Learn to exercise lung function

  Since the outbreak of the epidemic, many people have realized that our lungs are so fragile. As the core organ of the respiratory system, the lungs mainly provide oxygen and ensure the operation of Qi and blood.

  The occurrence of lung cancer is the result of multiple factors, including environment, heredity and lifestyle, susceptibility to the environment, such as smoking, passive smoking, occupational exposure, air pollution, family genetics, etc., are all high risk factors for lung cancer.

The key to the prevention of lung cancer is to develop and adhere to good living habits, away from the high-risk factors that are easy to cause the disease, improve lung resistance, only the stronger the lung, our life is more vibrant.

Learn to exercise lung function

1) Abdominal breathing

Abdominal breathing is also called diaphragmatic exercise. Method: Take a comfortable position, can sit and lie, can put some soft music to relax our spirit, muscles, reduce uncoordinated breathing. Place your hands on the chest and abdomen, inhale through the nose, bulge the abdomen, contract the diaphragm, inhale through the abdomen during exhalation, inhale through the mouth, narrow the lips slightly during exhalation, and slowly exhale the air to extend the exhalation time.

Practice once a day in the morning, in the middle and in the evening, 5-10 minutes/time. Practice can reduce respiratory rate and increase tidal volume. This can improve the effective ventilation of the lungs, which is conducive to the intake of oxygen and the expulsion of carbon dioxide.

2) Blow up balloons

Breathe in slowly and deeply through your nose, hold your breath for about 1 second, and then blow into the mouth of the balloon until it stops blowing, 3 times a day for 10 minutes. It should be emphasized that blowing balloons does not lie in blowing fast, nor in blowing much, as long as you try to blow out the gas and make progress every day.

 

3) Do more upper body exercises

Chest extension exercise arms straight, forward flat, keep the hands down, slowly and strongly to both sides of the chest movement, and then from both sides to the side of the body. Inhale when your arms are raised, exhale when your arms are pulled back. When you begin the exercise, repeat 50 times and gradually increase to 100 times.

Stretch the arms straight forward and up, slowly and forcefully extend to the back of the head, the upper body can also be slightly bent back, as far as possible to achieve the maximum range of activity of the shoulder joint, so that the shoulder joint has a significant "shock" feeling, and then the arms are withdrawn to the sides of the body.

Inhale when arms are raised, exhale when arms are brought back, repeat 30 to 50 times. You can also do upper body exercises such as Taijiquan, Qigong exercise brain major muscle, pectoralis minor muscle and other auxiliary respiratory muscle group.

4) Breathing gymnastics exercise

  On the basis of abdominal breathing, with the exhalation and inhalation do two arms up and down, chest expansion, bending, squatting and other movements.

  In addition, such as fast walking, jogging, swimming, singing, etc. are also very helpful to improve lung function.

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