Functional breathing disorders are about breathing behaviours and functions rather than actual diseases of the lungs.
I treat adults and children with a broad range of functional breathing problems:
Functional breathing disorders can exist in people who suffer from conditions such as:
- asthma
- COPD
- sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing
- pelvic floor pain and dysfunction
- chronic back and neck pain
- postural issues
- cranio-facial pain
- anxiety and panic disorder
- insufficient airways due to structural causes
- muscular-skeletal dysfunction
- overtraining syndrome, burnout and exhaustion.
Functional breathing disorders take different forms, such as:
- dysfunctional breathing
- hyperventilation
- mouth breathing
- paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction
- breathing pattern disorders.
Treatment is individualised for each person and includes:
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