breathing exercises for asthma
Breathing Exercises for Asthma
Asthma is a very difficult health condition to deal with because it can seriously impact a person's ability to breathe freely. In this following article, we will take you through certain specialized exercises that will help you deal with this condition better and bring about relief.
- Sit on the edge of a chair, bend your knees at a 90 degree angle and place your feet firmly on the ground.
- Make sure your back is erect.
- Take your arms behind you, holding the back of the chair.
- Breathe deeply so that your chest expands fully.
- Concentrate on this action and expand the chest, spreading it out as much as you can.
- Now lean back into the chair with your head resting as far back as possible (Make sure the neck is not strained)
- Continue breathing deeply.
- Sit on a comfortable chair and make sure that your back and spine are absolutely straight.
- Take deep and long breaths through your nose.
- Concentrate on how you're breathing. The air should completely fill the stomach and extend it. Feel it traveling to the lowest chambers of the lungs.
- Exhale and feel your stomach deflate.
- Continue doing this a couple of times.
- Now inhale deeply again and feel the air filling the middle portion of the lungs.
- Do this a couple of times. Then exhale.
- Then take in the last portion of breathing. Inhale deeply and notice the air fill the upper most section of the lungs. Carry through in the same way and breathe deeply a couple of times, then exhale.
- Try to find a balance by using all three steps such that they form one continuous breathing flow.
- Take a stiff bolster and place it on the floor.
- Next, sit on the edge of the bolster and slowly lower your butt to the ground.
- Now push back and rest your back completely on the bolster.
- Place your hands on the sides, facing the ceiling.
- You'll notice that your chest has opened up completely.
- Concentrate on your breathing. Inhale and exhale deeply, each time concentrating on the way you breathe and how your stomach expands and deflates.
- Sit on the floor and place a chair in front of you. Then let your arms, head and the chest rest on the seat of the chair.
- Inhale deeply and let your head fall back.
- Then exhale just as deeply and bring your head forward.
- Repeat this exercise 5 times.