Breathing Dynamics

01/09/2024

We have learned that there are a number of factors which improve cardiovascular health. A simple start is to eat good food, get some activity / exercise and improve your sleep by improving the form, rate, and style of your breathing.

If you need help with your breathing and/or sleep, you know who to call…Breathing Dynamics.
We are here to help you to Breathe, Sleep, and Heal to Live a Better Life. Message us today!

01/02/2024

Over the last few weeks from our posts you have learned what causes Cardiovascular Disease but How does sleep improve your cardiovascular condition?

Sleep and Breathing - Breathing and Sleep
You know there are many beneficial results from good, restorative sleep for every aspect of our health.

And the flip side…The short story is that almost anything which disrupts one’s sleep increases one’s heart rate and blood pressure.

These disruptions stress the blood vessels - particularly those in your heart and brain – eventually leading to heart attacks and strokes.
One of the most common sleep disruptions is poor breathing. And since there is no body function more important than breathing, interruptions in breathing stress the body particularly hard.

So how can you get better sleep? Message us today to find out! Start your journey to lowering your risk!

12/27/2023

What are some risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease?

Risk factors for cardiovascular disease include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, sleep disturbed breathing (e.g. sleep apnea, nasal congestion), overweight and obesity, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol use among others. While there are prescription medications or surgical treatments for all these risk factors, they are also largely controllable with lifestyle changes. I will leave it to other medical providers to speak about how smoking, diet, diabetes, obesity, etc. relate to CVD.

Follow along with our next posts to see is how activity, sleep, and breathing affect YOUR cardiovascular health.

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from Dr. Baba and the Breathing Dynamics team!

12/22/2023

Did you know that the leading cause of death globally, and in the U.S. is cardiovascular disease?!

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to all diseases of the heart and circulation. It is important for us to be very aware CVD because it is the #1 cause of mortality/death globally. (World Health Organization data)

And as of 2021, CVD is still the leading cause of death in the United States - and has been every year since 1950! (Center for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health data)

Message us today to learn how you can prevent becoming another statistic.

12/18/2023

Cardiovascular Disease: Inactivity, Sitting and Sleep.

Many widely known phrases express this fact well: “Sitting is the new smoking” or “Any activity is better for your heart than sitting” and many others. As dramatic as those phrases may sound, they are quite literally true, with substantial research to confirm that.

Stay tuned to posts this month to learn from Dr. Baba how getting better sleep, and better breathing can actually prevent Cardiovascular Disease!!

12/17/2023

Did you know that your phone’s light could be causing adverse affects of your brain and body? Read below to learn more!

11/26/2023

Insufficient sleep can make two-year olds out of all of us!

We can be easily irritated, experience memory loss, as well as be tired during the day and less productive.

Message us today to learn how breathing dynamics can elevate your sleep to the next level!

11/11/2023

Sleep Disruption has many bad effects. Beside just plain being tired, it can cause hypertension, insulin resistance and diabetes, obesity, anxiety and depression, tooth grinding (bruxism), ADHD, lack of sexual desire, heart attack and stroke just to name a few.

Simply said, restful sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our physical, emotional, and mental health – and clear, easy nasal breathing is a fundamental part of good sleep.

Message us today to learn how we can help improve your breathing by and sleep!

10/02/2023

It is common to get more tired as we get older, for a variety of reasons…
The most missed reason is that our breathing becomes less effective – but it can be improved! Inefficient, less effective breathing produces a cascade of downstream effects in our body!

Less effective breathing can cause, aggravate or mimic these conditions and symptoms:
1. Reduced fitness and energy
2. Increased fatigue, exhaustion, or irritability.
3. Difficulty getting to sleep, insomnia, upper airway resistance, sleep apnea.
4. Increased high blood pressure.
5. “Brain fog,” a spaced out feeling or a “not there” feeling.
6. Headaches and migraines.
7. Anxiety, panic attacks, mild depression.
8. Asthma, bronchitis
9. Blood sugar dysregulation, diabetes
10. Posture changes affecting the neck and lower back.

If any of these symptoms apply to you, call us at 316-927-8981 for an evaluation to determine whether you could be helped with breathing and myofunctional training!

09/27/2023

How you can help to prevent sleep disruptions caused by your allergies?

Therapy for seasonal allergies and sensitivities, depends on the degree of a person’s reactivity. 8 things you can try are:

1. First and foremost: BREATHE THROUGH YOUR NOSE!
2. Wear a mask if you are in dusty areas such as your yard (especially when mowing), barn, construction jobsite, some factories or warehouses (e.g., paper dust in an office supplies warehouse or latex in a medical supplies warehouse, etc. etc.
3. Change your whole house HVAC air filters as recommended by its manufacturer or your service company.
4. Consider more advanced air filtration. Also, direct fans away from your face, especially at night.
5. Wash dusty or pollen filled clothes as soon as you bring them inside.
6. Brush your dog thoroughly before you bring her/him back into the house.
7. See the Allergen Checklist on our website, which includes indoor allergens as well: www.breathing-dynamics.com
8. If you are uncertain whether you can breathe through your nose as well as you should or use your lungs and diaphragm efficiently, contact us at: 316-927-8981

Breathing Wellness Health Coach

09/25/2023

How do allergies affect your sleep?

Our last post explained how there are two types of sleep disruption disorders caused by allergies.
Overtime these disruptions will effect you day to day life.

Repetitive arousals essentially cause your body to go into a chronic state of low-grade stress, making it even more reactive to the environment. This becomes a vicious cycle. After months or years of inefficient sleep, many people feel tired, groggy, lose motivation, focus and concentration and become anxious or depressed.

Sleep Disruption has many bad effects. Beside just plain being tired, it can cause hypertension, insulin resistance and diabetes, obesity, anxiety and depression, tooth grinding (bruxism), ADHD, lack of sexual desire, heart attack and stroke just to name a few.

Simply said, restful sleep is one of the most important things we can do for our physical, emotional, and mental health – and clear, easy nasal breathing is a fundamental part of good sleep!