Our lips is always with us so take the opportunity to every now and then use resistance breathing to lower number of breaths per minute, raise the residual lung volume and open up the airways.
Per, Strength stairs
Performance
Time needed: 1 minute.
This is called closed lip breathing or “smell the flower and blow out the candle”
- Breathe in through your nose
Closed mouth
Deep breath - Breathe out through the mouth
Press your lips together and exhale.
Common questions
One technique to breath out, unequipped, with higher pressure and where this pressure is used in different ways.
For example it can:
raise the pressure in the lungs
open up the airways
lead to lowered breathing frequency
facilitate secretion mobilization
None.
To achieve a better effect you can either sit or stand up with your arms behind your back, postures that helps the breast to open up and the breathing apparatus to function better.
Talk to your doctor or physiotherapist if you are diagnosed with something that impacts your breathing apparatus.
Test a couple of breaths the first sets and see how it feels.
Lie down the first times and see how it feels