Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions
A breathing cycle may be taught to you by your physiotherapist to help cough up unwanted mucus.
The cycle has 5 components:
1. Breathing control
- relaxed, gentle breathing
2. Thoracic expansion
Exercises x 4
- perform in side lying-operated lung upwards (unless otherwise instructed), or sitting upright
3. Huffing x 2
- breath out sharply and forcefully as if steaming up a mirror
4. Cough
- when secretions are felt at the back of the throat, cough them up
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