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2. How to Exercise When You Have COPD - AOL

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   Certain breathing strategies help people with COPD enjoy physical activity. These strategies, primarily pursed-lip breathing and diaphragmatic breathing, move air through their lungs more efficiently.

3. A Guide for Living With COPD - AOL

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   COPD is a risk factor for coronary artery disease ... is to learn pursed-lip breathing, a technique that helps keep your airways open so you can remove the air that’s trapped into your lungs. To ...

4. Pursed-lip breathing - Wikipedia

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   Pursed-lip breathing increases positive pressure generated in the conducting branches of the lungs. [4] This can hold open bronchioles in patients with high lung compliance, such as those with emphysema. [4] Pursed-lip breathing also accesses the parasympathetic nervous system, which reduces stress during episodes of shortness of breath. [5]

5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Pursed-lip breathing exercises may be useful. [29] Tai chi exercises appear to be safe to practice for people with COPD and may be beneficial for pulmonary function and pulmonary capacity when compared to a regular treatment program. [188] Tai Chi was not found to be more effective than other exercise intervention programs. [188]

6. Bronchoconstriction - Wikipedia

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   With emphysema the shortness of breath due to effective bronchoconstriction from excessive very thick mucus blockage (it is so thick that great difficulty is encountered in expelling it resulting in near exhaustion at times) can bring on panic attacks unless the individual expects this and has effectively learned pursed lip breathing to more quickly transfer oxygen to the blood via the damaged ...

7. How To Be Active in Your Treatment Journey With COPD - AOL

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   Early warning signs of COPD include chronic and progressive labored breathing, coughing, coughing up phlegm, chest tightness, and wheezing. 3 These are often mistaken as typical effects of aging ...