• 24 Feb 2022
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Importance & Relevance Of Respiratory Physiotherapy

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Chest Physiotherapy, also known as Respiratory Physiotherapy is recommended for bronchiectasis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, or pulmonary fibrosis patients.

Besides, patients who have recurrent chest infections, pneumonia, and other chest-related issues, and recent respiratory, abdominal, or cardiac surgery can also do respiratory physiotherapy for getting relief and for starting the healing process.

In this blog, we will discuss more about respiratory physiotherapy, and what benefits can patients get, with appropriate physiotherapy exercises.

What Is Respiratory Physiotherapy?

Respiratory or Chest physiotherapy is a broad term that is employed to describe physiotherapy treatments and techniques targeted for improving respiratory efficiency, by clearing secretion from the lungs and improving airway clearance.

With proper and guided respiratory physiotherapy, the lungs of the patients will experience a decrease of work for breathing, expansion of the lungs is promoted and lung collapse is prevented.

Respiratory physiotherapy is considered as an important, adjuvant therapy for patients who are suffering from:

●Chronic respiratory diseases such as COPD, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis

●Neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury

●And for patients who are undergoing peri-operative care during upper abdominal surgeries

Please note that respiratory physiotherapy should be started only if the doctor recommends the same for the patients since several factors need to be considered for it.

Benefits Of Respiratory Physiotherapy

Through respiratory physiotherapy, the patient can experience the following benefits:

●Exercise tolerance is maintained and improved to a larger degree

●Functional capabilities such as carrying out daily tasks, walking etc are improved drastically

●Physical activity is enhanced and optimized, which leads to improved and healthy behavior

●Breathlessness is reduced gradually, and the process of breathing improves, putting less pressure on the lungs

●The efficiency of ventilation is improved

●The process of mechanical ventilation can be gradually reduced, and the setting up of noninvasive mechanical ventilation is made easy

●Expectoration of secretions is initiated and helps the patient to mobilize the process (coughing out the mucus)

●Reduce pain such as thoracic

●Removal of airway secretions (retained or profuse)

●Improvise the ventilation-perfusion ratio/ improve gas exchange

Examples Of Respiratory Physiotherapy Techniques

Some of the common and beneficial Respiratory Physiotherapy techniques include:

Diaphragmatic breathing

This involves engaging the stomach, abdominal muscles, and diaphragm while breathing. With this technique, heart rate slows down, and blood pressure stabilizes to a greater extent.

Pursed Lip Breathing

In this technique, the patient inhales air via the nose, and exhales slowly, steadily via pursed lips. With this technique, the air trapped in the lungs can be gradually removed since the airways are open for a longer duration.

ACBT or Active Cycle of Breathing Technique

In this technique, the patient is first asked for controlled breathing, followed up by deep breathing or Thoracic expansion exercise, and finally Huffing or Forced Expiratory Technique (FET). This technique helps the patient to clear excess mucus from the lungs.

Before recommending any technique for respiratory physiotherapy, it is strongly recommended that you first schedule an appointment with a certified Physiotherapist, and then accordingly take the next steps.

We at CureNow Wellness have UK-trained and certified Physiotherapists, who have extensive experience in Respiratory Physiotherapy.

Our address: CureNow Wellness Pvt. Ltd.

F-Residences, Shop # 25, First Floor, Wadgaon Sheri, Kalyani Nagar Annexe, Pune - 411014, Maharashtra.

Contact : +91 9545345300