RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device
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Customer Reviews of RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device
Customer Review: Something finally works 137 over75
Summary: 5 Stars
Great product i,m retired and use it 2 times a day. Thanks A.KelleyCustomer Review: Works if you work at it...
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently reviewed the medical literature and there are several proven therapies (other than prescription medications) for treatment of hypertension. This machine is one of those therapies.
The most effective therapy for lowering blood pressure without medication is walking (working up to 15 to 20 miles a week...less than 10 miles a week has little effect). For more on the new minimum recommendations about walking, visit the new government sponsored food pyramid and carefull read the recommendations about exercise...the new guidelines differ greatly from the old "20 or 30 minutes, 2 or 3 times a week (a recipe for obesity and hypertension): http://www.mypyramid.gov.
In addition to walking, proven therapies (greatly reduced in effectiveness compared with walking) include a vegetarian diet as well as several supplements (garlic and CoQ-10 are two of several) that also may benefit.
Working in synergy, a dramatic and effective lowering of blood pressure can be obtained. Use this machine in conjunction with a daily walk (with your doctor's permission) of 3 miles (7 days a week) and with a diet as recommended in "The Abs Diet" and it would be difficult to keep from lowering your blood pressure.
I do have patients who were helped; those who were not helped made no other real changes. Use this machine without any other changes in lifestyle, and I doubt that you will see a worthwile result.
The device is very relaxing to use. I recommend that you walk during the day and use this device as an afternoon refreshment for energy or before bedtime to improve sleep (as well as help for blood pressure). But, don't waste your money if you're not willing to walk at least 15 miles a week.
--Charles Runels, MD
Author of "Anytime...for as Long as You Want: Strength, Genius, Libido, and Erection by Integrative Sex Transmutation (A 15-Day Course for Men to Improve Life and Sex).
Customer Review: Effective...if you work at it...
Summary: 4 Stars
A sample of the RESPeRATE was given to the internal medicine practice where I worked at the time.
It DOES take "getting acquainted" to learn how to use this. You must actually read the manual to gather it's operation. Once you get oriented, it is pleasant-and effective-when one is RECEPTIVE to what the device is supposed to do. If an individual has issues with labored breathing for any reason, it will be a challenge to use (albeit a very soothing one). You are to breathe along with the preprogrammed music of your choosing (there are a handful of melodies), and the music gets slower and slower. The change of tempo is influenced by the feedback the belt around your waist gives the machine. You will be challenged to breathe REALLY deep and REALLY slow. I mean, like, master yoga practitioner slow!!! Challenging. Doable, but challenging. If you do it and keep with these exercises in breathing, you WILL be better for it. I want the reader to clearly understand that although this machine is very very soothing to use, it is not to be mistaken for a luxury item or a toy relative to addressing your health. It takes time-daily!-and receptivity to its relaxing powers to obtain tangible results. The RESPeRATE will teach you the good HABIT of healthy breathing while lowering your blood pressure if you actually use it.
Big expense, but you'll spend the same on a year of copays for your prescription drug. It qualifies as a reimbursable expenditure if you have a flexible spending account. If it's about the end of the year and you still have funds in your FSA, go for it!
Even if you don't have high blood pressure, it's excellent for relaxation right before bed, or just plain stress management. I would imagine that even children over the age of six or so would like using one.
Customer Review: Using RESPeRATE to prevent migraines
Summary: 4 Stars
My daughter Morgane, who is now 8 years old, has been suffering from delibitating migraines since infancy (yes, there is such a thing, unfortunately).
The symptoms are very impressive, she usually drops to the floor and starts vomiting within a few minutes. She cannot move or open her eyes. It makes her very anxious and we noticed that she hyperventilates when she thinks she is going to "get dizzy". We tried to make her breathe slowly and calm down, to no avail. Morgane's doctor told us that breathing slowly and practicing biofeedback were the best non-drug practices against migraines, and we try to avoid giving Morgane medication as she is so young. So I thought of using RESPeRATE as my Dad has high-blood pressure and I knew it worked on the breathing pattern.
Morgane immediately understood how to use the device, it was so easy and even fun for her. It relaxes her and gives her the strength to know she can do something about her migraines. Her breathing pattern has reduced considerably and so far, she has not had another migraine attack for about 6 months. She used to have them every two months.
I have purchased another device for my best friend, a long time migraine sufferer. The way I see it, it is such a painful condition that anything that helps without harm is a blessing.
Customer Review: one person's experience
Summary: 4 Stars
I have tried this device daily for 2 months. Immediately after use, my blood pressure is lowered, for example from 156/101 to 141/97. But the change lasts only for a short time. A very vigorous physical workout has a larger and longer lasting effect. According to their publications the device worked for about 60% of their subjects. I myself see no long term effect yet. My breathing rate is already slow. With this device I bring it to about 2.5 breaths per minute. Because the device displays breaths per minute instead of seconds per breath, it gets unresponsive at slow breathing rates, leaving me to choose between breathing faster or having the tones drift in and out of phase. Also the belt responds only to expansion at one spot while a breath may entail a moving locus of expansion. On the other hand it is easy to use and sometimes pleasantly relaxing. I found that meditation drops blood pressure a bit less than the RespeRate and increases pulse rate while RespeRate does not. I plan to keep using it.