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    Breathless Sleep... no more: A compelling case study.
    Breathless Sleep... no more: A compelling case study.
    Breathless Sleep... no more: A compelling case study.
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    Breathless Sleep... no more: A compelling case study.

    By Paul Rodriguez and Patrick McKeown

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    Breathless Sleep...no more is more than a memoir.

    It recounts Paul's personal struggle over many years with severe obstructive sleep apnoea. Paul's story takes the reader down a path of anticipation, hope, despair, resolution and then new hope and symptom resolution. Paul recounts his experience with referenced facts giving credib

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Rodriguez
    Release dateOct 21, 2020
    ISBN9780994169419
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    Paul Rodriguez

    Paul practised as a lawyer for over 30 years when he developed severe obstructive sleep apnoea. His health was poor until he learned the Buteyko Method. By learning to breathe almost exclusively through his nose and slow down his rate of breathing his symptoms decreased significantly. In 2014 he wrote a seminal account of his journey and published "Breathless Sleep...no more. A compelling case study." This health improvement resulted in him changing his career to become a Breathing Retrainer. He trained with Patrick McKeown and obtained further mentoring and clinical experience from Paul O'Connell from the Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Health. In 2018 Paul published a 2nd edition of his book with a significant contribution from Patrick McKeown. Patrick also wrote the Foreword to the 2nd edition. Paul trained with the Australian Institute of Applied Mindfulness and was certified as a Practitioner in 2019. Paul teaches a Mindful Buteyko Breathing Course.

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      Breathless Sleep... no more - Paul Rodriguez

      Foreword to 1st edition

      I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from Paul Rodriguez advising that he had just written a book about overcoming his debilitating sleep apnoea with the Buteyko Breathing Method. He also advised that he had been introduced to Buteyko Breathing by attending a seminar I conducted at the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne in 2008, and asked if I was interested in writing the foreword for his book. I was delighted to accept.

      Paul outlines in detail his struggle with poor sleep over many years and the effect this had on several aspects of his life including weight gain, stress, depression, energy levels and relationships. He was eventually diagnosed with sleep apnoea and initially tried to get relief by using a CPAP machine. His honesty and openness about his problems will strike a chord with many thousands of people.

      He explains how by changing his breathing he quickly started to improve. He provides a clear outline of the science behind Buteyko Breathing and how and why his health improved. The references and technical data relating to his case will make it easy for people to understand the results he achieved with Buteyko, which at first glance often seem too good to be true.

      Having taught the Buteyko Breathing Method to more than 8,000 people over the last 20 years, I have received many hundreds of testimonials and case studies from happy clients.

      But no-one has taken such time and effort to share their experience for the benefit of others like Paul Rodriguez.

      I congratulate him and am sure you will be inspired by his book.

      Paul O’Connell

      BSc, Dip Ed, MBA

      Chief Executive Officer

      Buteyko Institute of Breathing & Health

      Foreword to 2nd edition

      To wake up alert and refreshed, there are two simple strategies contained in this book which you can immediately apply. The first is to breathe silently and the second is to breathe only through your nose during the daytime and at sleep.

      Both strategies are logical, have no side effects and are supported by decades of research.

      If you were to witness someone snore or stop breathing during sleep, you would notice that their breathing is hard and often through the mouth. As long as this breathing pattern continues, their sleep quality is very likely to remain poor. If you wake up with a dry mouth in the morning, your sleep quality can certainly be improved.

      The benefits of breathing silently and through the nose are numerous. The nose has its own supply of the gas nitric oxide. As each breath is drawn through the nose, nitric oxide signals the muscles of the throat to stay wide and open. Without this, the throat can collapse, a person can stop breathing, and their sleep and health can adversely be affected. In addition, the nose is directly linked to our main breathing muscle, the diaphragm. Using the diaphragm to breathe improves lung volume and this helps ensure that the muscles of the throat work harder to stay open during sleep. Breathing through the nose is imperative to harness this constant communication between the nose, diaphragm and throat.

      Another consideration is breathing volume and the negative pressure created in the upper airways during breathing. The harder we breathe, the greater the negative pressure as air is drawn into the lungs. Imagine the upper airways of the throat as a collapsible paper straw. If one breathes hard through the straw, then increased negative pressure will cause the sides of the straw to be drawn inwards thereby causing collapse. If on the other hand, breathing is light and through the nose, there is less negative pressure and therefore less collapse.

      The ideal resting position of the tongue is in the roof of the mouth. During the day and during sleep, three quarters of the tongue should be against the palate. However, if the person breathes through their mouth or if their tongue is tied too tightly to the floor of the mouth, the tongue is prevented from resting in the ideal position. When the tongue rests midway or on the floor of the mouth, the back of the tongue is encroaching on the space of the throat. This reduces the size of the upper airway making it more liable to collapse.

      In sixteenth century Europe, it was a practice of midwives to check whether a new born baby had free movement of their tongue. If their tongue was held too tightly to the floor of the mouth, the midwife clipped the piece of string holding the tongue with their finger nail. This procedure was a case of life or death for the baby, as only with a free tongue could the baby latch to the breast for feeding. While breast feeding provides the baby with good nutrition, it also helps to ensure normal development of the jaws and face which is necessary to support nasal breathing. In today’s society, babies with tongue tie often fall between the cracks of modern medicine. These infants can experience difficulty feeding from their mother. They have an increased tendency towards mouth breathing which reinforces poor development of their airway. It is tragic to note that up to 50% of studied children are persistent mouth breathers and this sets the child up for lifelong sleep problems, something that could be avoided with a little awareness. Addressing tongue ties in young babies and ensuring that the child breathes through his or her nose is essential for the future of a thriving society.

      In his quest to improve his sleep, Paul Rodriguez had his tongue clipped. With freer movement of the tongue, Paul is able to maintain the correct tongue posture and make room in his airway for breathing.

      The nose is designed by nature to ensure that breathing is efficient. Mouth breathing can cause too much carbon dioxide to leave the body resulting in blood pH becoming too alkaline. As carbon dioxide is the primary regulator of blood pH, removing too much by breathing hard will reduce the signals from the brain to breathe. When the brain does not send the message to breathe during sleep, this is called a central sleep apnoea. Sleep apnoea can be a combination of the airways collapsing during sleep to cause obstructive sleep apnoea along with reduced signals by the brain to breathe causing central sleep apnoea.

      Another purpose of the nose is to condition incoming air to the correct moisture levels and temperature for the lungs. The mouth is not nearly as effective as the nose in moistening incoming air. Breathing through the mouth causes a drying of the airways making them sticky. When sticky airways collapse, a person stops breathing for a longer period of time. This increases the severity of sleep apnoea, as blood oxygen saturation drops severely. Mouth breathing also causes trauma to the upper airways, literally sucking moisture and contributing to inflammation. When the airways are inflamed, they become narrow, leading to breathing difficulties.

      Paul Rodriguez is not a sleep doctor. Instead he is office based and performs tasks which require good quality sleep to stay focused. Like many of us, Paul suffered from sleep problems and this affected his work and quality of life. Breathless Sleep ... no more is not just Paul’s account of his journey to getting a good night’s sleep. It is an account of the tools to help you get a good night’s sleep.

      Read Paul’s sleep studies and observe what happened when he made simple changes to his breathing. I believe the best solution to health problems is learning and adopting practices that truly help us. Breathless Sleep ... no more does just that.

      Patrick McKeown

      Author, The Oxygen Advantage

      Introduction

      Why I am compelled to write this book

      I am fifty-eight years old.

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