Breathing exercises are designed to help facilitate secretions, eliminate them more easily, facilitate oxygen exchanges, improve diaphragm movement, promote chest drainage, regain lung capacity and prevent reexpansion of affected areas of the lung.
These exercises can be assisted by a physical therapist or a home person, however, ideally they are always performed under the guidance of a specific health care professional and medical history.
Simple exercises that can be done at home include
In this exercise you must support yourself on an inclined surface, keeping your head lower than the body, there will be secretions in the airways that move and are easier to eliminate.
Postural drainage can be performed 3 to 4 times a day, for 30 seconds for as long as the physical therapist determines.
To perform this diaphragmatic exercise correctly it is necessary to place the dominant hand on the shoulder and the dominant hand on the chest, in the region between the pecs. Then there must be a slow inspiration through the nose, so that you can gradually lift the dominant hand, avoiding lifting the main hand. Exhalation should also be slow, usually with the lips half closed and the ground should descend towards the dominant hand.
This exercise involves inhaling using the abdominal wall and reducing chest movement, followed by passive exhalation, which helps improve chest wall movement and ventilation distribution and reduces shortness of breath and increases endurance.
To perform this exercise you have to swell slowly, imagining that you are in an elevator that goes up floor to floor, so if you have to inhale for 1 second hold your breath, continue inhaling 2 more seconds, continue to breathe and then, whenever possible, you have to completely release the air.
This exercise should be done for about 3 minutes. If there are seams, it is advisable to stop and rest for a few minutes before repeating the exercise, should be 3 to 5 times a day.
This exercise should be done by sitting in a chair with your hands resting on your wheels. Then, if you need to clean the room and slowly raise your outstretched arms, which are above your head. Finally, go down to your arms and release all the air from your lungs.
This exercise can also be done side by side, for 3 minutes
This exercise is done by a meal or straw, in which air must be added in a vase with water, forming a hum, for this it is necessary to inhale deeply, hold your breath for 1 second and then release air into the pit by slowly making bubbles in the water. The exercise should be repeated 10 times and the exercise should only be done sitting on foot. If it is not possible to remain in these items, the fiscal year should not be performed.
Alternatively, the person can inhale, inhale for 2 to 3 seconds, hold his breath for 1 second and breathe for more than 3 seconds, repeating 5 times. This exercise can be performed in parallel.
Breathing exercises are part of respiratory physiotherapy, which is usually used in people with acute or chronic lung problems, to help reduce symptoms and facilitate recovery processes.
Similarly, these exercises can be used in person with COVID-19 to relieve symptoms of air withdrawal, make them more effective, and reduce the risk of serious complications, such as pneumonia and respiratory failure.
Even patients who need to be admitted to the COVID-19 intensive care unit, as well as respiratory physiotherapy, can be a very important part of treatment, strengthening breathing muscles that can be weakened by fan use.
Breathing exercises are indicated for people who have
Excessive mucus production due to infection, such as cigarette allergies;
Acute respiratory failure;
Pulmonary collapse;
It’s hard to do.
Also, they can be used whenever necessary to increase the flow of oxygen in the body.
These exercises should not be performed when the person has a temperature above 37. 5 degrees Celsius, as exercises can increase body temperature. In addition, exercise is not recommended at the time of high choice, but this may have more changes for the election.
For people with heart disease, breathing exercise should only be done with the physical therapist, as complications can occur.