DIY Chest PT

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smccanl

New member
Hi Everyone,

I'm still awaiting my first appointment with the CF clinic to figure out my final diagnosis and get a CT scan of my lungs. Right now I'm starting to come down with something and I feel that rattling in my chest and shortness of breath - I can feel that there is stuff that needs to be coughed up and it's just really difficult to get it out.

I don't know if you can teach me this over the Internet... but I was wondering if there are any techniques you can use when you don't have a vest, or any equipment, or another person, but that you can still use to help get the mucus out of your lungs?

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm brand new to this stuff. Any advice is appreciated while I await my appointment.

Thanks!
Sarah
 
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smccanl

New member
Hi Everyone,

I'm still awaiting my first appointment with the CF clinic to figure out my final diagnosis and get a CT scan of my lungs. Right now I'm starting to come down with something and I feel that rattling in my chest and shortness of breath - I can feel that there is stuff that needs to be coughed up and it's just really difficult to get it out.

I don't know if you can teach me this over the Internet... but I was wondering if there are any techniques you can use when you don't have a vest, or any equipment, or another person, but that you can still use to help get the mucus out of your lungs?

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm brand new to this stuff. Any advice is appreciated while I await my appointment.

Thanks!
Sarah
 
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smccanl

New member
Hi Everyone,

I'm still awaiting my first appointment with the CF clinic to figure out my final diagnosis and get a CT scan of my lungs. Right now I'm starting to come down with something and I feel that rattling in my chest and shortness of breath - I can feel that there is stuff that needs to be coughed up and it's just really difficult to get it out.

I don't know if you can teach me this over the Internet... but I was wondering if there are any techniques you can use when you don't have a vest, or any equipment, or another person, but that you can still use to help get the mucus out of your lungs?

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm brand new to this stuff. Any advice is appreciated while I await my appointment.

Thanks!
Sarah
 
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smccanl

New member
Hi Everyone,

I'm still awaiting my first appointment with the CF clinic to figure out my final diagnosis and get a CT scan of my lungs. Right now I'm starting to come down with something and I feel that rattling in my chest and shortness of breath - I can feel that there is stuff that needs to be coughed up and it's just really difficult to get it out.

I don't know if you can teach me this over the Internet... but I was wondering if there are any techniques you can use when you don't have a vest, or any equipment, or another person, but that you can still use to help get the mucus out of your lungs?

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm brand new to this stuff. Any advice is appreciated while I await my appointment.

Thanks!
Sarah
 
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smccanl

New member
Hi Everyone,
<br />
<br />I'm still awaiting my first appointment with the CF clinic to figure out my final diagnosis and get a CT scan of my lungs. Right now I'm starting to come down with something and I feel that rattling in my chest and shortness of breath - I can feel that there is stuff that needs to be coughed up and it's just really difficult to get it out.
<br />
<br />I don't know if you can teach me this over the Internet... but I was wondering if there are any techniques you can use when you don't have a vest, or any equipment, or another person, but that you can still use to help get the mucus out of your lungs?
<br />
<br />I'm sorry if this is a stupid question - I'm brand new to this stuff. Any advice is appreciated while I await my appointment.
<br />
<br />Thanks!
<br />Sarah
 
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robert321

New member
well, in a perfect world you would have someone to do this for you but take your hand cup it a little like you are going to drink out of it and hit yourself in the chest with it, if you can tell where the mucus is hit there. i think as long as you can reach the area, of course hitting yourself in the back might be a little hard but see what you can do. see if you can get a friend to come do manual cpt for you, its basically just slapping you over and over in the chest, a little more complex than that but that's the basic idea
 
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robert321

New member
well, in a perfect world you would have someone to do this for you but take your hand cup it a little like you are going to drink out of it and hit yourself in the chest with it, if you can tell where the mucus is hit there. i think as long as you can reach the area, of course hitting yourself in the back might be a little hard but see what you can do. see if you can get a friend to come do manual cpt for you, its basically just slapping you over and over in the chest, a little more complex than that but that's the basic idea
 
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robert321

New member
well, in a perfect world you would have someone to do this for you but take your hand cup it a little like you are going to drink out of it and hit yourself in the chest with it, if you can tell where the mucus is hit there. i think as long as you can reach the area, of course hitting yourself in the back might be a little hard but see what you can do. see if you can get a friend to come do manual cpt for you, its basically just slapping you over and over in the chest, a little more complex than that but that's the basic idea
 
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robert321

New member
well, in a perfect world you would have someone to do this for you but take your hand cup it a little like you are going to drink out of it and hit yourself in the chest with it, if you can tell where the mucus is hit there. i think as long as you can reach the area, of course hitting yourself in the back might be a little hard but see what you can do. see if you can get a friend to come do manual cpt for you, its basically just slapping you over and over in the chest, a little more complex than that but that's the basic idea
 
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robert321

New member
well, in a perfect world you would have someone to do this for you but take your hand cup it a little like you are going to drink out of it and hit yourself in the chest with it, if you can tell where the mucus is hit there. i think as long as you can reach the area, of course hitting yourself in the back might be a little hard but see what you can do. see if you can get a friend to come do manual cpt for you, its basically just slapping you over and over in the chest, a little more complex than that but that's the basic idea
 
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MicheleGazelle

New member
I will suggest a long, HOT shower and coughing hard from the steam. Make sure you get enough fluids and salt before the shower. A little orange juice or a banana (for the electrolytes) and a salty snack beforehand might be helpful for creating a productive cough. This is the only chest PT my son and I do anymore. (I used to have a gizmo and he had a different one. We are healthier now and don't need them.)

