Mar 25, 2014 | How is Your Breathing
Some of the symptoms of hyperventilation affect: ✦ The respiratory system in the form of wheezing, breath- lessness, coughing, chest tightness, frequent yawning, rhinitis (hay fever), snoring and sleep apnoea. ✦ The nervous system in the form of a light-headed...
Mar 25, 2014 | How is Your Breathing
‘Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.’ Nathaniel Emmons For the vast majority of people, breathing is an everyday fact of life which occurs on a subconscious level. It is something that is all too often taken for granted – until...
Mar 25, 2014 | Asthma, How is Your Breathing
Now is the time to sound a note of caution. Before the Buteyko Clinic Method is commenced this section should be read carefully. While Buteyko Breathing is a perfectly safe therapy, it can involve an element of risk for people with particular illnesses...
Mar 25, 2014 | The Facts About Asthma
Before you commence breathing retraining, it is important for you to have a basic understanding of the roles played by the respiratory system and carbon dioxide in your body. Your respiratory system consists of the parts of your body used for the delivery of oxygen...
Mar 25, 2014 | The Facts About Asthma
There is no universally accepted definition of asthma. The Concise Oxford Dictionary describes it as ‘a disease of respiration characterised by difficult breathing, cough etc.’. Any good medical book will describe it in more technical terms but ‘difficult breathing’ is...
