Respiratory Special Tests | Diaphragmatic excursion and FEV | Stethopedia

Do you fully understand diaphragmatic breathing? Diaphragmatic breathing is often cued as movement only in the belly, but it actually requires rib cage expansion as well for balanced distribution of movement to help protect a healing diastasis and support pelvic floor function. There may also be an over-emphasis on inhales going down, but we need upper rib cage expansion as well to avoid too much pressure going out through a diastasis and down into the pelvic floor (with both the inhale and exha