Play your didgeridoo

[Guest guest]

Daily playing of a didgeridoo can help alleviate sleep problems, a

study says.

 

Swiss researchers found using the instrument for 25 minutes a day

helped people with sleep apnoea, the British Medical Journal reported.

 

The disorder causes the throat to close and breathing to stop, waking

the patient, but the sessions helped by strengthening the airways.

 

UK experts said such exercising of the airways was known to help.

 

About 5% of the population has the syndrome, which can cause people to

wake up regularly during the night, and common advice from doctors is

to lose weight.

 

 

Exercising the airways in such a way is known to help people with this

condition

Neil Stanley, sleep expert

 

But the team, from the Zuercher Hoehenklinik Wald hospital, decided to

investigate whether playing the Aboriginal wind instrument helped

patients after hearing reports that it had solved some sleep-related

problems.

 

The team identified 25 people with sleep apnoea and split them into

two groups - one which was given daily lessons for four months, while

the other was kept on a waiting list for lessons.

 

Patients who had lessons reported less sleepiness during the day and

their partners said there were less disturbances.

 

Lead researcher Otto Braendli said larger trials were needed to

confirm the findings, but said the study offered hope.

 

" Our results are the first to show that training the upper airways

significantly improves sleep related outcomes. "

 

University of Surrey sleep expert Neil Stanley said: " Exercising the

airways in such a way is known to help people with this condition.

 

" There have been reports that people who have done singing have

benefited in a similar way. However, most doctors would advise people

to lose weight. "

[Guest guest]

Ha! I guess I'd better move from the djembe to the

didgeridoo! Personally, I think saying didgeridoo 100

times a day may exercise the throat in the same way.

:-) Susan

 

--- heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote:

 

> Daily playing of a didgeridoo can help alleviate

> sleep problems, a

> study says.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

LOL - I reckon you could be right.

 

Jo

 

---- Original Message -----

" Susan " <oceanfest_2000

 

Sunday, December 25, 2005 7:20 PM

Re: Play your didgeridoo

 

 

> Ha! I guess I'd better move from the djembe to the

> didgeridoo! Personally, I think saying didgeridoo 100

> times a day may exercise the throat in the same way.

> :-) Susan