“How does blowing a balloon help in better breathing pattern?”
My son's respiratory therapist asked him to blow balloons to improve his breathing. How would it help? Would it strain his airways in anyway?
1 Answer
Hello,
Blowing balloons improves your lung capacity and strengthens your respiratory muscles. It does it by creating a positive expiratory pressure inside your lungs upon exhaustion. With that it strengthens your smallest airways that we call alveoli. It also improves you air exchange.
Thank you,
Irina
Blowing balloons improves your lung capacity and strengthens your respiratory muscles. It does it by creating a positive expiratory pressure inside your lungs upon exhaustion. With that it strengthens your smallest airways that we call alveoli. It also improves you air exchange.
Thank you,
Irina
