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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / May 2006Increasing lung capacity
Just as the title says.Is there anyway to do this? > Just as the title says.Is there anyway to do this? Regular aerobic exercise, particularly recommend non-loadbearing exercise such as cycling. Possibly also regular playing a musical wind instrument. There are also medical devices available that you blow into that are supposed to train the muscles involved in inspiration and improve lung capacity. If you go for exercise watch out for swimmng since the chlorine in the pool can make asthma worse. Also watch out for cold air since that can bring on an attack. Tony > Just as the title says.Is there anyway to do this? I'd recommend doing Qigong to induce a slow breathing rate of, say 17, secs per cycle. The lungsthen have to expand fully. You might also consider "Tan Tien Chi Kung" ISBN 0-89281-195-1 by the well known author Mantiak Chia (see http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~s3e0101/webserver/webdata/MantakChia030206.pdf ). I guess personal instruction is necessary for safety. I think it is a way to learn to recover the ability to overcome asthmatic narrowing of the airways if the bronchi are targeted and diaphragmatic breathing is not exaggerated. Regards, Richard Friedel > Just as the title says.Is there anyway to do this? I found this link for a company making an "inspiratory trainer" device:- http://www.powerbreathe.com The site claims that this is based on research at Birmingham and Loughborough universities in England. If you read through the research page http://www.powerbreathe.com/research.html they claim to have some controlled trials showing benefit in mild/moderate asthma and COPD. However I have no idea if the device is effective or just a scam to get your money, so please do not take my post as any sort of recommendation. As always, caveat emptor! Tony .... > The site claims that this is based on research at Birmingham and > Loughborough universities in England. If you read through the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tony In some way the device might seem the logical step to overcoming asthma, namely by opening the constricted airways by improved suction. However judging from my recollections of moderately severe asthma attacks, it was not the lack of strength and suction but rather the lack of coordination which meant I failed to keep my lungs open. My extremely powerful gasps were just too short to open up the lungs, because the lung tissue was too inelastic owing to pollen or GERD. This feature is targeted in ongoing research and means a quest for drugs to normalize lung tissue properties. Training in taking deep breaths might have helped. What seems to be needed is some method which directly quells the craving for asthma medication and furthermore has not been considered by medicine so far. As I've posted here almost ad naseum medical research has ignored the mechanism of taking a deep breath including suction as a necessary factor. If this matter were taken into account it might be shown that asthma is due to a basic mistake about breathing as taught in schools upwards. As you hint even gadgets produced by universities might be simple scams. New asthma drugs may also not involve any progress or even turn out to be more harmful than those already used. Therefore modernization of school instruction on breathing might be more respected and reliable, last but not least because nobody is likely to make a fortune by amending a few passages in standard textbooks as a source of expert knowledge. Regards, Richard Friedel tony broughton wrote: .... > The site claims that this is based on research at Birmingham and > Loughborough universities in England. If you read through the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tony In some way the device might seem the logical step to overcoming asthma, namely by opening the constricted airways by improved suction. However judging from my recollections of moderately severe asthma attacks, it was not the lack of strength and suction but rather the lack of coordination which meant I failed to keep my lungs open. My extremely powerful gasps were just too short to open up the lungs, because the lung tissue was too inelastic owing to pollen or GERD. This feature is targeted in ongoing research and means a quest for drugs to normalize lung tissue properties. Training in taking deep breaths might have helped. What seems to be needed is some method which directly quells the craving for asthma medication and furthermore has not been considered by medicine so far. As I've posted here almost ad naseum medical research has ignored the mechanism of taking a deep breath including suction as a necessary factor. If this matter were taken into account it might be shown that asthma is due to a basic mistake about breathing as taught in schools upwards. As you hint even gadgets produced by universities might be simple scams. New asthma drugs may also not involve any progress or even turn out to be more harmful than those already used. Therefore modernization of school instruction on breathing might be more respected and reliable, last but not least because nobody is likely to make a fortune by amending a few passages in standard textbooks as a source of expert knowledge. Regards, Richard Friedel I have a question for you since it's obvious that you have done lots of research related to the possible causes of asthma. One of the theories is that many (if not all) of the people that develop asthma have defective genes that cause them to have what I will refer to as a compromised (or weak) breathing system. The triggers for the breathing problems (dust, bacteria, mold, etc) might be different in various people but all of the asthma patients have the defective gene. Do you believe that this theory is true. If it is true, it's my guess that scientists will eventually track down the exact defective gene or genes. I should note that even if this theory is true, learning to breath properly would help everyone--esp. people that have asthma. |
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