The alternation of fall and winter, the weather is dry, and the temperature changes in the morning and evening are large, and it is the season of high incidence of respiratory diseases. Respiratory diseases are divided into acute upper respiratory tract infections, influenza, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary heart disease and so on. 

Among them, in addition to acute upper respiratory tract infections often in the fall and winter "rampant", some chronic respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, etc., will also be due to the weather changes, the cold air will lead to aggravation of the condition of coughing, coughing up sputum increased, dyspnea is more pronounced symptoms, and have to strengthen the treatment, and at the same time to improve lung function.

What is lung function?

It refers to the various functions of the lungs such as respiration, defense and metabolism. 

The root of improving lung function is respiratory rehabilitation training: respiratory rehabilitation training can not only alleviate the symptoms of dyspnea, but also improve the cardiopulmonary function to a certain extent, improve exercise endurance and quality of life, enhance the patient's ability to participate in social activities, and improve the physical and mental state.

Then I will teach you how to carry out effective respiratory rehabilitation training, respiratory rehabilitation training methods have active respiratory training and passive respiratory training two categories.

Active respiratory training

Abdominal Breathing (Diaphragmatic Breathing)

Lie on your back or breathe comfortably in abdominal breathing, sit in a meditative position and relax your whole body. Breathe naturally for a period of time, with your right hand on your belly button and your left hand on your chest.

Inhaling, expand the abdomen outward as much as possible, keeping the chest still. When you exhale, contract the abdomen inward as much as possible, keeping the chest still. Repeat the cycle, keeping the rhythm of each breath consistent. Carefully experience the rise and fall of the abdomen.

Requirements: resting breathing, inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth, breathing should be slow and even, inhalation can be seen in the upper abdomen bulging, exhalation can be seen in the abdominal depression, while the thorax to maintain a minimum range of motion or immobility. Abdominal breathing exercise initially, 2 times a day, each time 10 to 15 minutes. After mastering the essentials of the movement, the number of times and the duration of each exercise can be gradually increased.

Note: Exercise whenever and wherever your condition permits, eventually forming a conscious habitual breathing pattern.

Lip-contraction Breathing

Inhale through the nose and then exhale through the mouth. When exhaling, try to shrink the lips like whistling, and continue to exhale slowly. The ratio of exhalation to inhalation is 2:1 or 3:1, each time for 10-20 minutes, twice a day.

Resistance Breathing

Research has shown that resistance breathing training is the most scientific and effective way of breathing training in current clinical experience, as the name suggests, that is, the breathing training method that applies resistance during exhalation.

Saik Respiratory Trainer is an instrument that combines both respiratory function testing and respiratory training, with different strengths of impedance training, and at the same time, it is divided into manual mode and automatic mode.

It can increase the airway resistance during training, slow down the small airways in the lesion area to close prematurely during expiration, so as to achieve the purpose of improving ventilation and air exchange, reducing the amount of residual air in the lungs, enhancing the muscle strength and endurance of the respiratory muscles, expanding the airway, reducing the respiratory resistance, improving the respiratory quality, and helping the patient to recover as soon as possible.

Patients can follow the doctor's instructions or judge their own physical condition to choose different modes and intensity of the equipment for training.

Passive breathing training

01. Diaphragm training method: Bend the knees and hips, place the thumb 1cm below the xiphoid process and give downward and upward pressure at the end of inhalation up to 3 times to prevent hiccups.

02. Abdominal muscle training method: Bend the knees and hips, put your hand on the rectus abdominis muscle, and give downward pressure during exhalation.

03. Intercostal muscle training method: put one hand on the upper thorax and one hand on the lower thorax, when inhaling, the upper thorax goes outward and the lower thorax goes inward and downward. When you exhale, the upper thorax goes inward and the lower thorax goes outward and upward.

04. Internal and external abdominal obliques training method Flex the knees and hips to assist the patient's legs to move from side to side.

05. Internal and external abdominal obliquity training method fixes the opposite side of the pelvis with one hand, and pulls the opposite side of the scapula in the direction close to the body with the other hand.

06. Sternocleidomastoid muscle training method: fix the mastoid process of sternocleidomastoid muscle with both hands, and pull it upward when inhaling.