{"id":17156,"date":"2021-02-17T11:14:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T11:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opa.org.uk\/sample-page\/opa-breathing-exercises-for-clearing-secretions\/"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:35:51","slug":"opa-breathing-exercises-for-clearing-secretions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156","title":{"rendered":"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p>A breathing cycle may be taught to you by your physiotherapist to help cough up unwanted mucus.<\/p>\n<p>The cycle has 5 components:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Breathing control<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>relaxed, gentle breathing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Thoracic expansion<\/h3>\n<p>Exercises x 4<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>perform in side lying-operated lung upwards (unless otherwise instructed), or sitting upright<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Huffing x 2<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>breath out sharply and forcefully as if steaming up a mirror<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Cough<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>when secretions are felt at the back of the throat, cough them up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&copy; The Oesophageal Patients Association&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions&nbsp; A breathing cycle may be taught to you by your physiotherapist to help cough up unwanted mucus. The cycle has 5 components: 1. Breathing control relaxed, gentle breathing 2. Thoracic expansion Exercises x 4 perform in side lying-operated lung upwards (unless otherwise instructed), or sitting upright 3. Huffing x 2 breath out sharply and forcefully as if steaming up a mirror 4. Cough when secretions are felt at the back of the throat, cough them up &copy; The Oesophageal Patients Association&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions&nbsp; A breathing cycle may be taught to you by your physiotherapist to help cough up unwanted mucus. The cycle has 5 components: 1. Breathing control relaxed, gentle breathing 2. Thoracic expansion Exercises x 4 perform in side lying-operated lung upwards (unless otherwise instructed), or sitting upright 3. Huffing x 2 breath out sharply and forcefully as if steaming up a mirror 4. Cough when secretions are felt at the back of the throat, cough them up &copy; The Oesophageal Patients Association&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The OPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T16:35:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156\",\"name\":\"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-17T11:14:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-18T16:35:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/\",\"name\":\"The OPA\",\"description\":\"Caring for the cancer patient &amp; their family\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Oesophageal Patients Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/opa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/opa-logo-2020-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/opa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/opa-logo-2020-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"The Oesophageal Patients Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA","og_description":"Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions&nbsp; A breathing cycle may be taught to you by your physiotherapist to help cough up unwanted mucus. The cycle has 5 components: 1. Breathing control relaxed, gentle breathing 2. Thoracic expansion Exercises x 4 perform in side lying-operated lung upwards (unless otherwise instructed), or sitting upright 3. Huffing x 2 breath out sharply and forcefully as if steaming up a mirror 4. Cough when secretions are felt at the back of the throat, cough them up &copy; The Oesophageal Patients Association&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156","og_site_name":"The OPA","article_modified_time":"2021-03-18T16:35:51+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156","url":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156","name":"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions - The OPA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-17T11:14:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-18T16:35:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?page_id=17156#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"OPA Breathing Exercises for Clearing Secretions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/","name":"The OPA","description":"Caring for the cancer patient &amp; their family","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#organization","name":"The Oesophageal Patients Association","url":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/opa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/opa-logo-2020-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/opa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/opa-logo-2020-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"The Oesophageal Patients Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17868,"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17156\/revisions\/17868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opa-old.voidappsdev.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}