Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

Best Breathing Exercises for COPD

Today I'm going to show you some breathing exercises that may help with things like COPD, asthma, emphysema, and even bronchitis.  

so let's get started.  Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

for the breathing exercises, one of the great training tools are using inspiratory muscle training. 

and this is really great for things like COPD and asthma, 

and all those other things because the muscles that you use to breathe in, 

are the things that help us breathe in, 

so if they're weak or if they're not working properly, 

that's when you have all those other issues.

so a lot of research shows that that inspiratory muscle training, 

the building up those muscles is what really helps with the breathing. 

so if you're having a hard time breathing, 

I'm going to show you some exercises that help with that. 

Best Breathing Exercises for COPD

and the way to really do that inspiratory muscle training is kind of just restricting airflow coming in. 

• so you have your lungs and those muscles have to work harder to get that the air into your lungs. 
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• so a great tool that you can use for that is a high altitude training mask. 
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• and the folks at perpetual air sent me their mask. 

so I'm really just going to talk about it today as a rehab tool to help increase those muscles and strengthening the lungs and everything, but what's 

• so great about it is you can see here that once you put it on, and I'll put it completely on in a second, sounds like Bane, 
• it makes it a lot harder to breathe. 
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• so your muscles have to work harder to get that air in. 
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• so this is a great tool because you're exercising those muscles that sometimes are hard to figure out how to exercise. 

you can walk, and you can do exercises, but to get that extra the training you want to reduce that airflow and the perpetual air really does that. 

Best Breathing Exercises for COPD

and what's super great about this mask is it has four different levels on each side. 

• so it restricts the airflow even more. 
• so if you do one on this side it makes it a little bit harder to breathe. 
• you can do them together and you can go all the way up to four and that makes it even more restricted. 
• so it's just more exercise for your lungs and those muscles around your lungs. 
• and so you also have these which go in here to make it more as well. 
• so you would start off with these, 

and if you get strong enough where you can get to four on each side and you want it even more restricted, 

then you can add those in as well.

 so if you have an ailment like COPD, 
asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, 
I would start off with your exercises without that mask, 

but once you get going you can definitely put this on to get better training and really start getting some better breathing. 

and then when you're doing your everyday activities and you don't have the mask on, it makes it that much easier to breathe because your muscles have been trained for that. 

so the way this work is pretty neat because this one particular has the way you can put around it opens up and then this part is nice and smooth. 

so this one goes kind of over your head and then there's an adjustable strap in the back.

so I'm going to put it on. 

Best Breathing Exercises for COPD

can you hear me now? 

And so I'm gonna breathe in.  Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

and so you can see that I'm having to work a little bit harder for that. 

so I'm going to go into the exercises now. 

I'm just gonna do the first one with the mask and then I'm going to do the other ones without the mask because

 I really want you to do the exercises first without the mask, 

and then if you're progressing and you're doing well, then you can get the mask and do it. 

so the first one, the first one is you're going to breathe in just for about two seconds with your mouth closed and then out for four seconds with your lips pursed like that.

 almost like you're sucking through a straw. Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

 but when you have the mask on you don't necessarily have to pursue your lips because it's doing all of that for you,

 but really try and breathe in those two seconds nice and strong, and then four seconds breathing out. 

so you're really just working those muscles in the lungs. 

so you can see if you're doing it along with me, even if you do it without the mask, 

but just breathing in a little bit and blowing out it gets you winded pretty quickly. 

• so I'm gonna do it one more time without the mask on 
• so you can see what I'm doing with my lips. 
• so breathing, in mouth, closed. 
• so you're really just trying to get all that excess air out, and you're pursing your lips to make it harder to. 

so the great thing about the mask is it goes both ways, not just the blowing out, 

so that's why I really like the concept of using the mask for these things. 

but make sure if you're thinking about using the mask, talk with your a doctor or your physical therapist or your respiratory therapist because you might not quite be ready for this. 

so make sure that you get the okay to be able to use something that makes it a little bit harder. 

so if you're interested in purchasing the perpetual air mask, make sure and click on the link up there. 

so The next exercise is just going to be getting your muscles working using your arms to get all the muscles going as well. 

so you're still going to be breathing in through your mouth, purse your lips,

 and then blowing out, but this time you're going to add some arm movement in there. 

so just clasp your hands out in front of you, 

arms nice and straight. 

and so this time you don't have to worry about the seconds you want to take a nice deep breath. 

• so you can do this for a little while 
• so you're gonna breathe in through your nose and purse and go. 
• so you want to blow as much as you can to get all that air out of the lungs. 

nice deep breath in, and again if you're ready to do it with the mask you can do it with the mask too,

 but by doing this you're starting to work these chest muscles as well and they all work together for breathing. 

so that's really really important as well. 

and so the last exercise is really just diaphragmatic breathing. 

so this is really important to do because using your diaphragm it's that a big huge muscle in there that helps with the lungs as well. 

and so a lot of times when we're breathing, we just breathe really shallow. 

studies show that when we're just breathing normally we only use about 10 to 15 percent of our lung capacity, and that's not very much. 

these things are nice and big, so you want to be able to get that air in and get it out. 

so when you're doing diaphragmatic breathing, 

it's sometimes people call it belly breathing, and 

so what you're really doing is breathing in through your belly versus your chest. 

Best Breathing Exercises for COPD

so a lot of times people like to kind of place their hand on their belly, place a hand on their chest. 

• the hand on your chest really shouldn't move. 
• it shouldn't be rising and going down. 
• the movement should be in your stomach. 
• so that's how you can tell. 

some people like to kind of put their hands like this, 

and so you can see your hands going in and out. Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

I like this one a little bit better. sometimes lying down is a little a bit better too because you can see the stomach moving, 

but I'm just going to kind of show you here, 

and see if you can see where I'm gonna breathe in and my stomachs gonna come out and then breathe out and it comes in. 

Is my tummy growling? 

I must be hungry. 

so as you can see, that hands coming in and out and this one's just kind of staying still.

 and as you do it more, you'll be able to breathe in more and breathe out more and it's a really relaxing tool as well. 

so if you're a little bit stressed out, especially if you're having some breathing issues, 

doing that diaphragmatic breathing really works as well, and you can do that with the mask on too, 

but make sure you're just building up to it and then getting there. 

if you're interested in a little bit more exercise you can check out my other video.

 I go into some other exercises as well.  Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

so those were your breathing exercises that may help with things like COPD,

 asthma, bronchitis, and even emphysema. 

so if you're interested in purchasing the perpetual air high altitude mask,

 make sure, and click up there. 

and don't forget to subscribe by clicking down there. Best Breathing Exercises for COPD, Asthma, Bronchitis & Emphysema - Ask Doctor Jo

and remember to be safe, have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.

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