Dynamic Breathing

Dynamic Breathing Dinah Bradley is a New Zealand trained respiratory physiotherapist with over thirty years’ experience working in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Her book Hyperventilation Syndrome/Breathing Pattern Disorders was first published in New Zealand in 1991 (3rd edn Random House NZ, 2003); in Britain in 1992 (Kyle Cathie), and the USA in 2001. She also co- wrote Multidisciplinary Approaches to Breathing Pattern Disorders (Churchill Livingstone, 2002) for clinicians. Tania Clifton-Smith is a physiotherapist with a post-graduate diploma in manipulative therapy. She sits on the Medical Board for Allergy New Zealand, is a recognised practitioner for the NZ Academy of Sport and a preferred provider for the Pinnacle Group, a sports organization which helps aspiring world champions. She is the author of Breathe to Succeed, published by Penguin Books NZ, and co-author of Breathing Matters, published by Random Books NZ in 2006. Together the authors operate Breathing Works Ltd, the first breathing pattern disorders clinic in Australasia. They developed the BradCliff Method®, their unique physiotherapy-based programme for the treatment of functional breathing pattern disorders/hyperventilation syndromes. They also co-wrote Breathe, Stretch & Move (Random House NZ, 2005). Overcoming Common Problems Series Selected titles A full list of titles is available from Sheldon Press, 36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4ST and on our website at www.sheldonpress.co.uk The Assertiveness Handbook Coping When Your Child Has Cerebral Palsy Mary Hartley Jill Eckersley Assertiveness: Step by step Coping with Age-related Memory Loss Dr Windy Dryden and Daniel Constantinou Dr Tom Smith Backache: What you need to know Coping with Birth Trauma and Postnatal Dr David Delvin Depression Lucy Jolin Body Language: What you need to know David Cohen Coping with Bowel Cancer Dr Tom Smith The Cancer Survivor’s Handbook Dr Terry Priestman Coping with Candida Shirley Trickett The Candida Diet Book Karen Brody Coping with Chemotherapy Dr Terry Priestman The Chronic Fatigue Healing Diet Christine Craggs-Hinton Coping with Chronic Fatigue Trudie Chalder The Chronic Pain Diet Book Neville Shone Coping with Coeliac Disease Karen Brody Cider Vinegar Margaret Hills Coping with Compulsive Eating Ruth Searle The Complete Carer’s Guide Bridget McCall Coping with Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence The Confidence Book Dr Philippa Kaye Gordon Lamont Coping with Diverticulitis Confidence Works Peter Cartwright Gladeana McMahon Coping with Down’s Syndrome Coping Successfully with Pain Fiona Marshall Neville Shone Coping with Dyspraxia Coping Successfully with Panic Attacks Jill Eckersley Shirley Trickett Coping with Eating Disorders and Body Image Coping Successfully with Period Problems Christine Craggs-Hinton Mary-Claire Mason Coping with Epilepsy in Children and Young Coping Successfully with Psoriasis People Christine Craggs-Hinton Susan Elliot-Wright Coping Successfully with Ulcerative Colitis Coping with Family Stress Peter Cartwright Dr Peter Cheevers Coping Successfully with Varicose Veins Coping with Gout Christine Craggs-Hinton Christine Craggs-Hinton Coping Successfully with Your Hiatus Hernia Coping with Hay Fever Dr Tom Smith Christine Craggs-Hinton Coping Successfully with Your Irritable Bowel Coping with Headaches and Migraine Rosemary Nicol Alison Frith Overcoming Common Problems Series Coping with Hearing Loss A Guide to Anger Management Christine Craggs-Hinton Mary Hartley Coping with Heartburn and Reflux Heal the Hurt: How to forgive and move on Dr Tom Smith Dr Ann Macaskill Coping with Kidney Disease Helping Children Cope with Anxiety Dr Tom Smith Jill Eckersley Coping with Life after Stroke Helping Children Cope with Grief Dr Mareeni Raymond Rosemary Wells Coping with Macular Degeneration How to Approach Death Dr Patricia Gilbert Julia Tugendhat Coping with a Mid-life Crisis How to be a Healthy Weight Derek Milne Philippa Pigache Coping with PMS How to Beat Pain Dr Farah Ahmed and Dr Emma Cordle Christine Craggs-Hinton Coping with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome How to Cope with Difficult People Christine Craggs-Hinton Alan Houel and Christian Godefroy Coping with Postnatal Depression How to Fight Chronic Fatigue Sandra L. Wheatley Christine Craggs-Hinton Coping with Radiotherapy Dr Terry Priestman How to Get the Best from Your Doctor Dr Tom Smith Coping with a Stressed Nervous System Dr Kenneth Hambly and Alice Muir How to Stop Worrying Dr Frank Tallis Coping with Suicide Maggie Helen How to Talk to Your Child Penny Oates Coping with Tinnitus Christine Craggs-Hinton Hysterectomy: Is it right for you? Janet Wright Coping with Type 2 Diabetes Susan Elliot-Wright The IBS Healing Plan Theresa Cheung Coping with Your Partner’s Death: Your bereavement guide Letting Go of Anxiety and Depression Geoff Billings Dr Windy Dryden The Depression Diet Book Living with Angina Theresa Cheung Dr Tom Smith Depression: Healing