This post was written with contributions from Margaret Heaton-Ashby, LMFT, and Kelsey Tunney, DPT. When you think about your health and specifically any dysfunction in your body, you probably don’t ...

Strength training isn’t just for biceps. It may also provide support for the muscles that help us breathe to reduce blood pressure. A daily dose for six weeks of high-resistance inspiratory muscle ...

Just like any other muscle in the body, the diaphragm can also get “tight.” “Any kind of tightness in the diaphragm can limit the amount of breath we take,” Conroy says. “And it can also lead to ...

Whenever I run I have mild epigastric pain. I think it’s how I am breathing. Can you give me some tips to stop this? - Amber Pain in the abdominal region is a common complaint among runners. Please ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A little over 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization, exertional dyspnea was reported in many patients. Patients ...

When you get hiccups, it might seem like they are coming out of nowhere – and before you know it, they’re gone. To find out exactly why hiccups happen, I talked to my friend Dr. Luisita Francis, a ...

Someone with COVID-19 might expect to experience fatigue, cold and flu symptoms, and loss of taste and smell — but a paralyzed diaphragm would likely not be on the radar. It was certainly a surprise ...

Whether it’s Barbra Streisand’s goosebump-raising 19-second note in “A Piece of the Sky,” or Bill Withers’ iconic 18-second one in “Lovely Day,” the ability to hold a note requires a singer to ...