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Breathe Your Lungs Post (Part.2)
Breathing Exercises & Techniques
Certain exercises can help the lungs work more efficiently. This can reduce shortness of breath when a person’s lung capacity is limited. Pursed lip breathing can help keep the airways open for longer, facilitating the flow of air into and out of the lungs.
• Sit up straight — good posture can help promote lung movement.
• Breathe in deeply through the nose in a slow, controlled fashion.
• Purse the lips — they should be almost touching, as when making a “kissing” face.
• Breathe out through pursed lips — ideally, the exhalation should be twice as long as the inhalation was.
Some people find it especially beneficial to focus on time, for example by breathing in for 5 seconds and breathing out for 10 seconds.
Belly breathingThis exercise helps improve the rate at which the lungs expand and contract. It’s specifically focuses on strengthening the diaphragm muscle.
• Rest a hand or a lightweight object on the stomach.
• Breathe in slowly through the nose, and note how far the stomach rises.
• Breathe out through the mouth.
• Breathe in through the nose, this time trying to get the stomach to rise higher than it did with the previous breath.
• Exhale, and try to make each exhalation two or three times as long as each inhalation.
• Periodically, roll the shoulders forward and backward and move the head from side to side to ensure that the exercise is not contributing to tension in the upper body.
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