emotional distress Living with Asperger Syndrome Linda Hurcombe Dr Joan Gomez Depressive Illness Living with Autism Dr Tim Cantopher Fiona Marshall Eating for a Healthy Heart Living with Bipolar Disorder Robert Povey, Jacqui Morrell and Rachel Povey Dr Neel Burton Every Woman’s Guide to Digestive Health Living with Birthmarks and Blemishes Jill Eckersley Gordon Lamont The Fertility Handbook Living with Crohn’s Disease Dr Philippa Kaye Dr Joan Gomez The Fibromyalgia Healing Diet Living with Eczema Christine Craggs-Hinton Jill Eckersley Free Your Life from Fear Living with Fibromyalgia Jenny Hare Christine Craggs-Hinton Free Yourself from Depression Living with Food Intolerance Colin and Margaret Sutherland Alex Gazzola Overcoming Common Problems Series Living with Gluten Intolerance Overcoming Panic and Related Anxiety Jane Feinmann Disorders Margaret Hawkins Living with Grief Dr Tony Lake Overcoming Procrastination Dr Windy Dryden Living with Loss and Grief Julia Tugendhat Overcoming Shyness and Social Anxiety Ruth Searle Living with Osteoarthritis Dr Patricia Gilbert Overcoming Tiredness and Exhaustion Fiona Marshall Living with Osteoporosis Dr Joan Gomez Reducing Your Risk of Cancer Dr Terry Priestman Living with Physical Disability and Amputation Dr Keren Fisher Safe Dieting for Teens Linda Ojeda Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis Philippa Pigache Self-discipline: How to get it and how to keep it Living with Schizophrenia Dr Windy Dryden Dr Neel Burton and Dr Phil Davison The Self-Esteem Journal Living with a Seriously Ill Child Alison Waines Dr Jan Aldridge Simplify Your Life Living with Sjögren’s Syndrome Naomi Saunders Sue Dyson Sinusitis: Steps to healing Living with Type 1 Diabetes Dr Paul Carson Dr Tom Smith Stammering: Advice for all ages Losing a Child Renée Byrne and Louise Wright Linda Hurcombe The Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book Stress-related Illness Tessa Buckley Dr Tim Cantopher Osteoporosis: Prevent and treat Ten Steps to Positive Living Dr Tom Smith Dr Windy Dryden Overcome Your Fear of Flying Think Your Way to Happiness Professor Robert Bor, Dr Carina Eriksen and Dr Windy Dryden and Jack Gordon Margaret Oakes The Thinking Person’s Guide to Happiness Overcoming Agoraphobia Ruth Searle Melissa Murphy Tranquillizers and Antidepressants: When to Overcoming Anorexia take them, how to stop Professor J. Hubert Lacey, Christine Craggs-Hinton Professor Malcolm Lader and Kate Robinson The Traveller’s Good Health Guide Overcoming Anxiety Dr Ted Lankester Dr Windy Dryden Treating Arthritis Diet Book Overcoming Back Pain Margaret Hills Dr Tom Smith Treating Arthritis: The drug-free way Overcoming Depression Margaret Hills and Christine Horner Dr Windy Dryden and Sarah Opie Treating Arthritis: More ways to a drug-free Overcoming Emotional Abuse life Susan Elliot-Wright Margaret Hills Overcoming Hurt Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions Dr Windy Dryden Dr Frank Tallis Overcoming Insomnia When Someone You Love Has Dementia Susan Elliot-Wright Susan Elliot-Wright Overcoming Jealousy When Someone You Love Has Depression Dr Windy Dryden Barbara Baker Overcoming Common Problems Dynamic Breathing How to manage your asthma DINAH BRADLEY AND TANIA CLIFTON-SMITH First published in New Zealand in 2002 by Random House New Zealand First published in Great Britain in 2010 Sheldon Press 36 Causton Street London SW1P 4ST Copyright © Dinah Bradley and Tania Clifton-Smith 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the external website and email addresses included in this book are correct and up to date at the time of going to press. The author and publisher are not responsible for the content, quality or continuing accessibility of the sites. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978–1–84709–078–2 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset by Fakenham Photosetting Ltd, Fakenham, Norfolk Printed in Great Britain by Ashford Colour Press Produced on paper from sustainable forests Contents Acknowledgements ix Foreword by Dr Mike Thomas xi Foreword by Dr Allen Liang xv Introduction 1 1 Breathe well to be well 3 2 When good breathing goes bad 9 3 It’s right under your nose 15 4 The vital pump 24 5 Body works 30 6 Coughing 36 7 A recipe for good breathing patterns 42 8 Posture and body mechanics 53 9 Breathing and exercise 62 10 Stretches and movement 69 11 Allergies 82 Appendix I Medication for asthma 87 Appendix 2 Inhalers 90 Appendix 3 Other co-existing breathing disorders 98 Useful addresses 101 Index 105 This page has intentionally been left blank Acknowledgements Thanks to: Dr Mike Thomas (in the UK) and Dr Allen Liang (in New Zealand) for their generous contribution to and support of this project; the New Zealand Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand (Inc.) for use of asthma education material; the Auckland Asthma Society; and last but not least, the people who live with asthma, for their kind contribution of illuminating comments.

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