Stretch and Breathe

Do you know if you are breathing correctly? It's not as easy as it seems. Do you suffer from any of these symptoms?

• Mouth breathing
• Sigh or yawn alot
• Have sweaty palms
• Tingly hands or feet
• Panic attacks
• Snoring
• Feel like you cant get enough air in
• Get frequent heartburn or indigestion
• Rapid breathing rate
• Become dizzy or nauseas with exercise
• Get the stitch while running

Then you may be breathing incorrectly and not allowing your body to receive the essential oxygen it needs to function well.

Many people get into poor breathing habits and dont even know it but do run out of energy, have vague aches and pains, poor sleep and concentration, spent a lot of time yawning and sighing and feel so unwell they think they have a serious disease.

The causes are varied: years of smoking, asthma or bronchitis, anxiety or stress, working or exercising too hard. Often perple are over breathing and not getting enough air out, and show very high 02 saturation levels.

Check yourself against these simple tests to see if you breathe well:

• Can breathe taking less than 14 breaths per minute
• Can blow out against pursed lips for 25 seconds (using a normal breath in)
• Can breathe through the nose for 5 minutes comfortably

If you cant you may benefit from a breathing assessment and exercises.

Lee Gardiner is a qualified physiotherapist and bradcliff practitioner, skilled in breathing retraining exercises. Trained by Dinan Bradley and Tania Clifton-Smith who are world leading physios in this area (see www.bradcliff.com)

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The timetable and venue will be made available here as soon as they are confirmed. In the meantime please EMAIL us and we will make sure a copy of the timetable is sent to you when it is available.

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