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Healthy Breathing
These tests can show if you need breathing exercises
Poor breathing habits are easy to spot. These tests will help determine if you can benefit from breathing exercises.
Upper-Chest Breathing
Upper-Chest Breathing
Lie on your back, placing one hand on your upper chest and the other on your abdomen. If the hand on your chest moves as you breathe but the one on the abdomen does not, you're definitely a chest-breather. Anything more than slight movement in the chest is a sign of inefficient breathing.
Shallow Breathing
Lie on your back and place your hands around your lower ribs. You should feel an effortless expansion of the lower ribs on the breath in, and a slow recoil on the breath out. If your ribs remain motionless, your breathing is too shallow, even if your belly moves.
Shallow Breathing
Lie on your back and place your hands around your lower ribs. You should feel an effortless expansion of the lower ribs on the breath in, and a slow recoil on the breath out. If your ribs remain motionless, your breathing is too shallow, even if your belly moves.
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