Hi Susan,
HVS is actually fairly common in the general population. Studies conservatively estimate 10% of people habitually overbreathe to some degree - runners and non-runners alike. I have written some blog posts about it here http://breathingwise.blogspot.com/ which discuss some of the reasons why people suffer from HVS.
I would start with a training strategy of breathing only through the nose. It is much harder to overbreathe when nose breathing. This will be difficult at first and it will take a few weeks to build your training distances up while nose breathing if you're used to mouth breathing, but it may very well solve the problem just by learning to do this. I also think you're right about the heat which will contribute to overbreathing.
Let us know how you get on.
B. Stimpson
www.breathingwise.com
http://www.breathingwise.com/index.html
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Hi Susan,
April 7, 2009 - 9:20pmHVS is actually fairly common in the general population. Studies conservatively estimate 10% of people habitually overbreathe to some degree - runners and non-runners alike. I have written some blog posts about it here http://breathingwise.blogspot.com/ which discuss some of the reasons why people suffer from HVS.
I would start with a training strategy of breathing only through the nose. It is much harder to overbreathe when nose breathing. This will be difficult at first and it will take a few weeks to build your training distances up while nose breathing if you're used to mouth breathing, but it may very well solve the problem just by learning to do this. I also think you're right about the heat which will contribute to overbreathing.
Let us know how you get on.
B. Stimpson
www.breathingwise.com
http://www.breathingwise.com/index.html
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