Treating Apnea with Stone Knives and Bearskins

NomoreCrashcart · Post by **NomoreCrashcart** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:22 pm

Here's Dr. Simeon Margolis (M.D., Ph.D, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) article of 8/6/2007 on ways to stop snoring that only mentions SURGERY as a method of treating sleep apnea:

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthn ... op-snoring

HOW are we STILL in the DARK AGES????

I'm writing a letter (NOT an email) to the good Dr. right now to advise him that there has been a breakthrough called xPAP he might want to look into.

SHEESH!

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:28 pm

He's probably a surgeon.

Just like my dentist is convinced his dental appliance is the only thing that will cure sleep apnea...

LOL,
B.

drummergirl410 · Post by **drummergirl410** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:05 pm

It's funny how the different people you talk to in the proffession have all these different opinions! My sleep doc who is a pulmonologist, told me in about as many words... "Your choices are surgery, a mouth appliance, or CPAP, and CPAP works the best of the three." There was no even considering the other two at all with him! I'm not minding though, I love my CPAP.

Oh, that reminds me.. I saw an article not too many weeks ago still promoting playing the digeradoo as a way to treat SA! (No offence to anyone who does this.. but I think I'll stick with my CPAP!)

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NomoreCrashcart · Post by **NomoreCrashcart** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:35 pm

[quote="drummergirl410"]I saw an article not too many weeks ago still promoting playing the digeradoo as a way to treat SA! (No offence to anyone who does this.. but I think I'll stick with my CPAP!)

echo · Post by **echo** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:41 pm

What do you do with your didgeradoo.... stick it in your hoodie-hoo?
Then just... go to sleep?

Ahhhh if it were only THAT easy (no leaks!).

No seriously, I thought that this was a semi-serious exercise that really worked for OSA - or was that just me believing everything I see on TV?

drummergirl410 · Post by **drummergirl410** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:11 pm

LOL! Supposedly playing the digeradoo helps because when you play it correctly over a period of time on a consistent basis, all the blowing strenghtens the muscles that weaken because of the SA. Some people swear by it and it's the only intervention they use to treat the SA. I don't know of any hard and fast proof, ex. clinical studies, etc. I can see where it would help, but dealing with the xpap seems easier to me.

Craig-Tx · Post by **Craig-Tx** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:23 am

From what I've read, Playing the Didge helps primarily because of a special breathing technique used when playing called Circular breathing.

While playing, to continue the Drone, you actually fill your mouth with air, and continue to blow out while breathing in quickly through your nose. Doing so exercises muscles in your mouth and throat that have been shown to help mild sleep apnea.

I've been tempted to pick one up and try it out for a while.

Also, I know there is at least one person on this forum that plays the Didge. Do a search, and there is info on the subject.

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