From the mandalic technics to the physiopathology: an experience of respiratory therapeutic exercise (RTE)

Into a project to organize a respiratory therapeutic exercise (RTE) service for patients affected by chronic obstructive disease (COLD), a study on relaxation and breathing technique has been performed. This technique has been carried out on nine patients. The principal purposes were three:-to enable patients, as much as possible, to control their breathing;-to enable patients to fight against their disease to avoid delegating to drugs the care of their disease;-to facilitate the approach to the use of the bio-feed-back instruments utilizated in the second phase of treatment. The check with respiratory functionality test has proved the best result for the patients affected by a prevallingly obstructure syndrome. In conclusion, the above mentioned techniques can be a useful therapeutic RTE preparatory moment; their limit is bound to subjective factors as for example the ability to the therapeutist to make his own relaxation and breathing technics for every single patient.