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How does blowing a balloon help in better breathing pattern?
My son's respiratory therapist asked him to blow balloons to improve his breathing. How would it help? Would it strain his airways in anyway?
1 Answer
Hello,
Blowing balloons improves your lung capacity and strengthens your respiratory muscles. It does it by creating a positive expiratory pressure inside your lungs upon exhaustion. With that it strengthens your smallest airways that we call alveoli. It also improves you air exchange.
Thank you,
Irina