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Healthy Breathing

Breathing deeply

Do you ever think about how you breathe? It’s a fact that most of us are breathing incorrectly. Most people breathe quite shallowly, which increases the tension in our neck and shoulder muscles. When we don’t use our diaphragm to control respiration, we breathe only into our upper chest and the lungs do not fully expand. This limits the amount of oxygen that gets to our tissues.

The major muscle that controls breathing is the diaphragm, which lies under our rib cage. When we are breathing properly, the diaphragm should lower during the inhale, allowing air to fill the lungs. When you see your abdomen rise slightly during an inhalation, this shows that the diaphragm has dropped and you are fully expanding your lungs. As you exhale, your diaphragm lifts back up and the abdomen should flatten out to resting position. physical therapy Dyer

Breathing correctly and using your diaphragm has significant benefits for you, including these:

  • Stress reduction – Deep breathing techniques can be found in most relaxation and meditation practices
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Decreased tension in neck and shoulder muscles
  • Improved mobility of the abdomen
  • Improved digestion – Helps keep the contents of the intestines moving

Learning to breathe deeply is actually easy to do. It just takes conscious effort to remember to do it on a regular basis. To understand how it feels to breathe correctly, lay down on your back and put one hand on your chest and the other hand on your abdomen. Next, take a slow breath in, and in the process try to make the hand resting on your abdomen rise. Try to limit the amount of movement in your chest area. As you slowly breathe out, the hand on your abdomen should lower. This type of breathing can feel very strange at first if you are not accustomed to it. With attention and practice, it will get easier.

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I have found the staff to be very pleasant, patient, friendly and helpful! For finances, I spoke to the bookkeeper, Laura and she was a great help and directed me in the right direction.

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Dyer Nursing and Rehabilitation is GREAT!

My Mom was in another area Nursing Home. Being very dissatisfied with her care there, when she had to be readmitted due to a severe infection we inquired about other Facilities. My Sister\’s coworker informed us her sister worked at Dyer Nursing Facility and thought we should check them out. I can not begin to […]

Thank You!

Thank You! My wife was admitted about one year ago to Dyer Nursing & Rehab. The nursing staff is so good and caring. They treat my wife good and that means a lot to me since I can’t always be there. When ever I have a concern they are always there to help me. The […]

My second admission…

Thank you again! This is my second admission to Dyer Nursing & Rehab. I was admitted back to the same room I was in before. I don’t attend many activities because I’m an avid reader so I enjoy going into the facility Library and reading book, they have so many to choose from. I enjoy […]

Eight years

8 Years I have been at Dyer Nursing & Rehab for eight years now. I like being here, I help the activities staff. I ran the general store for seven years. The staff here treats me good, the food is good and I would recommend Dyer to others. I like it here because we get […]

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