Sneazing ...does it execise your chest muscles and help heart /lung function any better ?
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I've been told by my doctors that if when I feel the start of an Angina episode or heart attack 'forcing' a few good sneezes can cut it off quicker than my nitro tabs and it really does work! I'm not sure why it works but I'm sure happy it does.
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heavy and vigorous exercises increases the demand of oxygen thereby increasing the breathing rate 20-25 timesper minute.Otherwise it is 18-20 times.Certainly not, the effect will be different to different people. an asthematic person may have have even more effect of it. it may be either a rapid increase in breathing rate or problem in inhalation. adults(70-80) have also somewhat effect too.this increases their blood preesure pulse rate and chances of heart failure.
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It helps them breath easier.  Actually most people in distress will put themselves in this position without being told by anyone.  It helps them take deeper more effective breaths.  I have seen asthmatic patients do it as well.
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Cardio- (heart) Pulmonary (breathing) Resuscitation
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BREATHING EXCERSISE WILL HELP MUCH.
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If you are gasping for breath when you work out you are over doing it and you are not training correctly to the best of your ability you should be exercising at a rate that is comfortable and one that you feel you could hold a conversation whilst doing.  You need to be using the aerobic system this is where you use the oxygen you breathe in to transport oxygen around the body to the muscles being used the system that you are most probably using is the anaerobic system this is where the oxygen that you are taking in is only going to the organs so the muscles have to use reserves of the glucose that is stored in your liver this means your ability to burn fat is not as good and your muscles will get a build up of lactic acid which will make you sore If you feel "the burn" as they say then this is wrong. It is better to stay at a steady pace for longer that it is to increase too fast. Anyway the best technique to breathe is in through your nose and out through your mouth.
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what do u mean??? isn't more lung capacity supposed 2 be greatt?????.. what the dangerous part? i mean.. u can breath more.. u can hold ur breath more...
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As they all say that's false. However...when you have a heart attack a strong sneeze can *stop* the heart attack! It really works (I've had to force a sneeze a few times).
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Not really, hey but go kickboxing, gr8 work out! oh yea meditating helps.
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hi. allow me to share with you a couple of  highly effective yoga techniques which a am sure will do u a whole lot of good. \nthe two exercices or "PRANAYAM" as they r widely known, not only cures respiratory illnesses but also takes care of exceessive weigt gain, eyesight and also heart ailments in many patients. people have understood the benefits within weeks of starting these exercises, and i beleive u will 2.\n\n1. sit with an erct posture on the ground. both legs crossed. this is the common position in all yogic asanas. then take a deep breath. this should then be forcefully expelled from your nose by applying force on your stomach. follow this action continuously @ 2/sec. in the beginning do only 30 reps at a stretch. then rest for a while. restart and repeat the cyle for 5-10 times. do not exert yourself. you will succeed gradually. as ur capacity increases do these sets for 10-15 mins daily, increasing the reps and sets accrdng 2 ur convinience\n\n2. after the first exercise, relax. and do this one slowly. inhale air deeply from left nostril while holding the other closed with the thumb of the right hand. after completing the inhalation close the left nostril with right mid finger and exale slowly from the right nostril. follow this with an  inhale from the right and exale from the left using fingers as mentioned. do this task for 10-15 mmins daily.\n\nnote. these exercises need to be done on an empty stomach. so it is important that u havent eaten anything 3-4 hrs prior to doing these exercise. hence early morning is the best time to perform yoga. 1/2 na hour will put u enroute to a life of healthy living\n\n\nleg raises while lying down and twisting exercises also form an essential part of yoga. but i am sure u must be knowing that already. the pranayam is as na effective substitute for overweight/obese people, or those suffering fro joint aches who cant afford to do cardiovascular workouts.
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hi. allow me to share with you a couple of  highly effective yoga techniques which a am sure will do u a whole lot of good. \nthe exercices or "PRANAYAM" as they r widely known, not only cures respiratory illnesses but also takes care of exceessive weigt gain, eyesight and also heart ailments in many patients. people have understood the benefits within weeks of starting these exercises, and i beleive u will 2.\n\n1. sit with an erct posture on the ground. both legs crossed. this is the common position in all yogic asanas.  relax. and do this one slowly. inhale air deeply from left nostril while holding the other closed with the thumb of the right hand. after completing the inhalation close the left nostril with right mid finger and exale slowly from the right nostril. follow this with an  inhale from the right and exale from the left using fingers as mentioned. do this task for 10-15 mmins daily.\n\n2. take a deep breath and slowly expel the air with mouth closed. simultaneously make a humming sound from ur mouth. do this for 5-1o minutes everyday.\n\nnote. these exercises need to be done on an empty stomach. so it is important that u havent eaten anything 3-4 hrs prior to doing these exercise. hence early morning is the best time to perform yoga. 1/2 na hour will put u enroute to a life of healthy living
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Vicks is good true! Sleep with that on at night. During the day though I'd use Primatene Mist for your chest. I get bronchitis every year. I decided to self proscribe the stuff cause I just could NOT get a productive cough. The inhaler helped my lungs open up so much. The zpak will take effect really quickly. In the meantime, try this until it does. Worked miracles for me. :)
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That is the diaphragm. It is a muscle that helps breathing.
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In fact it does, exercise helps blood flow to all body parts and that is the secret. Just don't exercise to death in order to be a jenius that wont happen ...lol
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It's a question of the relative amounts of muscle and fat, together with the density of your bones. Basically, if your overall body density (mass/volume) is >1 you will sink, if it's <1 you will float.\n\nThe air in your lungs *does* make a difference, since taking a deep breath both expands your volume, and increases the amount of low-density stuff in that volume. If I have a lungful of air, I can just about float; breathe out, and I sink.
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You can learn a lot about breathing from the article about it on Wikipedia.  The link is listed in the Source section.\n\nHere's part of the entry:\n\n"Breathing is only part of the process of delivering oxygen to where it is needed in the body. Breathing in, or inhaling, is usually an active movement, with the contraction of chest and diaphragm muscles needed. At rest, breathing out, or exhaling, is normally a passive process powered by the elastic recoil of the chest, similar to a deflating balloon. The process of gas exchange occurs in the alveoli by passive diffusion of gasses between the alveolar gas and the blood passing by in the lung capillaries. Once in the blood, the heart powers the flow dissolved gasses around the body in the circulation."\n\nSo the muscles in the chest and the diaphragm that brings the air in, while exhaling is just the lungs deflating.
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Weight loss and exercise can help tone up your breathing passages and stop the collapse that causes snoring. More advice contained in the attached link.