as if you are starting to whistle or blow out candles on a birthday cake. This is known as “pursing” your lips.
- While continuing to keep your lips pursed, slowly breathe out by counting to 4. Don’t try to force the air out, but instead breathe out slowly through your mouth.
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Coordinated breathing
- Inhale through your nose before beginning an exercise.
- While pursing your lips, breathe out through your mouth during the most strenuous part of the exercise. An example could be when curling upward on a bicep curl.
Coordinated breathing can be performed ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A health condition that affects an individual’s ability to breathe well, often associated with other conditions such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Symptoms include: wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and large amounts of mucus that collect in the lungs.
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Pursed lip breathing benefits:
- It’s been shown to reduce how hard a person has to work to breathe.
- It helps release air trapped in the lungs.
- It promotes relaxation.
- It reduces shortness of breath.
Practice it 4 to 5 times per day, daily.
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Deep breathing
- Sit or stand with your elbows slightly back. This allows your chest to expand more fully.
- Inhale deeply through your nose.
- Hold your breath as you count to 5.
- Release the air via a slow, deep exhale, throu...
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Huff cough
- Place yourself in a comfortable seated position. Inhale through your mouth, slightly deeper than you would when taking a normal breath.
- Activate your stomach muscles to blow the air out in three even breaths while making the sou...
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Diaphragmatic breathing
- While sitting or lying down with your shoulders relaxed, put a hand on your chest and place the other hand on your stomach.
- Take a breath in through your nose for 2 seconds, feeling your stomach move outward. You’re doing the activity cor...
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Coordinated breathing
- Inhale through your nose before beginning an exercise.
- While pursing your lips, breathe out through your mouth during the most strenuous part of the exercise. An example could be when curling upward on a bicep curl.
Coordinated breathing can be performed ...
Deep-breathing
Deep breathing has a direct calming effect on the nervous system.
- Put your tongue on the roof of your mouth just behind your front teeth.
- Breathe in slowly through you nose to the count of five.
- Hold your breath to the count of seven.
- Exhale slowly and audibly t...
Diaphragmatic breathing
- While sitting or lying down with your shoulders relaxed, put a hand on your chest and place the other hand on your stomach.
- Take a breath in through your nose for 2 seconds, feeling your stomach move outward. You’re doing the activity cor...
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