apnea exercises

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ranman2
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apnea exercises

Post by ranman2 » Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:09 pm

has anyone had any luck with the apnea exercises that are suppose to strengthen your tongue, throat and jaw muscles? And exercise your soft palate.

thanks

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Julie
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Re: apnea exercises

Post by Julie » Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:39 pm

If you mean has anyone been able to quit Cpap and find OSA gone, probably not. A few people might have had their pressure lowered a bit, but beyond that I highly doubt it. It's come up before and so far Cpap is still leading the way. The problem as much as anything is that muscles are not the issue, but soft tissue above and around them... the kind that doesn't respond like abs or deltoids would.