do you breathe through one nostril or both?
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All my life I've only ever been able to breate through one nostril. It would checnge which, but I'd always have one blocked. It was weird because the blocked one would always be 100% blocked, not snotty or sniffly like I had a cold, just as if it wasn't actually a mostril at all.
It was when I started cycling seriously a couple of years ago (at 30) that things changed. Now I have two permanently open, clear nostrils and it's great.
It was when I started cycling seriously a couple of years ago (at 30) that things changed. Now I have two permanently open, clear nostrils and it's great.
Uriel said:
All my life I've only ever been able to breate through one nostril. It would checnge which, but I'd always have one blocked. It was weird because the blocked one would always be 100% blocked, not snotty or sniffly like I had a cold, just as if it wasn't actually a mostril at all.
It was when I started cycling seriously a couple of years ago (at 30) that things changed. Now I have two permanently open, clear nostrils and it's great.
do u think it makes a diff breathing through 2?It was when I started cycling seriously a couple of years ago (at 30) that things changed. Now I have two permanently open, clear nostrils and it's great.
Definitely. Even though I grew up not knowing anything other than having the one at a time so I never knew anything else I was dissatisfied with the performance of my nose for breathing and prefered to use my mouth.
Now, I can comfortably get a proper lungful with my mouth closed and just feel much better. It sounds a bit silly, but although I'm now used to having two working nostrils, I do get struck by the fact every now and again and will sit for a few seconds just enjoying and appeciating the sensation. It's hard to explain, but it's a big feeling of relief; like a weight has been lifted. I suppose there is a literal restriction that's been removed and when that restriction was on your breathing, shifting it is bound to have a positive effect.
Now, I can comfortably get a proper lungful with my mouth closed and just feel much better. It sounds a bit silly, but although I'm now used to having two working nostrils, I do get struck by the fact every now and again and will sit for a few seconds just enjoying and appeciating the sensation. It's hard to explain, but it's a big feeling of relief; like a weight has been lifted. I suppose there is a literal restriction that's been removed and when that restriction was on your breathing, shifting it is bound to have a positive effect.
Uriel said:
Definitely. Even though I grew up not knowing anything other than having the one at a time so I never knew anything else I was dissatisfied with the performance of my nose for breathing and prefered to use my mouth.
Now, I can comfortably get a proper lungful with my mouth closed and just feel much better. It sounds a bit silly, but although I'm now used to having two working nostrils, I do get struck by the fact every now and again and will sit for a few seconds just enjoying and appeciating the sensation. It's hard to explain, but it's a big feeling of relief; like a weight has been lifted. I suppose there is a literal restriction that's been removed and when that restriction was on your breathing, shifting it is bound to have a positive effect.
is it down to just cycling? did u do anything else?Now, I can comfortably get a proper lungful with my mouth closed and just feel much better. It sounds a bit silly, but although I'm now used to having two working nostrils, I do get struck by the fact every now and again and will sit for a few seconds just enjoying and appeciating the sensation. It's hard to explain, but it's a big feeling of relief; like a weight has been lifted. I suppose there is a literal restriction that's been removed and when that restriction was on your breathing, shifting it is bound to have a positive effect.
One way or the other it's down to the cycling.
Whether it's a direct result of the cycling (I think I tend to gulp air in through my mouth more than breathe through my nose, but I do know that during hard efforts, particularly in the cold, it really does seem to clear my pipes and I'll regularly be getting rid of large amounts of mucus through my nose) or whether it's a side effect of the weight loss and general increase in fitness/health that came from the cycling (6'6" - 21st7lb down to 12st5lb).
Whether it's a direct result of the cycling (I think I tend to gulp air in through my mouth more than breathe through my nose, but I do know that during hard efforts, particularly in the cold, it really does seem to clear my pipes and I'll regularly be getting rid of large amounts of mucus through my nose) or whether it's a side effect of the weight loss and general increase in fitness/health that came from the cycling (6'6" - 21st7lb down to 12st5lb).
Uriel said:
cycling (6'6" - 21st7lb down to 12st5lb).
Sweet jeezus- well done! I only breathe through one, I can see the bone/cartilage causing the issue but I am fine with it. Its not a full block, just partical, I can only assume air finds the easiest way out and flows out of my left side.
Sheets Tabuer said:
One, when I lay on alternate sides in bed I can feel stuff move to block the lower nostril however blowing my nose produces sod all so god knows what is moving.
Sort of similar to you - if I sleep on my preferred left hand side then I get a blocked nostril...so then move to the right hand side to clear it. Usually only happens winter months though.
I had this pretty chronic for years, kept getting bouts of sinusitis . In the end I had an op after seeing an ENT consultant. The Op basically consisted of creating a horizontal hole from left to right inside my nose linking my each nostril. Sorted me out but it was the most painful recovery night from an Op I have ever had.
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