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Trepopnea /tɹɛpəʊpˈniːə/ is dyspnea (shortness of breath) that is sensed while lying on one side but not on the other [1] (lateral recumbent position). It results from disease of one lung, one major bronchus, or chronic congestive heart failure that affects only a side of breathing.
As Hansraj mentioned above, cervical neck pillows aren’t technically traction devices, but they help provide support to cervical spine alignment in a more subtle way while you sleep.
Because of the heart’s orientation and “suspension” in the chest, sleeping on the left side can cause subtle changes in the heart’s position, says Leonard Ganz, M.D., cardiologist and ...
“So you can do things that will briefly lower your heart rate—like deep breathing and meditation—but if you are trying to lower your overall heart rate over a longer period of time, the ...
[48] [49] [50] The average correction rate of HGT has been shown to be 19.4% for sagittal curves and 24.1% coronal curvature. [12] One 2013 study on 33 patients published in the journal Spine Deformity found an average correction rate of 33% for coronal curves and 35% for sagittal. [ 51 ]
A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS or TNS) is a device that produces mild electric current to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes.TENS, by definition, covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation, but the term is often used with a more restrictive intent, namely, to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable ...
If your biggest concern about your heart is the burn you feel at 3 a.m., flip over to the left side and drift back to sleep. "Sleeping on the left side often helps with acid reflux," Dr. Vuppuluri ...
At the third year the rate of stimulation related adverse effects decreased substantially with shortness of breath being the most common and occurring in 3.2%. [66] In general, VNS is well tolerated and side effects diminish over time. Also, side effects can be controlled by changing the stimulation parameters.