Our POWERbreathe Story
POWERbreathe is where evidence-based medicine and everyday breathing meet.
Everybody breaths. Yet for millions of people it can be the very thing holding them back.
POWERbreathe didn’t start as a product. It started as a question, asked by human performance and sports scientists: could training the breathing muscles themselves make people fitter, healthier and faster? The answer reshaped an entire field. Research found that the inspiratory muscles fatigue like any other muscle and that training them, improves exercise tolerance and reduces breathlessness.
That science continues to be the foundation and ethos of POWERbreathe. Many hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have independently researched our breathing training devices, making POWERbreathe one of the most researched respiratory training technologies in the world.
In 2021, the World Health Organisation’s guidance on rehabilitation after COVID-19 recognised POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training for patients recovering from the illness.
The clinical evidence keeps building. A University of Colorado study found that training with POWERbreathe reduced blood pressure and improved cognitive performance in midlife and older adults.
Our medical devices are the gold standard for use in clinical settings, used by healthcare professionals worldwide for asthma, COPD, heart failure, stroke, neuromuscular disease and pre- and post-surgery rehabilitation to improve everyday physical and mental health, breathing strength, stamina and vitality, to support specific medical conditions as well as help people achieve their sport and fitness goals.
Our products are CE marked and FDA registered. The POWERbreathe Medic and POWERbreathe Shaker Deluxe devices are available on prescription in countries including the UK.
Trusted Worldwide for Over 25 Years
For more than two decades, POWERbreathe has led the way in respiratory muscle training, proudly designed and developed in the UK and trusted by professionals across the world. Our scientifically validated breathing trainers are featured in hundreds of independent research studies and clinical trials, recognised globally, and chosen by athletes, healthcare professionals, and researchers alike for their proven performance and quality.
Recognised by Experts
Evidence from research papers, clinical trials, original studies, and review articles demonstrates the benefits of POWERbreathe Respiratory Muscle Training devices in both healthy and patient populations.
Award Winning Technology
Independently recognised for having demonstrated a high level of innovation and excellence
Best Innovation For Human Performance Award
Elevate Innovation Awards 2017
Export Achievement
Business Awards 2022 Winner
Consumer Product Design Of The Year (2010)
Plastic Industry Awards 2010
Our Mission
Our mission is simple: to make respiratory muscle training a recognised standard of care and an everyday habit for better health. With a growing body of clinical evidence, a team that now includes practising and former clinicians and The Better Breathing Education Platform, we’re working to ensure that anyone whose breathing holds them back has the tools and the knowledge to breathe stronger and feel better.
Guided by patient-centred clinical research, we champion innovation in respiratory health and grow awareness of the power of respiratory muscle training to help everybody breathe better, feel better and live fuller lives.
POWERbreathe Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT/IMST) and Expiratory Muscle Training (EMT/EMST) devices have been independently proven to benefit patients with conditions such as asthma, COPD, Long COVID, high blood pressure, as well as improve performance in elite athletes, professional and recreational singers, wind instrument players … basically anyone who breathes.
POWERbreathe is marketed in over 50 countries worldwide, making respiratory breathing training accessible to everyone.
