We breathe about 20,000 times a day. Not breathing correctly can result in tiredness and anxiety. So during Breathing Right Awareness Week (May 16 – 23 May), it’s time to take a deep breath… and learn more about this important issue.
The Breathing Right Survey, conducted by the makers of Breathe Right Nasal Strips, discovered that we are a nation of chest breathers who have forgotten to breathe the correct way, deep from the diaphragm. This may be having a knock-on effect on our health, relationships and our sex lives.
The survey found that more than 1 in 2 Australians surveyed reported that they may not be breathing correctly.
The Breathing Right Survey asked respondents whether they are aware that breathing issues can adversely impact health and sleeping habits, only 46 percent are aware and only one in five Australians surveyed claim to have been taught how to breathe correctly. Interestingly women (23 percent) are almost twice as likely as men (13 percent) to have been taught to breathe correctly.
This survey also highlights another major breathing problem that is upsetting Australians. Noisy breathing and snoring is affecting people’s sex lives, sleeping arrangements and relationships. Of those people in a relationship that is affected by the breathing problems of a partner, an astonishingly 25 percent claimed that their relationship has been affected by the breathing behaviours of a partner.
How breathing problems could be affecting your health:
Tiredness and general lethargy is cited as the main symptoms of snoring or not breathing correctly followed by headaches and bags under the eyes.
• 42 percent surveyed mentioned headaches were considered to be a sign of not breathing correctly, amongst women (48 percent) compared to men (37 percent).
• 27 percent surveyed stated appearance of the eyes (bags, dark circles).
• 57 percent of respondents claim to have their sleep adversely impacted by their partner’s breathing and this rises to almost two-thirds of women (64 percent).
However, the noise and lack of sleep has other impacts on the relationship:
How breathing problems could be affecting your relationship:
The survey highlights the affects of noisy breathing and snoring. Of women who have been in a relationship affected by breathing behaviours:
• 20 percent claim they sleep in separate rooms all the time due to noisy breathing or snoring
• one in 5 claim that their sex life has been adversely impacted
• 1 in 10 women have ended relationships due to the breathing behaviours of their partner
• 70 percent of women surveyed find loud breathing a turnoff.
Rescu. recommends:
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