Has anyone heard that playing the didgeridoo can actually cure sleep apnea?  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051224094017.htm

anyone try it?

That has been discussed many times here.  Just type didgeridoo in the search box in the upper right and you'll find lots of information.



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I was at a pub last night and one of the songs the band played used a didgeridoo !

ICantGetNoSleep wrote:

I was at a pub last night and one of the songs the band played used a didgeridoo !

Wow, that must have been some sound!  I've never heard a didgeridoo live, but what I heard online sure sounded bizarre.
Ok, where were you at a pub listening to the didgeridoo??


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The band I saw is called Ugly Stick, and this is the guy that played it
http://www.uglystick.ca/tudge.asp

I could not find any photos of him playing it.  

Great, that was interesting!

Well, now I know you are in Canada!  

Ok, it's time for me to boast, I had a young Canadian guitarist (from London, Ontario) come down to play at my birthday party over a year ago (won't tell you what year birthday, but it was a round number).  www.robert-taylor.ca
What is it with Canada, all those talented people?  Must be the cold weather.
 

Thanks for the link!


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Linda wrote:

Great, that was interesting!

Well, now I know you are in Canada!  

Ok, it's time for me to boast, I had a young Canadian guitarist (from London, Ontario) come down to play at my birthday party over a year ago (won't tell you what year birthday, but it was a round number).  www.robert-taylor.ca
What is it with Canada, all those talented people?  Must be the cold weather.
 

Thanks for the link!


Linda

Long winters, lots of time to practice.  


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I bought one online and just received it about a week ago.  I tried it initially when nobody else was home!  Thought it would freak my cat out, but she just stared at it and that was about all.  At present, I stick to practicing it when no one else is around!  

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I corresponded with the Principle Investigator of that study the Digeridoo study this week.  He said that the study is ongoing and they expect to publish a paper next year.

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hi pam, how did your didgeridoo exercise go?  is it helping or are you noticing any improvements?  thx! scooby

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hi pam, how did your didgeridoo exercise go?  is it helping or are you noticing any improvements?  thx! scooby

Id like to hear about an update too!

I think there must be something to the didgeridoo helping with OSA.  The reason being, I have noticed that my throat has changed just from the constant apap pressure.  Swallowing is a little different now.  I would guess that anything that opens up the throat would help to some degree.

Has anyone else noticed a change in their throat during the day from being on cpap for a while?



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ICantGetNoSleep and scooby, I haven't had much chance to practice because I get so many complaints from my husband and son!  LOL      (My son is going to college in August and jokingly asked me if I could wait until then to play it!!) It is a very odd sounding thing, but very interesting.  I've read the circular breathing technique is what is believed to be most helpful with OSA, and that is what I need practice on.

I'll get you updated!

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Actually I have a different theory on why it works.

We know that during the day the muscles work fine, but at night they seem not to work ok.  This led me to believe that OSA could be a result of a form of damage to the signals to the muscles such as brain damage or nerve damage.  (If you think about this it kinda makes sense, during the day we have no problems so it is NOT a muscle problem)  The action that I think occurs is similar to what occurs in a brain damage patient that re-learns how to perform tasks.  I think when you learn to play the dig, the brain is relearning how to use the muscles, and the entire instructions (including "keep the airway open while sleeping") are copied to a new location.  Because the all of the instructions are there, apnea doesn't occur.  I have suggested this theory to a few folks and there is some interest in investigating it.  

Course thats only a theory... So far...

WearyOne wrote:

I've read the circular breathing technique is what is believed to be most helpful with OSA, and that is what I need practice on.

But how can that be? All wind instruments require the player to use circular breathing—trumpet, flute, saxophone, whatever. So why is didgeridoo the only beneficial one? Is the circular breathing technique different for it than other instruments?


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