Is POWERbreathe Good For Asthma?
Is POWERbreathe good for asthma? Well, research does show that it helps to relieve symptoms of asthma by improving lung function. Find out more about Breathing Effort in Asthma. As a result of improving lung function, the amount of asthma medication reduces. POWERbreathe Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) is clinically proven to benefit people with asthma. […]
How Breathing Works
This brief overview about how breathing works explains what physically happens when you breathe and what controls your breathing. It also looks at your breathing system and the muscles you use to breathe. Furthermore, it highlights how breathing training with POWERbreathe IMT has a positive effect on your breathing muscles, by increasing breathing strength, power and […]
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training For Dysphagia
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training For Dysphagia is one of a few therapies that provide exercises to help people who find it difficult to swallow. In fact, this article finds that expiratory muscle training has the potential to improve swallowing function, lung function, and quality of life for stroke patients. A speech and language therapist (SLT) […]
What Is Expiratory Muscle Strength Training?
Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST), along with Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT), is an element of Respiratory Muscle Training (RMT). Respiratory Muscle Training is a treatment that uses both these therapies to help you enhance your breathing muscle function. This may be to improve your health, relieve symptoms of a medical condition, improve general physical and […]
Business Award for POWERbreathe International Limited
POWERbreathe International Limited wins the Medilink Midlands Business Award 2022 in the Export Achievement category. Medilink Midlands Medilink WM is the industry association for the Life Sciences and Medical Technology Sector. It is part of a national network that supports over 3,000 members across the United Kingdom. Medilink WM provides specialist support for helping to […]
What is Inspiratory Muscle Training?
Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is like ‘dumbbells for your diaphragm’. It is likened to this because, just as you might use dumbbells to improve the strength of your biceps, IMT uses resistance training to improve the strength of your inspiratory muscles. Your main breathing muscles are your diaphragm and intercostals. And, by training them with […]
How To Improve Running Stamina
To find a way a way of running farther and longer without tiring is an ambition of many runners. It is particularly pertinent when training to run a marathon. Therefore, knowing how to improve running stamina is hugely beneficial. Why Improve Running Stamina? Increasing running stamina is essential if you are to beat your personal […]
Respiratory Rate – How Many Breaths Per Minute Is Normal?
Abnormal respiratory rate is a significant predictor of critical illness”. Even little increases or decreases in BRPM (breaths per minute) may signal underlying issues before other symptoms develop. This makes it a valuable measurement in healthcare. This article will explain the importance of your respiratory rate, explain how many breaths per minute is normal, and […]
How To Breathe Properly
Babies take deep, relaxing breaths into their abdomen. It’s natural for them. And, this is how to breathe properly. However, age, type of work and life’s stresses and strains will have a toll on your body. Consequently, and without realising it, you ‘unlearn’ how to breathe from your abdomen and start to breathe more shallowly […]
POWERbreathe For Athletes
Research finds that the use of POWERbreathe for athletes stimulates sports performance and increases pulmonary function. Furthermore, an article in the Strength and Conditioning Journal finds that training the breathing muscles can lead to several advantages, including better performance, increased inspiratory strength and stamina, feeling less breathless during exercise, and experiencing less fatigue in breathing […]
WHO Recognises use of POWERbreathe IMT in COVID Recovery
World Health Organisation As the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is offering guidance on the clinical management of the COVID-19 pandemic. One recommendation for COVID recovery includes increasing exercise and fitness with Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT), such as POWERbreathe The WHO’s COVID recovery management […]
POWERbreathe ISO Certified
POWERbreathe receives ISO accreditation certificate of approval for ‘Design & manufacture of medical devices for improvement of respiratory function’ The Quality Management System of POWERbreathe International Ltd has been approved by Lloyd’s Register to the following Quality Management System Standards set out under United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation: ISO 9001:2015 Certificate of Approval – Design, manufacture, […]
Breathing Facts
It’s a breathing fact that there are differences in breathing capacity between the sexes. For instance, females have disproportionately smaller radial rib cage dimensions and shorter diaphragm compared to males, making it harder to move air in and out of the lungs. But it’s not only this that affects the amount of lung capacity we have, but age, body composition and […]
Does POWERbreathe Really Work? A Review By Shaun Wray
Have you found yourself asking, “does POWERbreathe really work?”. Well, POWERbreathe has decades of research, meta-analysis, scientific trials and review articles behind it that have shown its efficacy in health, medical, fitness and sports. So there’s definitely the evidence to show that it does strengthen the breathing muscles. This is beneficial because weak inspiratory muscles can be […]
Is POWERbreathe Any Good? A Review By Paramedic, Gary Thornton
“Is POWERbreathe any good?” you may ask. With the response we receive from users who write to us or share with us their stories via our Facebook and Instagram pages, the answer is a resounding yes. This is because decades of research, meta-analysis and scientific trials have proven its efficacy in health, medical, fitness and sports. Even the scientifically established POWERbreathe breathing […]
POWERbreathe Conformity Declarations for Products – UKCA and CE
A Declaration of Conformity is an essential, legal document stating that products meet all of the requirements of the applicable UK and EU directives and regulations. This is the POWERbreathe conformity declaration. A new conformity declaration mark, the UKCA (United Kingdom Conformity Assessed), is being phased in from 1st January 2021 to replace the CE mark in […]
