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Yet another pioneering benefit offered by Hibernian Aviva Health to help you and your family stay in control and enjoy an active and improved quality of life. Hibernian Aviva Health has an exclusive arrangement with Asthma Care Ireland giving our members the choice to overcome their asthma naturally, safely and minus the side effects.

Asthma in Ireland affects 470,000 people and it can significantly affect quality of life for both adults and children, often resulting in many days missed from work and school. Symptoms vary but include blocked nose, wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, coughing and/or frequent colds and chest infections.

A Russian doctor, Professor Konstantin Buteyko discovered that asthmatics over breathe, that is take in two or three times more air over what they need; this constricts the airways and causes asthma symptoms. Founder of Asthma Care Ireland, and former chronic asthmatic, Patrick McKeown trained under Professor Buteyko. Along with his own research he devised a course which instructs and guides asthmatics about how to take control of their asthma naturally.

Hibernian Aviva Health is offering our members money back on the Asthma Care Program with Asthma Care Ireland. Treatment includes an 8 hour course, spread over three weekly sessions. Teaching mainly concerns a unique breathing technique known as the Buteyko Method. Participants are encouraged to learn to breathe through their nose and control the amount of air inhaled, thereby reversing their symptoms. Other instructions include how to stop an asthma attack, the correct diet to follow, sleeping and physical exercise.

Up to a 50% reduction in asthma symptoms such as wheezing and coughing may be seen within two weeks. Research into the Buteyko Method in Australia and New Zealand has shown that the need for preventer medication may be reduced by up to 50% and the need for reliever medication may be reduced by up to 90% within three to six months.

(Medication is continued alongside the Asthma Care Program and may be altered only in conjunction with your family doctor or consultant.)

With so many families affected by asthma, even better news is that children can take even more control with the special www.asthmacare4kids.com program.