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Stacey Blank remembers the day she first read about an exciting new tool to improve the health of patients with lung diseases. That tool was the harmonica, a small musical instrument that you play with your mouth.
Blank works at a hospital in the American state of Maryland. There, she supervises a program that treats patients with lung diseases.
Her career goal has been to help her patients breathe better.
"You don't realize how tough it is to live every day and be short of breath," she says.
To help her patients, Blank became involved in Harmonicas for Health. The national program shows people with lung disease that learning to play the harmonica can improve breathing.
When Blank met popular country musician Chris Janson, he explained how playing the harmonica helped his asthma. An organization called the COPD Foundation sells Harmonicas for Health packages on their website. The packages contain a harmonica, a book of songs, instructions, and other materials.
The COPD Foundation aims to prevent and treat COPD, a serious form of lung disease. The letters "COPD" stand for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Other groups across the country have also been promoting the Harmonicas for Health program.
Stacey Blank counts the musical beats as 25 of her patients breathe in and out of their harmonicas.
Her patients are members of the Better Breathers Club, a group with many members across the United States. The group gives patients important skills to manage their lung conditions. It also offers them a chance for social support from other members.
As Blank's patients practice with their harmonicas, they play songs, like the well-known children's song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
Playing the instrument strengthens their lungs as they create musical sounds.
The harmonica is the only instrument that requires players to breathe in and out to make music.
For seven years, Kathy Middleton has been using an oxygen machine to help her breathe. She explains that her lungs do not close the way they are supposed to when she breathes out.
"Lungs close up like this when you breathe. Mine go like this. I mean, blowing on that harmonica, I feel like I'm breathing better."
Now, she is a member of the Better Breathers Club at the hospital where Stacey Blank works.没有粘贴完，这是有关吹了口琴利于健康的文章，特别是慢性肺阻塞性疾病。 |
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