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Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by mrob »

nephihaha wrote: post #46
ncruces wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect bagpipes may be the worst wind instrument to learn in this regard, at least if the goal is to train circular breathing?

Several varieties of bagpipe I'm aware of don't even require breathing, since they're powered by bellows. The pipes are surprisingly hard to learn by the way. One normally starts on the chanter, which is more like a recorder and is not bag assisted.

>One normally starts on the chanter, which is more like a recorder

In the case of the Great Highland bagpipes, the most similar traditional instrument is the rauschpfeife (capped double-reed with conical bore and without prominent bell):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauschpfeife

Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by getpost »

mastazi wrote: post #80
dartharva wrote: post #8

The captcha on this site is irritating. Original paper: https://www.bmj.com/content/332/7536/266

Thank you, I was completely unable to access that page with my current browser settings.

Yes, it is almost as if the current administration doens't want people to acces medical information.

Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by electriclove »

Hydraulix989 wrote: post #129
elric wrote: post #111

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Oh not this nonsense again. Plenty of "wafer thin" people have obstructive sleep apnea. There are lots of factors that contribute to sleep apnea, from big tonsils to hormones to muscle tone to tongue size. Weight is not the issue.

Skinny person with OSA here and three corrective jaw surgeries from world-expert sleep surgeons. You won't believe how many GPs told me to my face that it was impossible for me to have sleep apnea because I'm thin. Then the sleep study results came in with 30 AHI (severe range).

Would you say the jaw surgeries were worth it? Do you still use a CPAP?

Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by [deleted] »

elric wrote: post #104
ncruces wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect bagpipes may be the worst wind instrument to learn in this regard, at least if the goal is to train circular breathing?

I don't think circular breathing is the goal. It's just a means to an end. The goal is strengthening the muscles that keep the airway open. The resistance from blowing into the didgeridoo seems to be what does that. I have no idea how that compares to bagpipes, however.

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Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by dloss »

hks0 wrote: post #25

A friend of mine started "blowing air into water with an straw" (making bubbles) very seriously. I was very skeptical to say the least; but after a couple of months the effects have been very eye opening. Not only it has helped sleep apnea and snoring but also helped with reducing their weight. They had an online group and most participants reported the same. The wight loss was reverted when they stopped for some per…

My voice teacher had me blow air into water with a straw. Felt good and had some therapeutic effect on my vocal chords. Apparently the technique had been developed by a Finnish speech and voice therapist. Here is some background: https://www.laxvox.com/history/

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Post by hikarudo »

jcul wrote: post #62
hks0 wrote: post #25

A friend of mine started "blowing air into water with an straw" (making bubbles) very seriously. I was very skeptical to say the least; but after a couple of months the effects have been very eye opening. Not only it has helped sleep apnea and snoring but also helped with reducing their weight. They had an online group and most participants reported the same. The wight loss was reverted when they stopped for some per…

Reminds me of that guy who started drinking water upside down to train his swallow muscles and cure his chronic heartburn.

In Japan, I learned to drink water upside down to stop hiccups. Works for me, whereas drinking normally doesn't.

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Post by yks »

pegasus wrote: post #32
jimmcslim wrote: post #2

Didgeridoo specifically?, or any instrument that requires circular breathing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing

Circular breathing is easiest to accomplish on the didgeridoo. This is because of several reasons: optimal back-pressure (hits the sweet spot between lack of resistance on a flute and too much of it on an oboe, for example), loose embouchure (relaxed lips make it easier to puff up the cheeks) and single drone focus (no distracting fingerings required). I also suspect the intense vibrations have a similar effect (prob…

would oboe be more effective then, albeit harder to will-power yourself into mastering?

Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by jph00 »

I couldn't find a CPAP mask that worked for me, even after 6 months of trying across 4 different masks.

Then I read studies showing oropharyngeal exercises can help treat sleep apnea. Originally I used https://snoregym.com/ for that, but then I switched to simply chewing gum once a day (being careful to chew on both sides of my mouth roughly equally), and also chewing my food a bit longer.

It totally cured my sleep apnea.

Re: Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)

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Post by dallen33 »

hikarudo wrote: post #137
jcul wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of that guy who started drinking water upside down to train his swallow muscles and cure his chronic heartburn.

In Japan, I learned to drink water upside down to stop hiccups. Works for me, whereas drinking normally doesn't.

How do you get your body to be upside down?
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