Tag: Breathing

• CMT’s Impact on Respiration

  Many people with CMT report having problems with breathing.

  Dan

  July 11, 2020

  Awareness

  Breathing, Respiration, Respiratory Health

• CMT, COVID-19, and Respiratory Health

  

  A few weekends ago, I listened to the HNF webinar on COVID-19 and CMT with Dr. John Bach of Rutgers University Medical School, a leader in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation, particularly for people with neuromuscular diseases. You can watch it and get a bunch of other materials now — for free — thanks to…

  Dan

  April 17, 2020

  Awareness, News

  BiPAP, Breathing, CMT and Respiratory Impairment, Coronavirus, COVID-19, CPAP, frog breathing, glossal pharyngeal breathing, HNF, John Bach, Lungs, Novel Coronavirus, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Respiration, ventilators

• CMT and Respiratory Dysfunction

  

  Science is starting to confirm very wide ranging effects to the nerve damage CMT does, often slowly and over time so it may not be very noticeable for many years.

  Dan

  March 11, 2020

  Research, Therapy

  Breathing, CMT and Respiratory Impairment, CMT1A, CMT2, CMTNS, Hypercapnia, Hypercarbia, Lungs, MEP, MIP, Respiration

• Should I play the didgeridoo (or harmonica) to fight sleep apnea‽

  

  Some recent studies on obstructive sleep apnea got attention for concluding something fairly obvious — losing weight and reducing fat in the tongue might be the best treatment for OSA.

  Dan

  February 10, 2020

  News, Research, Therapy

  Breathing, CPAP, Respiration, Sleep Apnea, Tongue

• Respiratory Problems and CMT

  

  Earlier in life, relatively healthy people with CMT can overlook signs of compromised respiratory function which will start to cause more and more problems for them later.

  Dan

  February 9, 2020

  Research, Therapy

  Breathing, CMT2, Hypercapnia, Respiration, Sleep Apnea