Chest physiotherapy: lung volume recruitment techniques and cough augmentation (assisted cough techniques)

For many people with a neuromuscular disorder, muscle weakness can affect the breathing muscles. This means that it is difficult to:

• take in a large breath (inhalation)
• clear your chest using controlled breaths out (exhalation)
• cough

This leaflet explains some of the Lung Volume Recruitment Techniques and Assisted Cough Techniques that your physiotherapist has taught you.