Lots of very good stuff in here, better to read and digest this yourself. But it really is your doctor's responsibility to consolidate this into stroke protocols.
Or you can listen to this 26 minute documentary.
The Lost Art of Breathing
"After recovering from pneumonia for the third time, journalist James Nestor took decisive action to improve his lungs. He questioned why so many humans -- and only humans -- have to contend with stuffy noses, snoring, asthma, allergies, sinusitis and sleep apnea, to name but a few. James hears remarkable stories of others who have changed their lives through the power of breath. His deep dive into the unconscious and oft-ignored act of human respiration offers us all a way to breathe easier." More in this BBC special. { read more }
But a few highlights:
Joseph Wolpe psychiatrist, rediscoverd carbon dioxide therapy for anxiety; Breath page 176
A mixture of 5% carbon dioxide and the rest oxygen made popular by Yalt physiologist Yandell Henderson; Breath page 174-5. Was used with great success to treat strokes, pneumonia,asthma,and asphyxia in new born babies.
Whenever the body is forced to take in more air than it needs, we'll exhale too much carbon dioxide, which will narrow the blood vessels and decrease circulation,especially in the brain; Breath page 163. With just a few minutes, or even seconds of overbreathing, brain blood flow can decrease by 40 percent.
Porges found a less invasive way to stimulate the vagus nerve; Breath page 150. Willing ourselves to breath slowly will open up communication along the vagal network and relax us into a parasympathetic state. Breathing really fast and heavy on purpose flips the vagal response the other way, showing us into stressed state.
Tummo for vagal nerve stimulation by Dr. Stephen Porges; Breath page148.
Wim Hof breathwork: Breath page 156. To practice the technique, start by finding a quiet place and lying flat on your back with a pillow under your head. Relax the shoulders, chest and legs. Take a very deep breath into the pit of your stomach and let it out just as quickly. Keep breathing this way for 30 cycles. If possible breath thru the nose. At the end of 30 breaths, exhale to the natural conclusion, leaving about a quarter of the air in your lungs, then hold that breath for as long as possible. Once you've reached your breath hold limit,take one huge inhale and hold it for another 15 seconds. Very gently, move that fresh breath of air around the chest and to the shoulders, then exhale and start heavy breathing again. Repeat the whole pattern 3 or 4 rounds and add in some cold exposure(cold shower, ice bath,naked snow angels) a few times a week. This flip flopping is the key to Tummo's magic.
5.5 breaths per minute blood flow to the brain increased; Breath page 83.
Breathing way less delivered the benefits of high altitude training at 6500 feet; Breath page 95. Other names are hypoventilation, hypoxic training,Buteyko training, normobaric hypoxia training.
No comments:
Post a Comment