Re: [Harp-L] Subject: Playing Didgeridoo's helpful for snoring/sleepapnea

["Mike and Beverly Rogers" <mbrogers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks elizabeth.  I snore like a chainsaw, and have two dij's collecting
dust in the livingroom.  A friend brought me one from australia.  Guess i'll
wipe sthe dust off the bee'swax and give it another go.

Bullfrog
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Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:41 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Subject: Playing Didgeridoo's helpful for
snoring/sleepapnea


>
> Hey Chris (Michalek), wasn't it you who posted about playing a  didgeridoo
in
> your band?  Here's a possibly healthy reason to learn to play  one I just
> found (from the British Medical Journal  online).
>
> Elizabeth
>
> "Want To Stop Snoring? Try the Didgeridoo
> Reuters
>
> LONDON (Dec. 22) - Kept awake at night by a snoring  partner? The answer
to
> your woes could lie -- believe it or not -- with the  Australian
didgeridoo.
>
> Researchers in Switzerland examined 25 patients who  suffered from snoring
> and moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, both common  sleep
disorders.
>
> Half the group were given daily lessons in playing the  didgeridoo, a wind
> instrument about 1.5 meters (yards) long which originated in  northern
Australia
> and is traditionally made from the trunk of a tree hollowed  out by
termites.
>
> The study, published in the British Medical Journal's  online edition on
> Friday, found that those who played the unusual instrument  over a
four-month
> trial period saw a significant improvement in their daytime  sleepiness
and apnea.
>
> Their partners also reported less disturbance from  snoring.
>
> The researchers said training the upper airways through  the breathing
> techniques required to play the didgeridoo was behind the  improvement.
>
> "Our results may give hope to many people with moderate  obstructive sleep
> apnea syndrome and snoring, as well as their partners," the  report's
authors
> said"
>
>
>
>
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