5 Ways Breathing Influences Low Back Pain

Breathing seems like such a simple thing, and it is in a sense. However, when you think about how many breaths we take a day, altering your breathing can have a huge impact. When I have a patient with low back pain, I’ll always look at their breathing pattern. 9 times out of 10, I find that they are chest breathing. This is not necessarily a ‘wrong pattern’, but it gives me some insight into how their full system is operating. To explore this, I’ll explain 5 ways breathing can have a role in reducing low back pain.

Christopher EllisJuly 5, 2023#breathing, #lowbackpainComment

Breathing and Stress

Breathwork has been a popular topic lately, and for good reason. It has a big return on investment. There are surprisingly many ways to breathe, and for something we do so often, a subtle change can have a huge impact. This article will focus solely on how breathing and stress are related.

Christopher EllisMarch 16, 2023#breathing, #stress, #cortisolComment

Neck Pain? Check Your Breathing

Breathing may seem simple, but you’d be surprised at how many ways we can breathe. The human body has many redundancies, and that’s a good thing for survival. This is why we have two holes in our face; our mouth and our nose. That’s two ways to exchange O2 and CO2. We have a ‘backup system’ in case one isn’t working well.

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