If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s ...

If you've been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, you probably know that exercise is a key component of managing this progressive, incurable lung disease that makes it difficult ...

Dasgupta: For COPD patients, water-based exercise may help to improve heart and lung fitness while being easy on the joints. It can also help to build muscle strength and endurance.

Exercise is an important part of life for those with COPD because it improves the overall strength and endurance of respiratory muscles.

For patients with COPD hospitalized with acute exacerbations, pulmonary rehabilitation yielded better exercise capacity and quality of life vs. usual care, according to study results published in ...

A pursed-lip breathing exercise can help you improve shortness of breath. If you have a lung disease, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you may have to work hard to ...

The current guideline on pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease advocates exercise training targeted at the muscles of the upper extremities.

Water workouts may trump land-based exercise for people with chronic lung disease and other health problems, according to a small study.

If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s ...