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Brian Forristal

Brian Forristal

Physiotherapist at Southern Health and Social Care Trust who appeared on the SOUTHPOD podcast discussing bronchiectasis.

Sep 24, 2026

1:57
So Brian, from a physio point of view, are you aware of anything that people can do to help to get a diagnosis of this condition?
2:05
Uh, yeah, Chris.
2:06
So we would see plenty of people with bronchiectasis, um, and it's mainly for airway clearance techniques.
2:14
So yeah, airway clearance, uh, options available to us, uh, are different types of breathing techniques.
2:20
So w- the goal is to remove mucus from the airways to reduce the risk of infection and subsequent, uh, disease progression.
2:29
Um, so the most common technique we would teach would be the active cycle of breathing technique, or ACBT, and that's a series of deep breaths and a huffing technique to, to move the, um, secretions along.
2:43
Um, and then the next, uh, technique, uh, would commonly we would use is using, um, a PEP device, so it's a positive expiratory, uh, pressure device called a Acapella or an Aerobika, where we teach somebody to, to blow in and out, uh, through the device to, to mobilize those secretions as well.

10 MINS LATER

13:06
Do you mind just telling us a bit more about it?

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