This is an article about using inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in COPD patients. I’m mostly just blogging this here to keep track of the link. It’s another article that says that the threshold or targetted training devices seem to work (for COPD in this case), and the untargetted ones don’t seem to. Just another piece of evidence in favor of chosing the threshold model over a cheaper Pflex (if we could even get one singly, which doesn’t seem to be an option anyhow).
We’re going to go ahead and buy the Threshold trainer and have Monkey learn to use it, as long as he still feels that it would be worth his while to do the training. There’s not much evidence about its use in VCD patients yet, but it makes sense that it could help, it can’t hurt, and if nothing else it may increase his athletic endurance (which is why these are marketed directly to athletes in addition to being sold to healthcare providers through medical supply catalogs).
June 16, 2008 at 12:31 am |
I have a daughter that has VCD. She has Botox injections twicw a year to relieve symptoms. I want to find out about breathing and relaxing techniques. Do they work? any help would be greatly appreciated
February 23, 2009 at 2:22 am |
Hi I was wondering if your daughter has spontaneous vcd or exercise induced?Does the Botox help her?.My daughter has exercise vcd and has had botox twice,but hasn’t really helped her during activity(swimming).Thanks.This is a very frustrating and confusing disorder!