POWERbreathe® Medic

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Alleviate the symptoms of breathing disorders with just 30 in-breaths twice a day

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POWERbreathe® is a revolutionary drug-free handheld inspiratory muscle trainer specifically designed to increase lung capacity and reduce breathlessness.

POWERbreathe Medic offers the same training for the diaphragm and lungs as that used by top athletes, adapted to suit the needs of those with breathing difficulties. It offers an evidence-based, drug-free treatment for patients with dyspnoea , especially those with asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), emphysema, cystic fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, neuromuscular disease, Parkinson's and heart failure.

POWERbreathe Medic training requires just 15 minutes, twice daily for the first 12 weeks; after that, maintenance training is just three times a week.

Benefits should be felt pretty quickly. Within a few days your inspiratory muscles will feel stronger, within 3 weeks you will feel less breathless and within 4 weeks your breathing will improve ( from clinical trials published by Caine & McConnell, 1998; Voliantis et al., 2001a; Romer et al., 2002 )

A drug-free alternative. Patients are increasingly looking for alternatives to traditional drug-based treatments either because their medication doesn’t appear to work, or because they fear its side-effects. Others simply want to explore the addition of alternative treatments in an effort to maximise control of their asthma.

Also, using oral steroid medication (not inhaled steroids) to control lung inflammation in conditions such as asthma and emphysema has been shown to cause weakness of the inspiratory muscles. This weakness can impair lung function but it can be counteracted by inspiratory muscle training. (N.B. inhaled steroids do not cause inspiratory muscle weakness.)

The POWERbreathe Medic applies the tried and trusted principles of resistance (weight) training to the inspiratory muscles, and can be thought of as 'dumbbells for the diaphragm'. When muscles are overloaded regularly for a period of a few weeks, they adapt, becoming stronger and more resistant to fatigue. Activating stronger inspiratory muscles requires less effort during a given task, hence breathlessness/dyspnoea is reduced.

In randomised, controlled trials on mild/moderate asthmatics, POWERbreathe training

• reduced visits to GPs by 23%
• increased inspiratory muscle strength by up to an average of 11% in just 3 weeks
• improved symptoms by up to 75%
• reduced emergency medication by 79%
• reduced work/school absences by 95%
• reduced emergency hospitalisations by 75%

In trials with patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, POWERbreathe training

• showed improvements in inspiratory muscle strength of 55%  (Newall et al., 1998)
• showed improvements in endurance of 86%
• showed improvements in quality of life by 21%
• showed improvements in dyspnoea by 36% (Inspiratory muscle training improves lung function and reduces exertional dyspnoea in mild/moderate asthmatics - McConnell, A. K., M. P. Caine, et al. (1998). Clinical Science 95(2): 4P.)

drug-free with no side-effects or drug interactions

assists breathing for exercised-induced asthma

improves quality of life in major debilitating conditions

researched over 10 years and developed at the Universities ofBirmingham, Loughborough and Brunel Universities

suitable for adults and children over 8yrs

comes with instruction CD and 4 sterilizing tablets

POWERbreathe® Medic is a Class 1 Medical Device by the European Council directive 93/42/EEC and has been awarded Millennium Product status by the Design Council

POWERbreathe® Medic, £29.99 or VAT free only £24.99 

POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle trainers require a weekly clean with a mild sterilising solution to keep them hygienic and in good working order. The POWERbreathe branded Sterilising Tablets have been developed for use on equipment that comes into contact with the mouth and are an essential addition to every POWERbreathe purchase.

POWERbreathe® Medic sterilizing tablets, pack of 24, £7.14 

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