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Autogenic Drainage Airway Clearance Technique
Autogenic drainage is an airway clearance technique to loosen secretions.
It is a popular respiratory medicine physiotherapy technique that can be completed as a a home remedy.
Prepare for the technique by moistening your throat with a drink of warm water, blowing your nose, and sitting upright.
Place your hands over your upper abdomen and chest. Try to let your abdomen rise and fall during the breathing technique rather than your chest, this is a sign that you are using your main breathing muscle called your diaphragm.
Take a normal breath in followed by a prolonged breath out, exhaling as far as possible and resisting any urge to cough.
If you can breathe in through your nose it will moisten the air, and if you have a cough reduce the chance of triggering it.
From here take a small breath in and then exhale as far as possible again. Repeating this 2-3 times.
During this procedure you may hear your lungs rattle, indicating some loosening of secretions.
To progress take a larger breath in, aiming for a mid-range breath, followed by small breaths out. Repeat 2-3 times.
Finally, take a full breath in followed by small breaths out 2-3 times.
You should now by ready to shift some mucus with a cough or better still the huff cough.
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