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Stress, tension and incorrect breathing have a major impact on your physical and mental wellbeing. We make you aware of what you are doing wrong and help you step by step to find rest and relaxation again in your daily life.
Stress, tension and incorrect breathing have a major impact on your physical and mental wellbeing. We make you aware of what you are doing wrong and help you step by step to find rest and relaxation again in your daily life.
Whether you are breathing incorrectly due to stress, panic attacks or burnout: all these factors can negatively affect your breathing. Incorrect breathing can lead to a wide range of complaints: from restlessness and sleep problems to palpitations, tingling in the fingers and concentration problems.
At Fysiotherapie Wennekers, we work together to find the cause of your complaints. We examine how you breathe, in which situations tension increases and what disrupts your breathing pattern. Through various exercises, you learn again how to breathe in a relaxed and diaphragmatic way, even in stressful situations.
The therapy is aimed at lasting change. You receive a personal exercise programme and learn to apply relaxation techniques in your daily life, so that you can also maintain control over tension and your breathing at home.
Chronic stress and burnout are often accompanied by disrupted breathing. Relaxation techniques help calm the nervous system and restore resilience.
Breathing that is too fast or shallow can lead to hyperventilation, anxiety attacks and palpitations. We teach you to recognise and break this pattern.
People with chronic lung conditions learn to apply better breathing techniques to manage complaints and improve quality of life.
Sleepless nights, fatigue and concentration problems can be directly related to a disrupted breathing pattern that disturbs your sleep at night.
Incorrect breathing increases muscle tension in the neck and shoulders, leading to headaches and painful muscles. Correct breathing relieves the muscular system.
We first map out how you breathe and which situations cause tension or incorrect breathing. Insight is the first step towards change.
Through various exercises, you learn how to breathe in a relaxed and diaphragmatic (belly breathing) way: more calmly, more deeply and more effectively.
You learn to apply relaxation strategies in daily situations, so that you can find calm outside the treatment room as well.
You receive a tailor-made exercise programme to practise the techniques daily and structurally anchor the new breathing pattern.
Not sure if this treatment is right for you? Our therapists are happy to advise you on the best approach for your situation.
Reimbursement
Fysiotherapie Wennekers has contracts with all health insurers. Relaxation and breathing therapy is reimbursed from supplementary insurance. Contact us for the current reimbursement status with your insurer.
Answers to the most common questions about Relaxation & Breathing Therapy
This therapy is suitable for stress-related complaints such as muscle tension, headaches, hyperventilation, fatigue and sleep problems. It can also provide relief for COPD, asthma and anxiety disorders.
Reviews
5.0 / 5
Based on 22 reviews
“Kind and attentive man, even though physio massages do hurt a little of course. Knows when something is beyond his scope — such as a herniated disc that cannot be resolved through physiotherapy — and is honest about it. Great guy!”
“Due to my ADHD I find it very difficult to keep up with exercises at home. In the past I had become enormously frustrated with physiotherapy and had almost given up. Thanks to Menno I have regained that confidence. He is very good at keeping it fun and challenging and is able to work around my limitations. Because of that I genuinely enjoy going to him and I am seeing noticeable results!”
“I am so glad to have found Menno! He thinks along really well, has a lot of knowledge and I can usually get an appointment quickly. Highly recommended!”
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Menno Wennekers
Physiotherapist & Owner
