Symptoms

Persistent Cough

As many as 1 in 5 people have a persistent cough which may not have a specific cause. This can, in some cases, be exhausting especially if it is disturbing sleep.  A Cough is a reflex reaction to something that is irritating the airways.  A persistent cough is the body exaggerating its response to an irritant in the airways, if it’s persistent it’s putting the body under a lot of stress. Coughs lasting under three weeks tend to be caused by viral infections. If your cough is lasting more than three weeks it is putting your immune system under a significant amount of stress. 

Cillia are little hairs in your airways that clear debris in your lungs, but sometimes they aren’t functioning correctly.  Quite often you might have a minuscule obstruction in your airways, like a grain of pollen or small particles of dust, that is stuck in the Cillia.  A persistent cough is often your body trying to get rid of it.  At Breathing Coach we support you through appropriate breathing exercises to get these Cillia working correctly to dispel any irritant in the airways, therefore the irritant is gone, and so is your persistent cough.  

If there is no intervention, your symptoms are likely to worsen to a stage where you need medical intervention when suffering from shortness of breath, chest pain or you may even begin to cough up blood.

Long Covid

It is becoming clear from ongoing evidence and patient testimonials that many of those who contracted Covid 19 are finding it hard to shake off the effects months after falling ill.  The World Health Organisation now believes that 50% of covid sufferers will have symptoms that last up to six months.  You may be experiencing residual effects that are difficult to clear, such as fever, cough, fatigue, loss of smell, difficulty breathing, shivering, body aches, wheezing, headaches, sore throat, joint pain, confusion, dizziness, disturbed sleep patterns, digestion problems.

The reality of Long Covid is your body is trying to recover after having its immune system shocked, and it’s taking the time.  Many people tell us that the biggest problem for them is their increased physical and mental fatigue. 

Your breathing affects your immune response and if you are over-breathing it causes stress on your body.  This means that your body is more vulnerable to the symptoms of Long Covid.  This is often unique to each individual and it may be exaggerating problems you were experiencing before Covid.   We liken it to driving with a wheel spin, it’s causing a lot of stress on the driving system.  We will bring the ‘driving’ back to normal, so you can ‘drive normally’ again and get back on the path to a swift recovery. 

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal, but it also resets your immune system.  This means you can recover much faster.  It’s important that you support your body in the healing process and minimise the chance of long term issues.

Hayfever

Hayfever is the body reaction to the presence of pollen.  It affects around 1 in 5 people in Spring and Summer according to the type of pollen that may trigger the response.

Common symptoms you may experience include sneezing, coughing, itchy red and watery eyes, itchy throat mouth, and nose, loss of smell, pain around temples and forehead headaches, earaches, and feeling tired. This is because your immune response is an oversensitive response to the presence of pollen. 

Many seek antihistamine or nasal sprays to try and reduce the effects however this can be extremely disruptive especially around exam time. 

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal, but it also resets your immune system.  This means you can your overreactive response to pollen is reduced meaning that you can reduce and control the effects naturally without a dependency on nasal sprays.  

Breathlessness

There are many causes including lung conditions such as asthma, heart attack, panic or anxiety attacks as well as obesity and anemia.  It is a feeling of discomfort, rapid or difficult breathing, and/or shortness of breath. This can have a debilitating feel that your life is controlled by your breathlessness.

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal giving you more control over your breathing and quality of life-improving your confidence to do more.

Symptoms

Asthma

Asthma affects around 1in 5 people and can arrange from a very mild form that rarely needs the use of inhalers to hospitalisation at regular intervals that may require the use of nebulisers.  

Common symptoms you may experience include wheezing, shortness of breath, and persistent dry cough. In recent times the management of asthma has been using medication such as inhalers with bronchodilators and steroids.  Many report that long term users of bronchodilators make their condition worse.  Whereas steroids can help stabilise the symptoms, they may have an effect on weight and makes the skin thinner.

Asthma is the inflammation of the airways in your lungs that restrict your ability to breathe out. Many asthma sufferers express concern that they feel they are on a downward spiral and dependent on medication when there is little control.

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal.  This means you can your overreactive response is reduced meaning that you can reduce and control the effects naturally reducing the fear that you can’t control your asthma by giving your exercise to take back control especially in situations where you have forgotten your medication at home.

Panic Attacks/ Anxiety

Panic Attacks/ Anxiety attacks The impact of anxiety attacks on people's lives is often misunderstood and underestimated. Attacks can usually last 5-20 minutes but have been known to last an hour

Panic disorders are when you experience regular episodes of sudden panic or fear often for no apparent reason. It can create a cycle of living in fear preventing you from living a normal life. Common symptoms include a racing heart, feeling faint, sweating, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, trembling, hot flushes, chills shaking limbs, choking sensation.

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal.  This means you can overcome your over-reactive response to a stressor and take back control means that you gain confidence that these attacks don’t take control of your life

Snoring

It is believed that half the population snores at some point in their life. For some, they are aware if they have alcohol their snoring is worse (or so their suffering partner tells them). 

Snoring is caused by vibration in the airways, mouth throat, or tongue. There are several main causes of snoring when the tongue blocks part of your airway at the back of your throat, mouth falls open during sleep, blocked or narrow airways in your nose. By breathing incorrectly aggerates your symptoms often disturbing the sleep of others in the household rather than the individual concerned.

At Breathing Coach, we can support you to reprogramme your breathing.  This resets your breathing back to normal.  This means that you can reduce and control the effects naturally reducing your noisy response enabling others in the house to have a better night's sleep.