Become a Patient

Breathing Excercises (Spirometer)


Introduction		These exercises will help your recover from surgery more quickly. Please practice them before you go to surgery. Coughing and deep breathing exercises will help you clear and expand your lungs and help prevent pneumonia.

Incentive Spirometer: Deep Breathing Exercise		Place the mouthpiece in your mouth Draw in air as if you were sipping liquid through a straw Do this 10 times every 2 hours Holding one ball up for 10 seconds is better than getting two balls up for one second. Try to hold the balls up by taking slow, deep breaths.

Coughing and Deep Breathing		Take a deep breath through your nose to filter, warm & moisten the air. Hold your breath for a short time. Exhale slowly and gently through pursed lips (as if you were blowing out a candle) Do this for three breaths. On the third breath, cough instead of breathing out. Repeat this deep breathing two more times.