20 Nov 2008
With Some Heavy Breathing, Seniors Can Win The Battle Of Mobility
Latest research from Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, reveals how people with stronger breathing muscles showed higher levels of physical activity and a slower rate of activity decline.1 These findings are consistent with those from another research group showing that physically active older people had stronger breathing muscles than less active older people.2
POWERbreathe is a breathing muscle trainer, scientifically proven to increase breathing muscle strength by 20% in just 6-weeks, with 65% of participants feeling less out of breath when undertaking everyday activities.3 Training your breathing muscles can help you remain active, which consequently can help you maintain mobility. And as POWERbreathe is drug-free, there’s nothing to lose in training with it.
Breathing muscle strength may also be an important determinant of death in older people, according to another study from the Chicago group who found that older people with a weaker respiratory system tended to have poorer lung function, known to be a contributory factor to survival.4
“Overall, our findings suggest that respiratory muscle strength is at the beginning of a causal chain which can lead to reduced pulmonary function and death.” The authors concluded.
The good news is that improving breathing muscle strength is achievable within just 6-weeks by using POWERbreathe for less than 5-minutes per day!
References:
1. Buchman AS, Boyle PA, Wilson RS, Leurgans S, Shah RC, Bennett DA. Respiratory muscle strength predicts decline in mobility in older persons. Neuroepidemiology 2008;31:174-80
2. Summerhill EM, Angov N, Garber C, McCool FD. Respiratory muscle strength in the physically active elderly. Lung 2007;185:315-20
3. Copestake AJ, McConnell AK. Inspiratory muscle training reduces exertional breathlessness in healthy elderly men and women. In: International Conference on Physical Activity and Health in the Elderly; 1995; Stirling, Scotland: University of Sterling; 1995. p. 150)
4. Buchman AS, Boyle PA, Wilson RS, Gu L, Bienias JL, Bennett DA. Pulmonary function,. Mech Ageing Dev 2008