Thank you for posting these breathing exercises BJ. I looked at all the links and I will certainly try them.

Good stuff BJ /hank/

Thanks for the links. I've been thinking there's got to be more I can do!

Thanks, BJ. Hope you are feeling better.

ty bj
i must say i enjoy doing the excercises more with the lil ugly guy in the 1st link than explanation ones in the other links
holding breath is hard work & one i definatly need to work on i think!

Good morning,
I hope the breathing exercises help you. However, let me say to read the instructions carefully and adjust them as to what you can do. For instance, one says to "Hyperventilate" !!! There is no way we need to do this one folks !! So skip that one. Another speaks of one that you need a friend with because you may pass out. I am sure we do not want that one either !! lol There are several good one's and as far as the "holding your breath" I personally start out very small like count of 5 . Use your own judgement and doing these should benefit us and keeping our airways open.

BJ

After 87 days of not smoking, I tried singing. Hey I still have a voice, I was surprised to hear it.
Thanks BJ.

Hey Jazz - I did a post somewhere on here that talks about singing being a good therapeutic exercise like a breathing exercise - every little bit helps . . . and your voice will probably get stronger /hank/

Question from the wiki link. "You probably want to fill your lungs to about 80%-85% capacity." How do you know the capacity reached? Some measuring tool?

Well, I would figure just do not inhale a lung full of air. That to me seems to be what they are talking about, leave a bit of space. If you inhale to the point you can not inhale any more, then that is to much....

BJ

http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/ss/slideshow-copd-exercises

I seem to be doing everything backwards today. On my original post I said at the bottom to try "webmd" because somehow that page would not print for me. I tried today and it did, so here are a few more...

bj

Thanks BJ