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Overcoming asthma with ButeykoAsthma

Asthma is extremely common, affecting more than five million people in the UK alone.  

The symptoms of wheezing, breathlessness, tight chest, coughing, inability to get a good breath in can be very frightening. Asthma still kills on average 1400 people per year in the UK.

What can Buteyko do for your Asthma?

Learning Buteyko helps to normalise the breathing pattern and reverse the chronic hyperventilation. better breathing leads to better symptom control with less medication so Buteyko is a natural, drug-free treatment. When people learn to control their asthma with the simple breathing exercises, they lean not to fear asthma. Wheezing, coughing, breathlessness, tight chest become a thing of the past, or at least much more easily controlled.

“I cannot remember having such a good night’s sleep and have not needed my reliever inhaler since doing the course” Philippa, High Peak.

Allergies

Allergies such as hay fever (usually seasonal, grass pollen) and pet allergies, are also common. Many people have sinus problems with blocked or running noses and sneezing. 

What people with these conditions have in common is that they breathe more air than healthy people; that is they hyperventilate.

Buteyko can normalise breathing and reduce symptoms. Courses are individually designed for your safety. Children and adults are usually taught in seperate classes as their breathing exercises are different.

Other respiratory conditions

Conditions such as emphysema, Bronchiectasis and chronic bronchitis also have some of the same symptoms as asthma. Sometimes it is better to look at symptoms rather than the diagnosis of a condition, which could be given different diagnoses by different health care professionals. Some of symptoms in these chronic conditions respond well to Buteyko, especially if there is excess mucus/phlegm production. However, whereas the Buteyko exercises can soon be reduced for someone with asthma, people with conditions such as emphysema are likely to need to continue with their daily excercises long-term to benefit from Buteyko.