Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to reduce high blood pressure

Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by mikestew on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @03:58PM (#32916973)

I'd refer to this as a "submarine article" or whatever, but that would mean that there was an actual link to the product somewhere in TFA...which if there is, I didn't find it:

https://www.powerbreathe.com

US$40 and up. My wife has high blood pressure, but I don't. However, as a distance runner, this part interested me, so perhaps I'll get one or two:

"Craighead, whose personal marathon best is 2 hours, 21 minutes, says he has incorporated IMST as part of his own training."

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Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by nradov on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @11:03PM (#32920390)

I bought one of the cheaper Powerbreathe mechanical trainers a few years ago. It seems to work. But it's a bit of a hassle to use because the internal valve keeps getting stuck closed so that I can't inhale at all. So then I have to rinse it out and bang on it to get it unstuck.

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Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by cinntaile on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @06:09PM (#32918477)

There are also training masks that make it difficult to breathe. I think it's supposed to mimic elevation training. https://www.trainingmask.com/

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Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @05:05PM (#32917781)

Assuming the health claims are true, I wonder how well a cheap balloon would perform compared to this product.

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Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by JafCo on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @11:19PM (#32920479)

I feel like the balloon would probably be helpful for exhalation, but as I understand the article, the devices also provide resistance for inhalation.

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Re:Daily 'breath training' works as well as medicine to redu... by pantojax45 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @05:06PM (#32917798)

Looks like “PowerBreathe” is linkified in the article?

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