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Adelleda -> RE: Your Dom(me) snores (1/17/2011 4:56:59 AM)
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My family learnt the buteyko method when i was younger because I had numerous ENT/asthma problems and the parents thought it could help. Along with teaching me and my family about breathing through the nose (sounds weird but it works, a lot of people breathe predominantly through their mouth without realising) one of the techniques used by them is sleeping with paper medical tape closing your mouth. It encourages breathing through your nose during sleep and can reduce snoring.
My parents both snore like truckdrivers and it does help, I have to say it doesn't eleminate it but it does help. It does take a while to get used to and I stopped using it requarly years ago but when I get sick I sometimes use it to help clear my nose/sinuses still, and I find it also helps stop my mouth/throat hurting which could be attributed to snoring badly with my mouth goldfish wide open.
Sounds weird but trying doesn't hurt. Just a strip from the bottom of your nose to below your mouth.
Edited for punctuation/grammar and to add:
Make a conscious effort to constantly breathe (at least predominantly) through your nose
Ensure your nasal passages/sinuses are clear
Try sleeping on your left side (don't ask me how but aparently it works
Elevate the head of your bed
Limit alcohol, corree and black tea in the evening
Don't eat a heavy meal within 2 hours before going to bed
Avoid refined carbos late in the evening
Lose weight, although this might not apply to everyone.
Respectfuly pinched from a buteyko website. Some basic sense stuff, some kinda unusual stuff.
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