Migraines and breathing

May 17, 2007 By Dan Leave a Comment

Here is a news article from Reuters suggesting that breathing exercises and yoga helps people who suffer from migraines…

Gentle yoga may aid migraine sufferers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A combination of yoga poses, breathing exercises and relaxation may help reduce the frequency and intensity of migraines, a new study suggests. Researchers in India found that among 72 adults suffering from migraines, patients who were randomly assigned to take part in a yoga therapy program started having headaches less often and endured less pain with each migraine attack compared with the subjects assigned to a self-care group.

Looks like another win for breathing exercises. Get your free breathing exercises right now and start your journey to better health – Free Breathing Exercises

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Curing Scoliosis with breathing exercises?

May 11, 2007 By Dan Leave a Comment

In Great Britain there is a school and treatment center to cure scoliosis using breathing exercises -

Erika Maude runs the Scoliosis SOS Centre, based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, which offers a four-week programme of spinal flexibility, posture and breathing exercises.

Check out the rest of her article here – Daily Mail

If a person can cure her scoliosis using breathing and posture exercises imagine what can be done for a person with a normal spine???

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Buteyko breathing method for help with Hayfever

May 2, 2007 By Dan Leave a Comment

Jamesina Goulbourne a writer for the American Chronicle has a great article on using the Buteyko method of breathing to help with hayfever and other ailments check it out here – www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=25790

Butekyo was developed by a Russian doctor, K.P. Butekyo. His research shows that instead of the oxygen being the most important aspect of breathing it is the oxygen/carbon doioxide ratio that is the most important. He states that most people suffer not from lack of oxygen but rather lack of carbon dioxide (CO2) that causes the problem with health. Poor breathing and bad breathing habits cause this lack of CO2 and messes with the ratio.

If you notice in my breathing exercises that I give away for free – Free Breathing Exercises I have you focus on the pauses in the breathing pattern as well as the breathing itself. This is where the true benefit of breathing exercises is…it is in the pause.

Here is another test to see how healthy your respiratory system and your CO2 to Oxygen ratio is… It is called the Controlled Pause Breathing Test…

Inhale for two seconds
Exhale for three seconds.
Pause and hold your breath, until it becomes difficult.
Less than 10 seconds on the pause you have very serious health problems. Less than 25 seconds your health requires attention, 30-40 seconds is OK, and 60 and above is excellent.

For more information about Buteyko check out – www.buteyko.co.uk/

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