How to do breathing exercises for chronic bronchitis? Breathing exercises can promote physical and mental relaxation and eliminate psychological tension, thus relieving bronchospasm and reducing the extent of attacks. Chronic bronchitis patients can change their breathing pattern through special breathing exercises, thus improving breathing efficiency and relieving shortness of breath; after forming a new breathing exercise pattern, it can reduce the frequency of episodes and symptoms, and at the same time, it can prevent and control emphysema and pulmonary heart disease. In addition, breathing exercises can also enhance the body's non-specific immune mechanism, improve the body's ability to adapt to climate and other environmental changes, and reduce the occurrence of colds and respiratory tract inflammation.
(1) Relaxation exercises. The purpose of relaxation exercises is to relax the muscles of the neck, shoulders and upper chest, eliminate the patient's tension, reduce energy consumption and help change breathing patterns. Relaxation exercises are the first step of breathing exercises and the basis of special breathing exercises. The exercises are usually performed in a comfortable sitting position with legs vertical and shoulder-width apart and hands resting on the thighs. The following exercises can be performed. Concentrate on your breathing, actively relax your head, neck, shoulder and upper chest muscles as you exhale after a few moments, and repeat several times.
Do a smooth, relaxing abdominal breath, relaxing your head as you exhale, then relaxing your slumped shoulders and back, and gently standing up as you inhale. Sit with your arms down and clench your shoulders with both fists as you inhale; as you exhale, lower your head, relax your neck and shoulders, unclench your fists, and stretch your arms down as far as you can. Stand backward on the inhalation, relax the arms and swing forward until they are flush with the shoulders; on the exhalation, loosely close the waist and relax the arms while swinging backward. After skillful, it is required to keep the neck, shoulder and upper chest muscles relaxed frequently, and to correct the bad posture of shrugging shoulders and turning the back to the mirror.
(2) abdominal breathing exercises. Generally sit in a comfortable seat, hands on the thighs, relax the neck, shoulders, back and upper chest muscles, breathe in first, gently exhale, exhale through the mouth, lips contracted like a flute, so that the gas is slowly blown out from the lips. You can also make vowel sounds when exhaling, such as ? Ah? Woo? The effect is to narrow the vocal folds, keep the air pressure high in the trachea, and avoid further constriction of the soft parts of the narrow fine bronchial tubes, which would block alveolar gas from being expelled. Exhalation should be gentle; if too much force increases pleural pressure, it can also aggravate small airway obstruction and should be avoided.
Inhale through the nose, with the abdomen relaxing and expanding as you inhale; take deep breaths, longer than inhalation. The rebound strength of the chest and abdomen upon exhalation can be utilized during inhalation to avoid exertion. The rhythm of the whole process is very natural and relaxed, and you can't hold your breath. Feel relaxed and comfortable when practicing correctly. If you feel chest tightness shortness of breath dizziness etc. This is usually caused by excessive tension or unnatural rhythm, you should stop practicing, rest for a while and then practice again. Practice for 3 ~ 5 minutes each time, several times a day. Later, you can practice in lying down, standing up, and daily activities, and gradually develop a habit. Doing so can significantly reduce subjective symptoms. Chronic bronchitis, do not take medication, breathing exercises are also very important
When coughing and wheezing episodes, shortness of breath is obvious, you can not do deep and long breaths, you can still do abdominal breathing. When you exhale, your abdomen retracts, and when you inhale, your abdomen relaxes. When you are sitting, lean forward and lie on the table in a semi-prone position, with your upper and lower limbs in a semi-flexed position. This allows you to use gravity to help inhale, reducing breathing difficulties and facilitating abdominal breathing.