Q: What’s the benefit with breathing slower? I have high blood pressure. Yet, I breathe less than 8 times per minute naturally.
A: In the clinical practice setting, a normal resting breathing rate for adults is usually considered to range from 12 to 20 breaths a minute. Each person also has some variability in their breathing rate over the day and from day to day. Studies to determine normal adult breathing have primarily looked at rate, how many times the chest rises and falls during a minute.
Clinical studies with the RESPeRATE have shown that breathing less than 10 breaths a minute for a sustained period of time without thinking about breathing will lower blood pressure. In addition to slowing the rate, RESPeRATE also prolongs expiration. In my opinion, use of the RESPeRATE may help control your blood pressure even though your natural breathing rate may be below 10 breaths per minute.
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Why is it that most Health Care Professional and Doctors have not heard of Resperate even though it is sold in most major Pharmcies, if in fact it can help lower blood pressure and help get most people off of medication?
I believe the answer lies within the body of your question. Most doctors find out about medications through salespeople from the big pharmaceuticals offering inducements for the doctors to “push” them onto their patients such as golf outings, free trips, gift cards, etc. A device that either eliminates and/or drastically reduces the types of medications required for hypertension is not in the “best” interests of Big Pharma. In my honest opinion. Also many doctors will not discuss non-drug solutions or palliative care where a prescription is not written for it. Again in my honest opinion.
Sorry. Physicians are trained to treat a disease and have to give meds that they know will help because, left untreated, HTN kills. Medications can be very effective, once you get to the right combination. As to “other” approaches, lovely if you can follow them religiously and if you really manage to lose weight, exercise, avoid salt, decrease stress. However, for the average stressed-out working mother, or the frustrated laid-off 60-yr-old who won’t find another job, or the overworked and underpaid office worker… since real life takes its toll, just take them, and thank God for being able to take meds. First and foremost, though, work closely with your doctor to find the right combination. Old cheap meds can really do a good job, you shouldn’t run for the most recent product assuming it’s better. Above all, talk with your doctor and get educated on the subject.
Also, physicians know how difficult it is to discuss weight loss,and any other type of behavioral modification, with many patients, and are rather realistic about how long it will take for life stle changes to be implemented and start working, while they know hypertension can’t wait. It’s not all “big pharma”. It’s caring about your patients. And so many still do! Even though so many patients nowadays think thye know better and have lost trust in the category.