This breathing training is formally called High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), according to the research team. "There are a lot of lifestyle strategies that we know can help ...

High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) exercises your breathing muscles. Participants who used the device had higher levels of nitric oxide, which widens the blood vessels.

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

Our editors independently select these products. Making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission Strength training can improve your bone mass, lean muscle mass, cardiovascular ...

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I'm on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

Strength training is a well-established way to boost the capabilities of the body's many muscle groups, and the same may well be true of those that facilitate breathing. A new study has provided the ...

Cardiovascular disease is the world's leading cause of death and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. About 65 percent of American adults have high blood pressure but not even 40 percent are ...

Dear Doctors: I wonder if there have been any updates on that breathing technique called IMST? It was being studied because it can lower systolic blood pressure. I’m on blood pressure meds, and when I ...

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