That familiar tightness in your chest. The wheeze that seems to announce itself at the most inconvenient moments. The inhaler you clutch like a lifeline. Living with asthma can feel like your lungs ...
Patient-driven asthma self-help will not lessen in the near future and clinicians should take the lead in setting up scientific trials of self-help methods, particularly breathing retraining.
Persistent exhaustion is often blamed on stress, workload, or poor sleep, but a growing body of research points to something more basic: how you breathe. Subtle shifts in breathing mechanics can ...