Breath Hold Coach

Check your phone

Practise the deep breath hold used in breast radiotherapy. First, check your phone can do it. Allow motion access if asked.

    Breath Hold Coach

    Your session

      Most treatment holds are 20 to 25 seconds.

      Get ready

      1. Turn the ringer on and the volume up.
      2. Lie on your back, arms where your treatment team positions them.
      3. Place the phone screen up, flat on the lower part of your breastbone, top edge towards your chin.
      4. Breathe into your chest, not your belly, unless your team told you otherwise.

      First a signal check, then about a minute of calm and deep breaths to learn your range. Practice starts on its own after that.

      Practice only. This app does not connect to or match any treatment machine, and its percentages are not your clinical threshold. Stop and breathe normally if you feel dizzy or short of breath. Check with your treatment team before practising if you have heart or lung problems.

      Breath Hold Coach

      History & demo

      Demo mode

      Your phone rests on your chest, measures how high your breath lifts it, and tells you by sound whether you are holding above the line.

      Signal check
      Lie still and breathe normally
      0
       

      Session done

      Nice work

      –
      time above line
      –
      holds done
      –
      average wobble
      HoldPhaseLengthAbove lineAvg levelWobbleDrops