Respiratory therapy

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Respiratory therapy may mean two fundamentally different operations: once the therapy of respiratory (= clinical respiratory therapy, which prescribed by the doctor and usually by a physical therapist is performed), and on the other hand therapy with the breath (= respiratory therapy as a psychotherapeutic procedures).

Respiratory therapy as therapy for breathing

The clinical respiratory therapy deals with the diseases and disorders of the lungs and vocal apparatus . It works both prophylactically and as a follow-up treatment. The main goals of respiratory therapy are:

  • Pneumonia prophylaxis (through adequate ventilation of the lungs, especially the lower sections of the lungs, which are at risk from long periods in hospital)
  • Secretion solution and transport
  • Stabilization / development of a stable bronchial system , especially in the case of obstructive diseases (chronic bronchitis, COPD , bronchial asthma , etc.)

Even the breathing training is part of the respiratory therapy. This is understood to mean various exercises to improve lung capacity . For this purpose, the chest muscles in particular are strengthened and techniques for increased abdominal breathing are practiced.

effect

An effective respiratory therapy should contribute to the reduction of breathing-inhibiting resistance, the reduction of incorrect breathing movements, the secretion solution, to increase ventilation, to strengthen the respiratory muscles and to a general increase in performance.

variants

  • Breath, voice and speech training according to the Schlaffhorst and Andersen method : The breath is seen as a link between the vegetative and the somatic level of the client. The aim is to improve breathing, voice and movement.
  • Buteyko method : a procedure that guides patients to consciously breathe less and thus alleviate asthmatic symptoms.
  • Functional breathing training according to Julius Parow and Margot Scheufele-Osenberg : Based on the facts of a logical scientific knowledge about the movements of the diaphragm and the muscular processes of the body that support the diaphragm, it should restore the natural breathing function.

Breathing therapy as self-awareness / self-help

Breathing therapy is one of the so-called alternative healing methods .

The users assume that of all human body functions, breath is most intensely linked to all other levels of human beings. In the Formatio reticularis , a complex networked center in the depths of the brain stem , all information that arises in the body or brain would flow together . Every little stimulus, inside or outside, changes the way you breathe. The thesis is that by working on the breath, every human level can be reached and harmonized.

There are numerous forms of respiratory therapy that differ less in their direction than in their methodology. Some methods work with the so-called "unconscious breath" of the client, others with the "voluntary breath" or the "permitted breath".

variants

  • Breathing work according to Cornelis Veening : A breathing therapy based on the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung , which offers a path from "inside to outside" via body and soul development so that "people become what they should be".
  • Breathing work according to Herta Richter: It is based on the idea that the development of one's own breath can enable connections to the innermost being.
  • Breathing and body therapy according to Graf Dürckheim : The client is instructed to face his behavioral patterns and fears in order to enable a new beginning. In doing so, the body should be made tangible as an “animated body” that forms a unit with the psyche.
  • Energetic Breathing according to Dhyan Manish.
  • Perceptible breath according to Ilse Middendorf : We work with the so-called "approved breath" and with the idea that there is a mutual interaction between "breath, concentration and sensation", which, with a simultaneous balance between "devotion and mindfulness", results in a conscious development for everyone Levels (depending on the direction) of the client should make possible.
  • The conscious, permitted breath - a breath -centered body, movement and sound work according to Erika Kemmann .
  • Psychotonics - according to Volkmar Glaser, refers to the interaction of psyche and tone (muscle tension), which influences breathing in a special way.
  • Eutonia according to Gerda Alexander : Eutonia (= correct tension) works with the unconscious breathing of the client. The aim is to create a harmonious balance between tension ( hypertension ) that is released and relaxation ( hypotension ) that is tense.
  • Holotropic breathing according to Stanislav Grof : deepened breathing ( hyperventilation ) is supposed to open blockages and have a cathartic effect. Transpersonal experiences and a connection to the “inner healer” and “higher self” should be possible.
  • Integrative breathing : The breath is used as a way to connect body, soul and spirit. Elements of different schools of breathing therapy and breathing work are specifically adapted to the problem situation and the inner level of development of the person seeking help. Other psychotherapeutic methods are also linked to the breathing experience.
  • Transformational Breath according to Judith Kravitz :. The technique uses a deep inhalation down to the deep abdomen with a relaxed exhalation without pauses between inhalation and exhalation (full connected breathing). The procedure integrates other treatment methods such as using special affirmations and breath analysis. The main characteristics of the Transformational Breath are the intensive coaching and supervision as well as the 'body mapping', the triggering of special acupressure points in order to force the release of emotional blockages.
  • Intuitive breathing according to Karl Scherer: A breathing method with a strongly meditative character, which is supposed to combine the elements of the biographically shaped psyche and the body with spiritual and transpersonal areas.
  • Mother's breath according to Reshad Feild : A method that - based on a 7-1-7 rhythm - is supposed to enable the person breathing to come fully into the present moment and thus into increased awareness and alertness. Feild's approaches are based on various spiritual traditions, including a. from ancient Egypt , yoga , early Christian esotericism , Sufism and the ideas of the North American Indians.
  • As a component of yoga, pranayama isone of the oldest respiratory therapies. The origins go back to the Upanishads .
  • Qigong : Qigong (qi = breath, gong = acquire skills) is based on traditional Chinese medicine. The aim is to harmonize breath, mind and body.
  • Terlusollogy (also called breathing type theory): breathing and physical exercises for two different breathing types.
  • Vowel breathing : Vowel breathing or vowel singing comes from Indian yoga exercises and was further developed in the West to create a natural relationship to breath, body and consciousness. It is used in psychotherapy and is also used for voice training, as the voice is "cleared" and strengthened.
  • Zen : In the central practice of Zen, zazen , a certain way of breathing in connection with a certain state of mind is seen as the path to enlightenment.

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