Adjustable Beds for COPD and Breathing Difficulties: How Elevation Helps You Breathe Easier
For COPD and other breathing difficulties, elevating the head and upper body reduces the effort your diaphragm and chest muscles need to expand your lungs fully, since lying completely flat allows abdominal organs to press upward against the diaphragm. Many people with COPD already sleep propped up on pillows for exactly this reason an adjustable […]