Asthma and dysfunctional breathing problems

[Ca12345]

Anyone else been diagnosed with dysfunctional breathing and have mild to modarate asthma make it worse as i feel so bad in morning but get bit better through the day time???

[twinkly29]

It's really really common to have dysfunctional breathing alongside asthma - basically the body develops unhelpful ways to breathe (which can happen for all sorts of reasons, asthma being one of them) and then keeps them rather than breathing properly - and it's these unhelpful ways of breathing that then cause other breathing symptoms. Breathing exercises work really well (done at the time of symptoms to make them go away and also regularly over time to retrain the body to breathe properly).

I think you mentioned yesterday that you've been to Addenbrooke's to the asthma clinic? Have they referred you to their respiratory physios? I found their physios to be very good for support with dysfunctional breathing.