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Relaxation

  • Find somewhere quiet.
  • Notice any tension in your body e.g. clenched fists, hunched shoulders,  and  try to let go as you breathe out.
  • Close your eyes or focus on a picture, or view from the window.
  • Listen to a favourite piece of music or use a guided relaxation procedure.
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See the RESPe relaxation section for more details:

  • Treatment: Non-pharmacological treatments: Relaxation
‹ Positions to relieve breathlessness and reduce the effort of breathing up Relief of breathlessness: breathing techniques ›
  • Topic 1 - Anatomy and Physiology
  • Topic 2 - Assessment and common lung diseases
  • Topic 3 - Treatment
    • Medication
    • Inhalers
    • Nebulisers
    • Oxygen therapy
    • Non-pharmacological treatments
      • Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
      • Breathing techniques
        • Normal breathing
        • Why do people with respiratory conditions need to learn about breathing techniques?
        • Breathlessness
        • Acute or sudden attacks of breathlessness: tips for carers
        • Relief of breathlessness: tips for patients
        • Positions to relieve breathlessness and reduce the effort of breathing
        • Relaxation
        • Relief of breathlessness: breathing techniques
        • Clearing sputum
        • Before starting airway clearance techniques
        • Clearing sputum: active cycle of breathing technique (ACBT)
        • Clearing sputum: autogenic drainage
        • Positive expiratory pressure devices
      • Cough control
      • Relaxation
      • Psychology of breathing
  • Topic 4 - Management
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