Can acoustic therapy help improve sinus health?
Dr. Rodney Schlosser, Rhinology specialist, and David Lewis, co-founder of SinuSonic, join Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom podcast, episode 579, to talk about the revolutionary device for optimal sinus health, how humming opens your nasal airways, why dairy can contribute to congestion, and the negative effects of mouth breathing.
"Humming, or acoustic vibration, is well known to increase the body's production of nasal nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and it's also a visodialator. Monks hummed. Why were they doing that? To clear their head. Can we stimulate the vagus nerve with acoustic energy? Yes." - David Lewis
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Twice a day, morning and evening, simply hold the SinuSonic device to your nose and breathe normally for about two minutes.
You should hear a flutter each time you exhale during the exercise. That’s it. It is that easy. Best of all there are no harmful or addictive drugs, and no mess.
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Power Quotes From The ShowNasal Obstructions Impair Your Cognitive Functions
"Nasal obstruction and nasal congestion are a super common problem that can be from allergic or non-allergic triggers, which affects 20-30% of population in the U.S. But it's not just nose problems. It affects your sleep and your cognitive ability. We've done studies on cognition and it impairs your cognition, your mood, you get depressed or anxious." - Dr. Rodney Schlosser
Avoid Environments That Trigger Sinus Issues
"Dairy's probably the number one thing I hear about that creates thick mucus, thick flam, throat clearing... If you can avoid environments that are going to cause, whether you're allergic or not, triggers than do that. Stay in a healthy clean environment. Rinse your nose out with saline and flush things out." - Dr. Rodney Schlosser
The Negative Effects of Mouth Breathing
"Nasal obstruction will force you to become a mouth breather at night. You can get more cavities because now your mouth is all dry. There's something called the adenoid face. Kids have big adenoids in the back with their tonsils and if it obstructs the nose and they become a mouth breather, it actually changes the shape of their face." - Dr. Rodney Schlosser
Links From Today's ShowRodney J. Schlosser, M.D. is Professor and Director of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed his Otolaryngology residency at the University of Virginia and his Rhinology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been on staff at MUSC since 2002.
Dr. Schlosser’s clinical areas of interest include revision sinus surgery, endoscopic repair of CSF leaks and skull base defects, and resection of sinonasal and skull base tumors.
His research interests include the mucosal immune response in chronic sinusitis, olfactory dysfunction, and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing medical and surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis.
Dr. Schlosser has received research grants from the National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration, American Rhinologic Society, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and numerous medical companies.
He has published a textbook on endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as over 300 peer-reviewed articles and 7 book chapters, and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and abroad.
About David LewisDavid Lewis received his BS in Health Policy and Administration from UNC-CH and an MBA/MHA from Georgia State University. He co-founded SleepMed, Inc., and was CEO and a Board Member.
SleepMed grew to over $115M in revenue and provided sleep medicine services and epilepsy testing services across the US.
He left SleepMed to become US General Manager for EIMindA (Herzliya, Israel) which developed BNA.
He co-founded and co-invented SinuSonic.
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