CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY

Physiotherapists have the ability to help people with chest conditions that need help to remove excess phlegm (mucus) from their airways. They can help teach you breathing exercises to do yourself to help keep your airways clear as well as use techniques known as percussion, vibrations, postural drainage to help loosen the secretions. For those people who are unable to generate an effective enough cough to get rid of the phlegm assisted coughing is a technique that can be used.

Prior to each treatment assessment techniques such as auscultation using a stethoscope to listen to your lungs will be performed.

Click on the link below to see the one of the types of breathing exercises recommended know as the ACBT (Active Cycle of Breathing Technique)