Breathing Essentials: Breathing Pattern Disorders

Respiration and the Impact on Health, Posture, Pain, Movement and Performance.

What you'll learn

The student should have a better understanding how the body responds to dysfunctional breathing in any number of ways.

How poor breathing mechanics will alter posture of the neck and back.

How poor breathing problems can cause different pain patterns.

How fast breathing patterns can accentuate stress responses.

Requirements

The student should have taken Anatomy and Function of Respiration before taking this course. It will make is much easier to follow.

Description

Altered breathing patterns brought on by life, stress, pain, and injury can alter the biochemistry of the blood system and produce negative effects on the health of the body.  Faulty breathing patterns are rarely looked at as being a possible cause of spinal dysfunctions as well as propagating continued pain patterns in fibromyalgia, somatic dysfunctions, and neck pain and upper extremity pain.  In this course, you will learn the effects of altered breathing patterns, what somatic dysfunctions are, the effect of an overriding autonomic nervous system and paradoxical breathing.  You will also learn what happens when the diaphragm goes into dysfunction and when altered breathing patterns alter the biomechanics of your cervical spine, shoulders and lower back.  This course deals with the details of physiology and biomechanics of poor breathing patterns.  Again everything is evidence-based on studies from the research.There will be a breathing exercise section as well as breathing exercises interspersed throughout the course to demonstrate ways to change your breathing.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Disclaimer

Lecture 3 Suboptimal Breathing Patterns

Lecture 4 Paradoxical Breathing

Lecture 5 Upper Chest Versus Diaphragmatic Breathing Video

Lecture 6 Obesity and COVID 19

Lecture 7 Autonomic Nervous System

Lecture 8 Somatic Dysfunction

Lecture 9 Breathing Practice Instructions and Demonstration

Lecture 10 Breathing Practice Demonstration

Lecture 11 Dysfunction of the Diaphragm

Lecture 12 Upper Extremity Dysfunction and Cervical Spine Related to Breathing Patterns

Section 2: Breathing Exercises

Lecture 13 Lateral Trunk Rotation with Inspiration Video

Lecture 14 Lateral Upper Trunk Rotation

Lecture 15 Three Sniffs Video

Lecture 16 Pilates 100 Modified

Lecture 17 Blowing up a Balloon Video

Lecture 18 Thank you

Lecture 19 References for the Evidence

Lecture 20 Bonus Lecture

Anyone who is interested in changing their spinal pain, headaches and dysfunction.