Sleep Apnea and Musical Instruments
There was a recent study that came out about a didgeridoo, that when played can cause a strengthening of the throat muscles and a reduction of apnea.
Although the study was small it appears valid. However with all research I must caution everyone that one study does not prove anything. This study would need to be repeated in several different environments and better controlled to be worthwhile.
As an example there was a study in the New England Journal of Medicine on Atrial Overdrive Pacing. This is where they crank up the pacemaker of people and what they found was a reduction in apnea. This was a HUGE study in the medical community and many people thought it was the end of CPAP forever. However in the past few weeks another study came out which refuted these results showing that AOP was not an effective treatment for OSA. Can you imagine if you went and had a pacemaker put inside your heart to control your apnea and it did not work!!! That could have happened with many people based on this study.
The Good news here is that you may only waste a bit of cash on an instrument and some lessons, so the only thing it is likely to hurt is your neighbors ears.
Related Topics: GERD and Sleep Apnea, Commercial Snoring Aids
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Although the study was small it appears valid. However with all research I must caution everyone that one study does not prove anything. This study would need to be repeated in several different environments and better controlled to be worthwhile.
As an example there was a study in the New England Journal of Medicine on Atrial Overdrive Pacing. This is where they crank up the pacemaker of people and what they found was a reduction in apnea. This was a HUGE study in the medical community and many people thought it was the end of CPAP forever. However in the past few weeks another study came out which refuted these results showing that AOP was not an effective treatment for OSA. Can you imagine if you went and had a pacemaker put inside your heart to control your apnea and it did not work!!! That could have happened with many people based on this study.
The Good news here is that you may only waste a bit of cash on an instrument and some lessons, so the only thing it is likely to hurt is your neighbors ears.
Related Topics: GERD and Sleep Apnea, Commercial Snoring Aids
Technorati Tags: sleepapnea, snoring, didgeridoo
3 Comments:
I currently take Xanax .25mg 1&1/2pills at night to help me sleep. I still continue to wake up around 3am. Why???
Tony G
I recommend Ambien. It has an initial dose that puts you to sleep and a time released dose that keeps your from waking up.
This has nothing to do with Sleep Apnia, However.
I have moderate sleep apnea and I just bought my Didgeridoo to see if it can help with my slepp apnea.
Anything beats wearing that mask at night. I always feel like I am suffocating.
My goal is to lose 20 lbs and to use this musical instrument to exercise my neck.
As he mentioned, it cant hurt and It is said that it also has other benefits like increasing oxygen in your blood stream.
I will try to get back to you on this one.
I have not been using my cpap machine lately.
Its much more comfortable while sleeping but I am tired during the day.
Where to find Didgeridoo in India? One of my friend is using isleep from Breas. Which is the good instrument commonly used?
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