You can inhale without using your diaphragm; the lungs' upper lobes fill with air. During this type of inhale, the upper chest may rise, but the belly remains flat. This type of breathing does not ...

It's helpful to learn and practice nasal and diaphragmatic breathing ... Hands-on-belly-and-chest breathing: Starting in a comfortable position, place one hand at the region of the navel and ...

Surgical plication to stabilize the diaphragm is needed to prevent the lungs from ballooning outward during expiration (breathing out), the opposite ... patient's rib cage encircling the inside of ...