OPEP Respiratory Training
REHABILITATION after COVID-19 – How RMT and OPEP can support a better and quicker recovery
As the COVID-19 pandemic has hit humankind unprepared and without precedence of a similar scale, clinicians and scientists are frantically searching for and debating the best ways to prevent, manage, and treat the heterogeneous disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus. While the focus is still on prevention and treatment of the early and acute stages,…
Read MorePositive Expiratory Pressure Therapy: What is it, and How Does It Work?
Oscillatory Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP) is a drug-free therapy that helps clear secretions from the lungs and expand the lung’s air capacity. OPEP therapy uses small hand-held devices to support the lung’s natural cleaning mechanism and to provide an effective barrier to foreign particles. The body has primary defence mechanisms to fight invading respiratory pathogens.…
Read MoreOscillatory Positive Expiratory Pressure: The Ball Game for Your Lungs
Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) therapy helps mucus secretion and lung function by creating positive pressure and vibration in the lungs. This can be achieved by simultaneously exhaling against resistance and creating oscillation or vibration. During OPEP, the inhale is unloaded, so the user is asked to inhale first and then to exhale through the…
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