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Old Apr 20, 2012, 12:03 PM
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My CPAP machine was a problem, there was no keeping it on all night, a pain. Well I was researching Australia and New Zealand news and found an article describing sleep apnea therapy that "cured" or reduced apnea. I tried it and it worked. My apnea is gone, my COPD is reduced blood o2 is up, what more could I want. I bought my didgeridoo from Amazon as well as how to play book.
My sleep apnea is gone. This works.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health says, "One of the challenges in the treatment of sleep disorders is poor compliance. Thus new treatments not only need to be effective but also be ones that people are motivated enough to use. Didgeridoo playing seems to meet these requirements. Participants were highly motivated during the trial and practiced, on average, almost six days a week, which was even more than the protocol asked for. Regular playing of a didgeridoo reduces sleep apnea and snoring in people with moderate obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and also improves the sleep quality of partners. Severity of disease, expressed by the apnea-hypopnoea index, is also substantially reduced after four months of didgeridoo playing."
There is more on www.bmj.com also video on youtube.

The NIH reference was from a news page, it is lost on the huge NIH site. However you can find many references to didgeridoo and sleep apnea and some informative videos. I now play for 30 minutes daily.

My CPAP device is in the back of my closet and due out at the next garage sale.
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Old Apr 20, 2012, 01:00 PM
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That's great! Congratulations
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