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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF IMT - HEALTH RELATED

POWERbreathe & Seniors

If you get out of breath walking upstairs, running for a bus or walking the dog and find you are restricted by shortness of breath, then exercising and strengthening the muscles you use to breathe (the inspiratory muscles) can help.

POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training (breathing muscle training):

Is scientifically proven to reduce breathlessness and restore breathing power
Does not involve drugs and has no interactions with other drugs
Is quick and easy to use and effective within 4-weeks
Increases breathing muscle strength by 30 – 50%

Older adults experience a higher intensity of breathlessness than younger people, simply because of advancing years or as a result of illness, but with POWERbreathe you can learn how to breathe well again. POWERbreathe & Seniors

POWERbreathe & Respiratory Conditons

POWERbreathe is scientifically proven to strengthen the muscles we use to breathe, reducing breathlessness, improving exercise/activity tolerance and enhancing quality of life in people with debilitating respiratory conditions including asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and bronchitis.

A team of scientists at Britain’s leading Human Performance Research universities discovered that a major cause of the sensation of breathlessness is weakness of the muscles we use to breathe. Their studies showed that people who exercise and strengthen these muscles tend to feel less breathless and find they are able to carry out activities which previously left them gasping for breath.

POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training (breathing muscle training) is scientifically proven to strengthen the inspiratory muscles (the muscles used to breathe), reducing breathlessness, improving exercise/activity tolerance and enhancing quality of life in people with debilitating respiratory conditions including asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and bronchitis.

Asthma

In laboratory studies and randomised controlled trials, inspiratory muscle training was shown to generate:

A reduction in the consumption of medication of up to 79%¹
A reduction of ß2-agonists consumption by up to 79%¹
An improvement in asthma symptoms by up to 75% in 3 weeks²

COPD

In laboratory studies and randomised controlled trials, inspiratory muscle training was shown to generate:

Improvements in inspiratory muscle strength of 55% (Newall et al., 1998)
Endurance of 86% (Newall et al., 1998)
Improvements in quality of life by 21%³
Improvements in dyspnoea by 36%³
Reduction in primary care consultations by 23%³

Using the laboratory-proven POWERbreathe training system of just 30-breaths twice a day, the strength of your breathing muscles will improve rapidly.

Within a few days your breathing muscles will feel stronger
Within 3-weeks you’ll feel less breathless
Within 4-weeks activities will feel easier

Research:

Links to research papers, published in peer-reviewed, high quality scientific journals. As well as original studies, we have also included some articles that review IMT; these have been written by experts in this field of research.

¹Inspiratory muscle training in patients with bronchial asthma.
² Inspiratory muscle training improves lung function and reduces exertional dyspnoea in mild/moderate asthmatics - McConnell, A. K., M. P. Caine, et al. (1998). Clinical Science 95(2): 4P.
³ The Effects of 1 Year of Specific Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With COPD.

Other Health Conditions

Breathlessness is a common feature of lung and heart disease, and a major cause of the sensation of breathlessness is weakness of the muscles we use to breathe (the inspiratory muscles).

Specific Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) of the muscles we use to breathe has been demonstrated to increase their strength, resistance to fatigue and reduce breathlessness.

Any condition that prevents normal physical activity can lead to inspiratory muscle weakness, and in addition to asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Inspiratory Muscle Training has been found to be helpful for managing other medical conditions, including: