Strengthening Breathing Muscles

Enhance the Strength and endurance of the Respiratory muscles

This program will include breathing techniques and exercises that involve utilization of the diaphragm, the abdominal muscles (transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis and obliques) and the intercostal muscles.

Benefits

  • Increase and Improve Respiratory Muscle Function
  • Enhance Lung Capacity
  • Improve Blood Pressure
  • Manage Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (acid reflux)
  • Decrease the Sensation of Breathlessness
  • Improve Posture
  • Improve Aerobic Endurance during Exercise or Sport Activities
  • Improve Cough Strength
  • Increase Airway Protection by Improving the Movement, Activity and Strength of your Swallowing Muscles

Recommended for, but not limited to:

  • General population of all ages
  • Athletes (Swimmers/Divers)
  • Instrumentalists (Wind)
  • Professional voice users (Singers)
  • Sedentary elderly
  • Individuals with lung conditions (COPD, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis),
  • Neuromuscular conditions (ALS, GBS, MS, Spinal Cord Injury, Myasthenia Gravis),
  • Muscular dystrophy (Duchenne, Myotonic)