The Buteyko Technique was first taught in Australia in 1990 to asthmatics and those with other respiratory conditions.

The first clinical trial outside the Soviet Union was conducted in Brisbane, Queensland Australia to determine the effectiveness of the Buteyko Technique for the treatment of asthma.

Conducted for the Australian Association of Asthma Foundations and Buteyko Australia, the study showed:

Asthmatics breathe three to four times more than World Health Organisation norms.

The Buteyko group

• experienced a 90% reduction in bronchodilator medication
• the ability to reduce steroid medication
• had a reduction in symptoms and attacks
• experienced an improvement in quality of life score

The Control group

• experienced no such improvement, even after being subjected to the best medical advice available
• After eight months the Control group undertook the Buteyko Technique with the same results as the initial Buteyko group

What is taught for Asthma and other respiratory conditions:

• Participants are taught the physiological explanations as per Professor Buteyko's theory as to why they have asthma.
• Instruction and confirmation of National Asthma Campaign guidelines with respect to the use of reliever and preventative medications.
• Instruction, supervision and guidance in how to use Buteyko symptomatic relief to overcome attacks from the first day.
• Instruction, supervision and guidance in how to use Buteyko breathing techniques to monitor their condition.
• Instruction, supervision and guidance with the philosophies to change the underlying incorrect breathing patterns.
• Individual instruction with relation to their respective conditions, medications and health history.

What does this mean for the attendee?

• The ability to significantly reduce or eliminate the requirement for reliever medication .
• The longer term ability to reduce steroid medication
  IN CONSULTATION WITH, AND WITH APPROVAL OF
  THEIR DOCTOR.
• Knowledge and portable skills to be in total control of their asthma
• The ability to become totally drug-free and experience levels of health possibly never experienced before.