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The Buteyko Method

Buteyko breathing exercises can improve asthma symptoms in some people, research has found. The study was funded by the National Asthma Campaign to examine the effects on asthma symptoms of using two different breathing techniques: Buteyko and pranayama, (a yoga breathing exercise). Buteyko breathing can benefit asthma. Asthma UK.29/7/2003

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Breathing Method Helps Asthma Patients

More than 17 million Americans rely on rescue inhalers to control their asthma. Over the past 20 years, asthma rates have risen 75% in the U.S. and childhood asthma has doubled. But a simple breathing technique is helping thousands of people beat asthma-- in many cases, without medication. ABC Eyewitness USA 7/17/2002

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Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised trial

“In conclusion, we found that those practising BBT reduced hyperventilation and their use of beta 2-agonists. A trend toward reduced inhaled steroid use and better quality of life was observed in these patients without changes in objective measures of airway calibre.”
Source: Simon D Bowler, Amanda Green and Charles A Mitchell Medical Journal of Australia 1998; 169:575-578
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Prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in patients treated
for asthma in primary care: cross sectional survey
Mike Thomas, R K McKinley, Elaine Freeman, Chris Foy
Abstract;Objectives To estimate the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in adults with asthma treated in the community.
Design Postal questionnaire survey using Nijmegen questionnaire. Setting One general practice with 7033 patients. Participants All adult patients aged 17­65 with
diagnosed asthma who were receiving treatment. Main outcome measure Score >23 on Nijmegen questionnaire. Results 227/307 patients returned completed questionnaires; 219 (71.3%) questionnaires were suitable for analysis. 63 participants scored >23. Those scoring >23 were more likely to be female than male (46/132 (35%) v 17/87 (20%), P = 0.016) and were younger (mean (SD) age 44.8 (14.7) v 49.0 (13.8, (P = 0.05). Patients at different treatment steps of the British Thoracic Society asthma guidelines wereaffected equally. Conclusions About a third of women and a fifth of men had scores suggestive of dysfunctional breathing. Although further studies are needed to confirm the validity of this screening tool and these findings, these prevalences suggest scope for therapeutic intervention and may explain the anecdotal success of the Buteyko method of treating asthma.

The Papworth Method

Breathing technique 'aids asthma' Dr Mike Thomas, Senior Research Fellow at Asthma UK, welcomed the study. "It is also consistent with other studies from Australia and the UK which show that breathing exercises can help to reduce the need for reliever medication and can improve the quality of life of people with asthma. Thursday 28th June 2007

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