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Tips for Reducing Chest Tightness from COPD

1. Slow Your Breathing
As hyper-ventilation can cause chest tightness and anxiety, slow your breathing down. You want to enforce a sense of control over your inhalations so focus on slower breaths. You’ll relax your mind and your body at the same time. Use your breathing techniques, such as pursed lips breathing.
2. Take Deeper Breaths
In meditation, a commonly taught practice is inhaling slowly and exhaling slowly. It doesn’t matter the size of the breath, just try to inhale for as high as 8 counts then exhale for the same amount.
Special note – Always breathe from the diaphragm, meaning your stomach should be the one rising not your chest.
3. Fix Your Posture
When looking to relieve chest tightness, a focus on posture is paramount. When breathing, straighten your back and keep your hands on your lap or your thighs. You also want to keep your eyes closed and your tongue touching the roof of your mouth. When doing this inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth.
4. Change Your Diet
As we mentioned before, even simple bloating can lead to intense chest tightness and discomfort. Avoid fatty, processed and fried foods as these can be large contributors to gas build-up within the body, ultimately leading to pressure and pain within the chest.
5. Seek Medication
a.   Always be compliant with preventive inhalers. Do not discontinue any inhaler without Doctor’s advice.
b.   Keep on checking with your inhalation techniques under the guidance of lung educator.
c.   Monitor your immunization schedule for Flu and Pneumonia shots.
d.   Follow up with your doctor regularly especially during change of seasons.

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