I'll begin by saying I love running, but I was diagnosed with asthma with a kid, through my early years it never really affected me. Through my teens I felt the effects of it but as I begin to start taking running and sport in general a bit more seriously I'm finding it increasingly difficult to improve in my technique due to asthma holding me back. Slowly but surely I'm improving but I have no doubts having asthma will turn out to be the big stumbling block in the long run and it's currently restricting me from doing anything physical for a sustained amount of time. I know some of you are on your own diets, but does anyone suffer from the same/similar problem? If yes is there any medication or techniques you can recommend? My asthma is not physical induced so it does affect me from day to day, and I'm currently on controlled daily doses to help reduce the need for salbutamol. Cheers.
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My wife and 2 of my kids have asthma my oldest is very fit and his asthma does not get in the way of his footy. Through my knowledge of it you have to use your brain a little and not be stubborn, during bad weather you need to train indoors and not take the chance of picking up a chest infection.
Cheers Sky you sarcy batard Luv Like I said, I could play football fine as a kid but I am finding it 6-a-side and 11-a-side difficult, more in a sense of handling my asthma through a sustained period of time and managing it equally during a game. Just worried this is just going to hold me back, so I thought I'd look for any methods of if anyone had any past experiences with this sort of problem.
My friend had really bad asthma as a kid so in school he couldn't do sports but as an adult he does regular running. I don't know the details but the truth should be out there. The only problem might be if it is some kind of specific routine to keep the cardio at a very steady level whereas footy is more explosive.
are the docs basically useless on this.. .cos asking on not606 seems a fairly last "gasp" move if you forgive the pun
dont have asma so not sure what advice i can give. one thing i found useful for running was to do swimming, i mean properly not piss about like a kid in the water lol, and i found it helped with my breathing for running as it felt like my lungs opened more from swimming which helped with breathing for running.
Hi Magic, don't have it myself but lived with someone who did. How bad do your attacks get? Have you ever been hospitalized because of it?
Argh breathing, so important I don't think I have asthma but I do get days where I have absolutely no energy and my breathing is a bit funny, like I'm not breathing in 100% capacity. I remember being a bit like that for a while in my mid teans especially but I still get it now. Yet I really go for it when I'm exercising, and although I'm a bit unfit, I recover okay. Must be because I had double pneumonia when I was a baby.
Don't know a great deal re. asthma but I do have an interest in diet and nutrition because of my own health problems.One thing that stands out straight away is a possible over-consumption of dairy products. They are known to be mucus forming,so I would look at a reduction or leaving out altogether the likes of dairy milk,cheese,yoghurts etc. There are many alternatives these days,take milk for instance.Even moving to goats milk may show improvement but if not there is soya,rice or oat milks that are possible alternatives. I gave up using most conventional medicine along time ago so have looked into alternative medicines also. Have you tried using something like a eucalyptus chest rub or similar? My best advice would be to contact a good nutritionist and look at holistic medicine to improve your condition. This may sound a little new-age etc. but I have made strides with my own problems by improving my diet and other aspects of my day to day habits. Don't knock it till you have tried it,good luck.
Never been hospitalized due to one thankfully. Nice one mate. Will certainly look in to it, that would make total sense due as I do eat a fair amount of dairy products (drink a lot of milk). Will also see about the eucalyptus chest rub, that has been suggested to me before but had never looked in to it. Thanks for the help lads
