The natural way to cope with effects from asthma
by Michelle McDonagh Connaught Tribune 21st May 2004 Part of article- Richards story Fourteen years old Richard Moran has been a chronic asthmatic since the age of eleven months. His condition was so bad that he was almost constantly on antibiotics and had to be hospitalised at least six times a year. However, his father Peter says that since Richard started Buteyko Breathing last September, he has become a different person- he has had only one asthma attack since then and has been able to significantly reduce his medication
The week before Richard first went to one of Patrick McKeown’s clinics in Dublin, his father had to carry him up an incline behind their house because he could not walk up the hill himself. He could’nt play football outside with his brother for more than ten minutes without having to go inside and use his nebuliser machine. Peter explains: “Richard can now play football and run and he does not need his machine anymore. The difference is unbelieveable, he feels a million dollars.” Richard practices his breathing exercises every day, breathes through his nose constantly and covers his mouth with paper tape to ensure that he does not revert to mouth breathing in his sleep. We can’t believe the difference in our child and its all down to changing his breathing. I would not hesitate to recommend this method to anybody,” says Peter.