Breathe right... yeah, heard it before! So what?!
Your body is an incredible design! One interesting part of it is your large diaphragm muscle - especially designed to increase the size of your chest cavitiy and therefore drawing the air into your lungs. Physics pure.
But what happens when you don't use this muscle? Well, you still have to breathe! Therefore your chest cavity still has to expand. If your diaphragm doesn't do the job - or not as much as it is designed to - other muscles will have to jump in. These are usually your chest muscles, intercostals, neck and shoulder muscles.
And they can do it. But it's not what they are good at or designed for in the first place! And you know what happens, if someone does a job he/she is constantly overworked with or not really qualified for...
So if you suffer from regular tight muscles in your upper back/neck/shoulder or chest area - have a look at how you breathe! Changing your breathing pattern will not only help to ease your muscle tensions, but also deepens your breath, massages your inner organs through the movement of the diaphragm and increases the overall state of well-being.
Here are two videos for you: The first one explains the function of the diaphragm, the second one shows you how to practice diaphragmatic breathing. And while you are watching: take a deep breath...
Your body is an incredible design! One interesting part of it is your large diaphragm muscle - especially designed to increase the size of your chest cavitiy and therefore drawing the air into your lungs. Physics pure.
But what happens when you don't use this muscle? Well, you still have to breathe! Therefore your chest cavity still has to expand. If your diaphragm doesn't do the job - or not as much as it is designed to - other muscles will have to jump in. These are usually your chest muscles, intercostals, neck and shoulder muscles.
And they can do it. But it's not what they are good at or designed for in the first place! And you know what happens, if someone does a job he/she is constantly overworked with or not really qualified for...
So if you suffer from regular tight muscles in your upper back/neck/shoulder or chest area - have a look at how you breathe! Changing your breathing pattern will not only help to ease your muscle tensions, but also deepens your breath, massages your inner organs through the movement of the diaphragm and increases the overall state of well-being.
Here are two videos for you: The first one explains the function of the diaphragm, the second one shows you how to practice diaphragmatic breathing. And while you are watching: take a deep breath...
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