As you age, functional capacity often decreases due to various factors. One reason is the normal decline in respiratory capacity and muscle strength that comes with aging. Shortness of breath is normal in many situations, but if you regularly identify the following challenges in your daily life, it's advisable to take action to maintain muscle and respiratory strength:

- Daily chores, such as climbing stairs, carrying a shopping bag, or getting up from a chair, feel challenging.

- Breathing is occasionally shallow, and shortness of breath is disturbingly intense.

- Sleep is intermittent, and breathing feels hard at night.

By the age of 80, respiratory capacity is typically only about 50% of what it was in middle age. When the condition of the respiratory muscles deteriorates, one gets out of breath more easily, and endurance decreases. With aging, muscle strength also weakens at an accelerated pace.

However, through respiratory training, one can easily improve their endurance at home!

By increasing respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity in daily life improves, and daily chores do not cause shortness of breath as easily.

Counter-pressure training strengthens the lungs and deep abdominal muscles and increases chest mobility, thus improving exhalation and inhalation power as well as endurance.

Also, the mucous membranes of the airways thin and dry with age, which may make one more susceptible to respiratory infections than before. A dry mucous membrane can cause, for example, a feeling of mucus in the throat, problems with voice endurance, coughing, or the need to clear the throat.

Warm steam moisturizes and warms the airways, reducing mucus and congestion. It also reduces the risk of respiratory infections.

WellO2 training is easy and safe – regardless of age and initial condition.