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Date registered: June 14, 2011

Latest posts

  1. POWERbreathe attend the Pulse Respiratory Update Seminar — February 2, 2012
  2. Martin Strel – Big River Man uses POWERbreathe K5 — January 26, 2012
  3. Modern Health and Fitness – POWERbreathe for anyone with lungs — January 26, 2012
  4. Corporal Darren Peacock and POWERbreathe in the Royal Air Force — January 20, 2012
  5. Gus Mckechnie – Almost half way there — January 20, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. What is COPD — 7 comments
  2. POWERbreathe Trial – Melanie Ryding Week 4: A difficult week — 2 comments
  3. POWERbreathe Trial – Colin White Week 3: Back to it — 2 comments
  4. Lewin Hynes – POWERbreathe for endurance events — 2 comments
  5. Powerbreathe Training Videos: Lewin Hynes – POWERbreathe Catch Drills using Dumbells — 2 comments

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Feb
02

POWERbreathe attend the Pulse Respiratory Update Seminar

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On 26th January, 2011 the POWERbreathe Medical Division attended the Pulse Respiratory Update Seminar at American Square Conference Centre, London. We attended this event to find out about the up to date practices used to ensure optimal care for patients. Our main focus was  the new COPD outcomes strategy. The event was a one-day seminar  …

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Jan
26

Martin Strel – Big River Man uses POWERbreathe K5

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Martin Strel

Recently our Duncan was on yet another trip abroad, lucky him getting to go on all these ‘jolly boy’s outings’ while we slave away at POWERbreathe HQ. Anyway, joking aside it is all work really…… Duncan’s last trip was to Slovenia to go and see the POWERbreathe Distributor    In Tact Group.  Whilst there he …

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Jan
26

Modern Health and Fitness – POWERbreathe for anyone with lungs

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Elspeth Raisbeck

POWERbreathe first came to my attention many years ago when one of my patients who suffered breathing difficulties brought one to clinic and said that it had helped his breathing condition more than any of the inhalers he’d been given.  As his nurse I wasn’t in a position to tell him to throw them out …

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Jan
20

Corporal Darren Peacock and POWERbreathe in the Royal Air Force

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Darren Peacock

My name is Darren Peacock and I am a Corporal in the Royal Air Force for the past 15 years. My Job as a Survival Equipment Fitter involves working with adhesives and Isocyanates so every 12 months I have to take a COSHH medical with involves a peak flow test. I was looking for a …

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Jan
20

Gus Mckechnie – Almost half way there

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Well I’m still plugging away and about to reach a big milestone.  Half way which means I will have done once around the equator.  I can’t really comprehend how much has taken to get there but I wont of been able to do it without a lot of support.  My POWERbreathe comes in very handy …

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Jan
18

POWERbreathe meets with Roxon Med Tech in Canada

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Recently the POWERbreathe team headed off to Canada for a training session with our newest distributor Roxon Med Tech. Roxon were founded in 1975 and are a 100% Canadian owned corporation that is totally committed to supplying specialised equipment to medical facilities across America with their main focus being Cardiac, Respiratory and Neurology equipment. Both …

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Jan
17

POWERbreathe is successful at the London Bike Show

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London Bike Show 2012

Well what a busy few days POWERbreathe had at the London Bike Show.  Duncan and Emma represented the POWERbreathe team and deemed it a success. We set up a POWERbreathe training and assessment centre. You may wonder how we ended up at the show, well here is how we did.  Future is the largest Cycling …

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Jan
16

Phil Bradbury – POWERbreathe has helped my breathing

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I have just completed a 12 week trial with a medium resistance Powerbreathe. I cycle or row just about every day but do not compete formally so I cannot quote figures of percentage improvement in particular events. Having said that I do push myself very hard whilst riding at the Velodrome and on some club …

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Jan
11

Breathing definately is the key to improving rowing performance

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Well I’ve had my POWERbreathe for a little while now. My first attempt to use it showed how much improvement I had to make! I tried the thirty breaths at level one and failed! Very soon after the arrival of my POWERbreathe came my first test in the lead up to the World Indoor Rowing …

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Jan
09

Phil Bradbury: Nearly the end of my trial

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I have just completed week 10 with the Powerbreathe. This is my second week at level 5.5, and I now use a mini pyramid of settings each session. By that I mean 10 breaths at a low setting, 10 at a medium setting, 30 at my maximum setting, 10 at medium and finally 10 at …

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