Tuesday, May 25, 2010

How the Breathing Pattern affects the Body?

Chronic neck pain is a very common condition but can be painful at the same time. For example, you should stand in front of a mirror and take a deep breath. Pay attention to the shoulders when breathing in and out. People who experience neck pain tend to hoist their shoulders when deep breathing. It’s like a lurching motion. This process is referred to being a movement pattern dysfunction. . This will put major pressure on the joints and muscles in the neck.

A person with an abnormal breathing pattern tends to overwork the joints and muscles in the neck. The end result is pain, inflammation and tension. The pattern has to be fixed in order to cure shoulder pain and severe neck pain. You need to use the diaphragm as the prime initiator when doing a breathing exercise. The shoulders and neck should not be used at the prime initiator in a breathing exercise because this is troublesome for the body. This can lead to severe pain and inflammation. As well as, this could lead to deeper and other underlying problems for the body.

If the shoulders and neck are the initiator in a breathing pattern then this can lead to shallow breathing. The exchange of air will only occur at the top of the lungs. The surface area location in the lungs has an exchange for carbon dioxide/oxygen located in the lower lungs. The levels of oxygen are stifling in the body. This lead to fertile ground so that chronic diseases can develop like cancer and heart disease. The breathing pattern has a major affect on the body. Correcting the breathing pattern can lead to improving body and neck pain.

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