Best treatment for asthma

Asthma is an inflammation of the lungs. The inflammation is permanent in asthma. This means that there are always small inflammations in the lungs. This can cause many complaints.

Complaints of asthma

Has your doctor told you that you have asthma? Then you probably recognize the situation that your lungs sometimes react very sensitively to stimuli such as smoke, exhaust fumes, dust mites or pets. This may make you short of breath or start to cough. If this comes on suddenly, we call it an asthma attack. Not everyone responds to the same stimuli and the severity of asthma differs per person.

The main asthma symptoms are:

• shortness of breath
• coughing up mucus
• wheezing
• quickly out of breath/shortness of breath
• reduced energy
• fatigue
• reduced fitness
• reduced muscle strength

Different types of asthma

Bee exercise-induced asthma the complaints only manifest themselves during activities, and especially when the effort is started too quickly. Bee allergic asthma someone reacts to substances (e.g. house dust mites, animals) that can cause an allergic reaction. There also exists non-allergic asthma. Here someone often reacts to weather conditions, smoke or perfume. With allergic asthma you may experience symptoms such as sneezing, itchy eyes, dry cough or stuffy nose.

The effect of exercise on asthma

The idea that people with breathing problems should keep quiet and not move has been outdated for years. In fact, exercising in a responsible manner can actually help reduce complaints. Regular exercise increases your lung capacity. Old air is removed better and makes way for fresh oxygen-rich air. In addition, trained muscles require less oxygen than untrained muscles.

In summary, exercise provides the following benefits for asthma

• Your endurance improves
• You get stronger breathing muscles
• Your confidence in your body increases
• Reduction of side effects of the medications, such as osteoporosis and weaker muscles

The role of the physiotherapist

We help you add exercise to your daily life in such a way that it remains pleasant. You will exercise with a coach and a tailor-made exercise program. Of course we take your limitations and medication use into account. This will help you achieve your set goals. We also advise on everything related to exercise. During an extensive intake interview, we will examine whether and how an exercise program can supplement the treatment of your complaints.

Together we ensure that you can improve control over your symptoms and live an active and healthy life!