Chest physiotherapy- A home healthy therapy

1. Chest Physiotherapy is a group of physical exercises in which a physiotherapist helps patient to perform some physical exercises to improve the function of the respiratory organs. Chest physiotherapy is considered as one of the best and effective method to treat many medical conditions related to respiratory system. It gives strength to the respiratory muscles and lungs thus helps recover from many conditions related to breathing problem. It cures many respiratory diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, pneumonia and many more critical conditions. It is the only physical process to overcome many conditions related to respiratory diseases. The cardiac physiotherapy will heal all the pain that you are going through. The process also involves pain management. There are many categories of Chest Physiotherapy: Deep breathing exercises: Deep breathing is a type of chest physiotherapy in which a patient who suffers from any respiratory diseases, inhales and exhales deeply to get more oxygen for lungs and to release more Co2 to make the lungs and body fit. Coughing: It is the part of physiotherapy that helps to break up secretions from the lungs so that the mucous can be removed. In this process patients are told to sit upright and inhale deeply then the patient exhale coughs and this process is done several times in a day. Percussion: This is the process in which chest wall is struck rhythmically with cupped hands and the process is called cupping or clapping. The purpose of doing this process is to break up the thick secretions so that it can be easily removed to give patients relief from trouble breathing. Postural drainage: The procedure is used to drain lung secretion. Some precautions need to be followed by patients in chest physiotherapy. It should not be performed by the patient, who suffers from lungs bleeding. Patients of asthma should never do such type of exercises because it may make their problem even more worst. Damaged chest walls. Collapsed lungs Tuberculosis Note: The chest physiotherapy process should be performed under the guidance and supervision of qualified physiotherapists.