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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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I don't know anything about what you're experiencing but know it sounds awful. I saw an acupuncturist yesterday who practices Traditional Chinese Medicine and teaches TaiChi and QiGong. In addition to helping me build up my strength, he is going to teach me QiGong breathing exercises over the internet. Being in 2 high risk groups for Covid-19, not having to go to his office will be a huge blessing! Hopefully, the exercises will help me with shortness of breath and other issues I'm having caused by my paralyzed left diaphragm. I totally believe in complementing Western medicine with other approaches and credit a Chinese doctor and acupuncture with getting me out of a severe depression when nothing my western doctors were trying worked. If your acupuncturist didn't bring it up, you might ask him/her about QiGong and if it would help you. Good luck! Nancy
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Hi Nia, thanku for your input. I’m glad you have found relief and assistance. As for tai chi exercises, that’s actually crossed my mind, i Found a YouTube on “Max Strom’s Inner Axis Well Being 30-minute class” that seems similar to tai chi as it is a slow breathing exercise. I tried to follow it and will continue to here and there. I’m still definitely struggling daily but trying to work through this however I can. And I will read through as many of these posts to see other natural approaches that have helped people. This is just the most difficult thing I’m experiencing and none of the doctors can seem to help.