This category is covering Laryngopharyngeal Reflux or LPR for short. It is a form of acid reflux that can affect the throat, sinuses and more.
If your acid reflux seems to get louder every winter, you’re not imagining it. Cold weather itself doesn’t pour acid into your esophagus, but the season bundles together a whole set of reflux triggers — richer, heavier meals, holiday weight gain, more colds and coughing, less activity, and a …
Acid Reflux and Cold Weather: Why Winter Makes It Worse Read More
If lifting weights sets off heartburn, a burning throat, or that acid-in-the-chest feeling, you’re not imagining it and you’re not doing anything wrong. Weightlifting is one of the most reliable exercise triggers for reflux because straining under a heavy load spikes the pressure inside your abdomen and pushes stomach …
Weightlifting and Acid Reflux: How to Train Safely Read More
If silent reflux (LPR) is at its worst when you wake up — a raw throat, hoarseness, mucus, that first morning throat clear — the way you sleep is almost certainly part of the problem. When you lie flat, gravity stops protecting your throat, and even small amounts of …
Best Wedge Pillows for Silent Reflux (LPR): Buyer’s Guide Read More
Raising the head of your bed is one of the simplest, cheapest, and best-evidenced things you can do for nighttime acid reflux and LPR. When you lie flat, gravity stops helping you — stomach contents can drift up your oesophagus and reach your throat all night. Tilt your upper …
Water seems like it should be the one drink you never have to think about with reflux. And for the most part, it is your best friend — but not all water is equal, and for silent reflux (LPR) in particular, the type you choose can genuinely matter. Here …
The Reflux Band is one of the more intriguing tools in the silent reflux world, because it does something no pill can: it physically stops reflux from reaching your throat. It is a soft band you wear around your neck at night, and it works by gently reinforcing the …