Exercises to Improve Apnea?

[always_tired]

John Hopkins sent me an "invitation" to subscribe to their health newsletter. If I subscribed, I could pick from a number of "white papers" written by their staff. One of these was on sleep, and the teaser was exercises that improve moderate sleep apnea.

Does anyone know what they are taking about? I tried searching on this site and couldn't find anything recently.

[secret agent girl]

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[SleepingUgly]

I don't know if this is it, but Dr. Park alluded to tongue exercises on his telecast the other night. He referenced http://www.ijustwanttosleep.com, but did note that there is no muscle tone during REM, so it wouldn't help at those times. I googled "tongue exercises apnea" and there are more citations. He talks about it here:

http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/ ... -for-sleep

John Hopkins sent me an "invitation" to subscribe to their health newsletter. If I subscribed, I could pick from a number of "white papers" written by their staff. One of these was on sleep, and the teaser was exercises that improve moderate sleep apnea.

Does anyone know what they are taking about? I tried searching on this site and couldn't find anything recently.

[KatieW]

http://www.thoracic.org/sections/public ... LH-art.pdf

http://www.sdhct.nhs.uk/patientcare/pil/23558.pdf

and, do a forum search on "throat+exercises"

I have printed a copy of of the above, but haven't tried them yet.

[Muffy]

Exercising, eh?

[potholerepairman]

You could take up playing the "didgeridoo", an Australian aboriginal wind instrument:



There was a "white paper" documenting it's effectiveness:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7536/266

This was followed by an advertising campaign by Acme Didgeridoo, Inc. (Cheboygan, AU) promoting the "didge", and included well-known personalities such as Nicole Kidman:



Gabrielle Reilly:



OK hang on a minute, BRB...

Those might be sexercices but Im no doctor, but I did stay at a holiday express once.

[Muffy]

You could take up playing the "didgeridoo", an Australian aboriginal wind instrument:



There was a "white paper" documenting it's effectiveness:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7536/266

This was followed by an advertising campaign by Acme Didgeridoo, Inc. (Cheboygan, AU) promoting the "didge", and included well-known personalities such as Nicole Kidman:



Gabrielle Reilly:



OK hang on a minute, BRB...

[always_tired]

A while back, I think I read about some yoga breathing techniques that are supposed to help also.

[GumbyCT]

You could take up playing the "didgeridoo", an Australian aboriginal wind instrument:



Gabrielle Reilly:



OK hang on a minute, BRB...

LMAO.... I know where s/he went ....lmao
Thought this was worth having in my archives.

Ok....brb

[Muffy]

The "didge" has also been employed when the PVC-based Blue Man Group (BMG):



decides to have an "unplugged" (or "wooden") night:



Muffy

[albill]

I've heard the didgeridoo recommendation before as well.

[Muffy]

Stayed up too late last night, playing a new video game I got for Christmas:



But I'll tell ya, some of the great didge riffs of all time in there...

Muffy