#17 Bunny Breaths: Children's Breathing Exercises for Respiratory Issues

As a physical therapist, often I have clients with difficulty with breath control or poor exhalation force due to neurological issues such as cerebral palsy or autism. With the advent of the illnesses affecting the lungs appearing more frequently with children, having child-friendly breath exercises is critical. Making breathing exercises fun is essential for children to make them willing to do them. In this playlist, I go through the activities I have used to work on breath force and control. These exercises are more fun than technical. My co-instructor, Jilly, is 9 years old. She has Down Syndrome. She is perfect for teaching breathing exercises with her excitement and enthusiasm to participate.

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Here are the links for my books on Amazon:

"A is for Anxiety"

"A is for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"

"C is for Cerebral Palsy"

"D is for Down Syndrome"

"A is for Autism"

"Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Hips"

"Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Knees"

"Pediatric Physical Therapy Strengthening Exercises for the Ankles"

[HighTen_Melanie]

What an absolute star she is! Great job 👏 👏

[hauntedmobile]

Dear Amy very nice video, cute princess...my toddler is 25 months old, he have low tone muscle doctor thinks it's cerebra palsay, he just started to cruise and when he cruise he cruises with his legs wide open they are like very very wide open, he also have flat foot soo he wears SMOS , he just started to hold onto our arms and legs and pull up to stand Masha Allah he have progressed alot but its like soooo slow, I wanted to ask you that his legs were becoming less wobbly when he used to stand holding onto things but for like a few days his legs seems tired like he sits while crusing or his legs wobble like jelly when he stands and secondly when he cruise wearing Smos he cruises with very wide open legs is it normal with kids with low tone muscle does it go away and a kid walk normal?and one more question if a kid have flat foot with inward ankle and he is trying to stand without support can they stand and walk without Smos or Smos are needed to make them stand...as Masha Allah my toddler tries to stand without support for like 1 second sometime but he tries this only when he isn't wearing SMOS ...with smos he don't want to try new things....can a kid with flat foot stand or walk without Smo if he is trying?