Do try to air the bathroom out afterwards so you don't start growing stuff in there that can make you ill.
 
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MicheleGazelle

New member
I will suggest a long, HOT shower and coughing hard from the steam. Make sure you get enough fluids and salt before the shower. A little orange juice or a banana (for the electrolytes) and a salty snack beforehand might be helpful for creating a productive cough. This is the only chest PT my son and I do anymore. (I used to have a gizmo and he had a different one. We are healthier now and don't need them.)

Do try to air the bathroom out afterwards so you don't start growing stuff in there that can make you ill.
 
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MicheleGazelle

New member
I will suggest a long, HOT shower and coughing hard from the steam. Make sure you get enough fluids and salt before the shower. A little orange juice or a banana (for the electrolytes) and a salty snack beforehand might be helpful for creating a productive cough. This is the only chest PT my son and I do anymore. (I used to have a gizmo and he had a different one. We are healthier now and don't need them.)

Do try to air the bathroom out afterwards so you don't start growing stuff in there that can make you ill.
 
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MicheleGazelle

New member
I will suggest a long, HOT shower and coughing hard from the steam. Make sure you get enough fluids and salt before the shower. A little orange juice or a banana (for the electrolytes) and a salty snack beforehand might be helpful for creating a productive cough. This is the only chest PT my son and I do anymore. (I used to have a gizmo and he had a different one. We are healthier now and don't need them.)

Do try to air the bathroom out afterwards so you don't start growing stuff in there that can make you ill.
 
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MicheleGazelle

New member
I will suggest a long, HOT shower and coughing hard from the steam. Make sure you get enough fluids and salt before the shower. A little orange juice or a banana (for the electrolytes) and a salty snack beforehand might be helpful for creating a productive cough. This is the only chest PT my son and I do anymore. (I used to have a gizmo and he had a different one. We are healthier now and don't need them.)
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<br />Do try to air the bathroom out afterwards so you don't start growing stuff in there that can make you ill.
 
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Mockingbird

New member
Well, there's active cycle and autogenic drainage. Unforunately, both of those are hard to teach over the internet.

Here's a couple sites I could find for autogenic drainage:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm">http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.lifespan.org/services/pulmonology/cystic_fibrosis/autogenic_drainage.htm">http://www.lifespan.org/servic...autogenic_drainage.htm</a>

You'd probably have more success by just going for a steam, like suggested above. Also, it is easier to cough stuff up after eating a big, full meal.
 
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Mockingbird

New member
Well, there's active cycle and autogenic drainage. Unforunately, both of those are hard to teach over the internet.

Here's a couple sites I could find for autogenic drainage:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm">http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.lifespan.org/services/pulmonology/cystic_fibrosis/autogenic_drainage.htm">http://www.lifespan.org/servic...autogenic_drainage.htm</a>

You'd probably have more success by just going for a steam, like suggested above. Also, it is easier to cough stuff up after eating a big, full meal.
 
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Mockingbird

New member
Well, there's active cycle and autogenic drainage. Unforunately, both of those are hard to teach over the internet.

Here's a couple sites I could find for autogenic drainage:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm">http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.lifespan.org/services/pulmonology/cystic_fibrosis/autogenic_drainage.htm">http://www.lifespan.org/servic...autogenic_drainage.htm</a>

You'd probably have more success by just going for a steam, like suggested above. Also, it is easier to cough stuff up after eating a big, full meal.
 
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Mockingbird

New member
Well, there's active cycle and autogenic drainage. Unforunately, both of those are hard to teach over the internet.

Here's a couple sites I could find for autogenic drainage:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm">http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm</a>
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.lifespan.org/services/pulmonology/cystic_fibrosis/autogenic_drainage.htm">http://www.lifespan.org/servic...autogenic_drainage.htm</a>

You'd probably have more success by just going for a steam, like suggested above. Also, it is easier to cough stuff up after eating a big, full meal.
 
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Mockingbird

New member
Well, there's active cycle and autogenic drainage. Unforunately, both of those are hard to teach over the internet.
<br />
<br />Here's a couple sites I could find for autogenic drainage:
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm">http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/normap/autodrng.htm</a>
<br /><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.lifespan.org/services/pulmonology/cystic_fibrosis/autogenic_drainage.htm">http://www.lifespan.org/servic...autogenic_drainage.htm</a>
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<br />You'd probably have more success by just going for a steam, like suggested above. Also, it is easier to cough stuff up after eating a big, full meal.
 
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