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Learning the Buteyko method by modules

Module 8. Restrictions, limits, and temporary contraindications

Acute stages (exacerbations) of life-threatening conditions

Infarct, stroke, cardiac ischemia, severe asthma attack, metastasizing cancer, septic shock, multiple organ failure, near-death experience, etc.

Modern EM (Emergency Medicine) professionals developed many successful and useful methods and techniques for people in critical care and life-threatening states. Breathing retraining cannot replace these techniques (CPR, breathing pure oxygen, etc.) when people are unconscious or are unable to have a good control of their actions this due to their very poor health state.

Breathing exercises cannot stop quickly progressing metastasizing cancer.

Later, when the person is in a stable state, they can follow the Buteyko method program of breathing retraining adjusted to their new health state.

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