Warm up Cold Feet and Hands in 2-3 Min (Breathing)
This breathing exercise
to warm up cold feet and hands was used by over two hundred Soviet and Russian MDs who
practiced the Buteyko breathing method. They taught this breathing exercise to thousands of
patients. The exercise helps, in over 70% of cases, to warm up cold hands or cold
feet naturally in about 2-3 min and quickly improve poor
circulation. Other people require more changes in their automatic breathing
patterns to improve body oxygen content.
Breathing exercise to warm up cold hands and feet
Sit down at a table with your spine straight. Relax all your body muscles. Next, instead of taking your usual inhalation, take a slightly smaller inhalation (about 10% less) and then immediately relax all body muscles, especially the upper chest and other breathing muscles. Take another (smaller) inhale and again completely relax.
With each breath,
continue to take a small or reduced inhalation and then
completely relax. You will soon experience light but comfortable air
hunger. Your goal is to maintain this light air hunger for 2-3
minutes. For faster results, if you do not suffer from heart disease,
hypertension, migraine, and panic attacks, you can make air hunger stronger and stronger. Your
breathing (it is called reduced breathing) can be frequent during this
exercise but this is normal. If you do this exercise correctly (you indeed breathe
less), your hands and feet will be warm in less than 3 minutes. (For patients
with advanced Raynaud disease, it may take longer time, up to 1-2
weeks, and more breath work, so that to improve circulation and body
oxygenation, in order to normalize their automatic breathing pattern and cure
the condition.)
How to warm up cold feet and cold hands during sleep or at night
Lie on your left side or on chest and relax all your body
muscles. Breathe only through the nose. Follow the previous instructions for reduced
breathing to get a quick relief for cold feet or hands at night or during sleep.
Body oxygen levels and cold feet/hands effect
People with cold hands and feet have less than 20 s of oxygen in body cells. In severe cases, breath holding time results are less than 10 seconds. The normal result is from 40 to 60 s. If you normalize your breath and your breath holding time will be more than 30 s 24/7, your chronic problems with poor circulation and cold hands/feet will naturally disappear. Here is more resources about Cold Hands and Feet Causes.
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References: CO2 Effects Web Pages
Vasodilation: CO2 expands arteries and arterioles facilitating perfusion
(or blood
supply) to all vital organs
The Bohr effect
How and why oxygen is released by red blood cells in tissues
Cell Oxygen Levels and oxygen transport are controlled by
alveolar CO2 and breathing
Oxygen Transport depends on
breathing and these two effects (Vasoconstriction-Vasodilation and the Bohr
effect) are parts of two diagrams that summarize influences of hypocapnia (low CO2
content in the blood and cells) on circulation and O2 delivery
Free Radical Generation takes
place due to anaerobic cell respiration caused by cell hypoxia. Hence,
antioxidant defenses of the human body are also regulated by CO2 and breathing
Inflammatory Response is controlled by
breathing since hypoxia leads to or intensifies chronic inflammation through over-expression
of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1, while normal
breathing reduces these processes
Nerve stabilization takes place due to calmative or
sedative effects of carbon dioxide in neurons or nerve cells
Muscle relaxation or relaxation of muscle cells
is normal at high CO2, while hypocapnia causes muscular tension, poor posture
and, sometimes, aggression and violence
Brochodilation - dilation of
airways (bronchi and bronchioles) by carbon dioxide, and their constriction due
to hypocapnia
CO2: Best Natural Cough Suppressant
and "home remedy" since it calms urge-to-cough nerve receptors located in the
tracheobronchial tree and larynx
Blood
pH regulation and regulation of other bodily fluids
CO2: Lung Damage Healer: Elevated carbon
dioxide prevents injury and promotes healing of lung tissues
CO2: Skin and Tissue Healer
Synthesis of Glutamine
in the Brain, CO2 fixation, and other chemical reactions
CO2 myth
"CO2 is a toxic waste gas" myth
Breathing control
How is our breathing regulated? Why hypocapnia makes breathing uneven and erratic?
Reference Web Pages: Breathing norms, Medical Graphs and Tables about Breathing Rates (Minute Ventilation) and
Body Oxygen in Healthy, Normal and Sick People
Breathing
norms Parameters, graph, and description of the normal
breathing pattern
6 breathing myths 6
myths about breathing and body oxygenation (prevalence: over 90%)
Hyperventilation Definitions of
hyperventilation: their advantages and weak points
Hyperventilation Syndrome in the
Sick. Table
1. Western scientific evidence about prevalence of CHV
(chronic hyperventilation) in patients with various chronic conditions
(34 medical studies)
Normal Minute Ventilation in
Healthy Subjects: Easy and Light Breathing (14 Studies)
Hyperventilation Prevalence Present in Over 90% of
Normal People (24 medical publications)
HV and hypoxia
How and why deep breathing reduces oxygenation of cells and tissues of
all vital organs
Body oxygen test
How to measure your own breathing and body oxygenation (a simple DIY test)
Body oxygen in healthy
Table 4. CP (body oxygen level) in healthy people (27 medical
studies)
Body oxygen in sick Table 5.
CP (body oxygen level) in sick people (14 medical studies)
Buteyko
Table of Health Zones with clinical description of most common zones
Morning HV Morning
hyperventilation effect or how and why critically ill people are most
likely to die during early morning hours
Go to Hyperventilation Symptoms
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