Obstructive sleep apnea is caused by weakened, flabby muscles in your throat, neck, jaw and tongue that collapse during sleep and restrict or cut off your air supply. Any one or all of these weaken muscles may be the problem. Isometric type exercises can correct the problem and permanently cure sleep apnea.
Before settling for a CPAP machine or a chin strap or any other type of mechanical device, active or static, consider the cause of OSA and the logic which states that strengthening the weaken muscles that are the cause of OSA, the same muscles that did not collapse previously but collapse now, consider strengthening those muscles. The muscles in your neck, throat, jaw and tongue can all be specifically targeted and strengthened back to a toned state, and in a great many cases, permanently cure obstructive sleep apnea. I know that flies in the face of the prevailing medical wisdom, but remember the same type of over complicating a solution has happened before.
In the not too distant past, stomach ulcers were a wide spread, incurable ailment. The medical profession, unable to find a cure, told patients that stomach ulcers were caused by stress, an acid diet and overweight. All caused by the patient’s lifestyle. The treatment, not cure, of ulcers was a billion dollar business. Then a doctor in Australia discovered stomach ulcers are actually caused by a bacteria and the active ingredient in the over the counter product, Pepto-Bismol, kills the bacteria and cures stomach ulcers. One, two three. No more stomach ulcers.
Obstructive sleep apnea can be cured with simple exercises. All the devices available to obstructive sleep apnea sufferers today only treat the symptoms but offer no long term, permanent cure. Unfortunately sometime the solution is so obvious that the experts, with their microscopic view, don’t see it. Luckily there are those who look for the simple solution first, find it and sometimes save the day. I suggest you try exercise before moving to other cures for obstructive sleep apnea. Of course, exercises may not be the cure for everyone and certainly are not a cure for central or mixed sleep apnea, and you must consult your physician before starting any exercise program, no matter how simple, but from my own experience and that of hundreds of others, exercises can be an effective cure for obstructive sleep apnea.