What is Resperate and how does it work?

RESPeRATE is a portable electronic device that guides the user to slow, deep breathing with prolonged exhalation. RESPeRATE is cleared by the FDA for lowering blood pressure and reducing stress. It is not a drug and clinically proven. It’s available without a prescription.

how does RESPeRATE work?

RESPeRATE’s breathing sensor, placed on the upper abdomen, automatically analyzes your breathing pattern and creates a personalized melody composed of two distinct inhale and exhale guiding tones. It is defined by some medical experts as a bio-feedback device.

How do I use RESPeRATE?

Simply listen to the melody through the headphones, and the body’s natural tendency to follow external rhythms will enable you to easily synchronize your breathing to the guiding tones.

By gradually prolonging the exhalation tone to slow down breathing, RESPeRATE leads you to the therapeutic zone of fewer than 10 breaths per minute with prolonged exhalation.

How does RESPeRATE lower blood pressure?

Within a few minutes of the breathing session, the muscles surrounding the small blood vessels in the body relax, blood flows more freely, and blood pressure is significantly reduced.

While breathing returns to normal after each session with RESPeRATE, the beneficial impact on blood pressure accumulates. Within three to four weeks, a significant, lasting reduction in blood pressure occurs.

Does RESPeRATE have a long term effect?

Provided it is used for the recommended time of at least 40 minutes per week, blood pressure will remain lowered between sessions. RESPeRATE will not reduce blood pressure under the normal; it has a normalizing effect.

RESPeRATE’s blood pressure lowering effect has been validated to the point it is now recommended by the American Heart Association 2013 Scientific statement on non-pharmacological treatments for hypertension.

What’s the science behind this?

As shown in a published review of it’s 7 clinical trials, RESPeRATE lowers high blood pressure by an average 14 points systolic and 8 points diastolic, with top 10% reductions of 36/20 points. Used for 15 minutes a day, 3-4 times a week, RESPeRATE demonstrates a significant, all-day blood pressure reduction beyond the reduction from concurrent treatments such as medication, diet, and exercise.

What’s in the package?

The package Consists of a computerized control unit, a breathing sensor, a set of earbuds and 3 batteries.

Is there a RESPeRATE App?

Yes & No. 2breathe Technologies, the company that manufactures and distributes RESPeRATE has developed a mobile App called “2breathe”. The 2breathe App, together with a BLE sensor, guides the user to slow breathing.

The App uses the same technology used in the RESPeRATE, but it never went through clinical trials and so, cannot claim to lower blood pressure. The 2breathe / Resperate App is recommended for relaxation and sleeplessness.