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My Internet literature searchings on drug-free asthma methods have now led to the inspiratory muscle trainers such as Powerbreathe, Powerlung and Ultrabreathe etc for training nose and abdominal breathing. Such training is obviously scientifically indicated for asthma sufferers, whose nose breathing may be ineffective or who often breathe in through the mouths. To check out the science, search for Paltiel Weiner and McConnell on inspiratory muscle training or SIMT. In my opinion they represent the long expected breakthrough on asthma.
Such devices cause the user to inhale vigorously through the nose. He imagines that the chest is being energetically used and may not notice the actual diversion to breathing through the nose. The manufacturers speak of a training of the inspiratory muscles or specific inspiratory muscle training abbreviated as SIMT and not, as just noted, of “nose breathing trainers”.
However what obviously must occur to an asthma-minded person is that we here have a remedial exercise for correcting mouth breathing, which is a well known cause of asthma, the details of the causative mechanism not being relevant here.
The manufacturers also show that not only nose breathing but also diaphragmatic breathing is enhanced so as to overcome dynamic hyperinflation so significant in asthma and COPD.
However, to put it in a nutshell, the purchase of a device is at least provisionally not required, because sucking air past/over a finger held between the lips but otherwise sticking to the devices’ instructions works just as well or better. In fact, the resistance to the inhale can be varied and the effect intensified toward the end of each inhale so that diaphragmatic breathing can be concentrated on. As compared with a pursed lips inhale there is the advantage that the lips are firmer than without a finger held between them. There is a more precise control of resistance to air flow. RF