Save your breath: traditional Kyrgyz dance helps ease chronic lung disease

Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countriesPhotographs by Danil UsmanovEvery day on the respiratory ward at one of Kyrgyzstan ’s biggest hospitals, Aidai Temiraly Kyzy, a 24-year-old nurse, puts on the music and leads her patients in theKaraJorgo, the national dance of the central Asian country.This involves a range of body movements and leaves everyone smiling – but Kyzy is not doing it for fun. The session is part of a treatment programme offered to people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – a common, preventable and treatable lung condition.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Global health Kyrgyzstan Society South and central Asia World news Medical research Science Global development Source Type: news