Re: My mom was just diagnosed with the start of COPD what to know.

I have taken classes for people with COPD and every one in the class was either a present time smoker - or, as I was, a former smoker.  If your mom is a smoker, please have her quit.  If she doesn't do that, nothing will help.

Parsed lip breathing is what was taught in my COPD classes and HOW to breathe was as well.  You breathe out just before physical effort (such as standing from a sitting position or lifting something heavy) just the opposite of what most people really do.  By measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood stream one will find that it helps a lot.