Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most common treatment for sleep apnea. This is a face or nose mask that is linked to a ventilator that applies a pressure to keep your upper airway open throughout the night.
Most people dislike CPAP because the facemasks are uncomfortable. And less than 50% prescribed this mask use it regularly.
Moreover, it’s not clear whether CPAP actually improves your health at all.
The research is a bit mixed, with a study in the International Journal of Cardiology in 2013 finding it to be an ineffective treatment against endothelial dysfunction.
Hence, with some uncertainty remaining, it does seem as if CPAP can be somewhat effective treatment, not only for breathing difficulties and sleep quality, but also for the heart and blood vessel diseases that often accompany sleep apnea.
Since most people refuse to use CPAP because of the discomfort of sleeping with it, they opt for a new type of device called Mandibular advancement devices (MAD).
These devices move your lower jaw forward so that your tongue and airway muscles move forward, allowing your airway to open.
While studies show the treatment works some for breathing and sleep quality, it does not improve endothelial dysfunction.
But there is a much better option…
Our simple sleep apnea exercises do similar things as both CPAP and MAD – they force the throat open and therefore increase oxygen flow (like CPAP). They also strengthen and loosen up the jaw, putting it in the right position (like MAD), with similar results.
In addition, they put your tongue and soft palate in an upward position while sleeping, which prevents them from falling into and blocking the throat.
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