Repost from Health & Human Performance Foundation:
This is our latest breathing science study, authored by Tanya Bentley PhD @tanyabentley Gina M. D’Andrea-Penna PhD @gdpenna & Emily Hightower @_emily_hightower_ . It is available to read and download through the link in our IG bio and our Health and Human Performance Foundation website, at hhp-foundation.org.
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“This case study demonstrates the potential value of slow diaphragmatic breathing as a simple, accessible, no-cost approach to migraine treatment and prevention. The patient suffered a decades-long burden of migraines, which became daily and debilitating in the five years preceding the intervention described here. A regular 10 min breathing practice with brief breath holds and extended exhales provided immediate relief and virtually eliminated her migraines, with only two mild ones reported at 12-month follow-up.
This breathing practice was always available to the patient and required no prescription or equipment, allowing her to take agency over her stress and symptoms in real time. The intervention taught the patient to notice her body’s signals and regulate her breathing, empowering her to tame her previously intractable stress response and, consequently, to eliminate not only migraines but also headache-anticipation anxiety.”
Full article: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/9/2/140
