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

[Zombor Kovacs <zrkovacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Shit, good news! I am snoring (I think) am sleepy
during daytime and have a (self made) didgeridoo but I
am not playing it. Maybe I should start again?!
Thanks!

Z


--- EGS1217@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  
> 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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