Episode 15: Stop Blowing out the Candles
Episode description
We hear that words matter, but could the words we say as clinicians be impacting our patient’s results?
It could be!
In this episode, Dr. Burriesci chats about Pursed Lip Breathing (PLB) as an intervention for patients with an Emphysema diagnosis, anxiety or post-exercise. This intervention is extremely popular and easy to perform, but the traditional cue of “blow out the candle” is often misused. We want to give our patients a different cue that is mindful of the 1 second inhale to 2 second exhale, to prevent air trapping, encourage air to move out of the lungs and pace breathing. But if we stop saying “blow out the candle”, then what do we say? Find out now what phrase we should use to maximize PLB and get the most bang for your buck.
In This Episode:
- Mechanism of pursed lip breathing (PLB)
- Pathophys of Emphysema
- Importance of the words we choose in cueing
- Visual feedback techniques of PLB
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