Breathing battles and asthma experiences in sport and exercise

What is it about?

Within the sociology of sport, phenomenologically-inspired perspectives on sensory embodiment have emerged in recent years, including research on the senses in water-based sports such as scuba diving, performance swimming, and in land-based sports such as distance running, and cycling. Here, I draw upon the notion of ‘sensory work’, to investigate the experience of asthma in sports participants. Currently, despite the prevalence of asthma globally, there remains a lack of in-depth research on actual experiences of coping with asthma and ‘breathing battles’ in sporting contexts. I explore data from two linked research projects: a collaborative autoethnography and an interview-based study , which generated findings that highlighted sensory aspects relating to the lived experience of asthma and sporting embodiment.

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Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash

Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash