Breathing Technique to Calm Down the Diaphragm and Save Energy

According to my theory: Skinniness in people with PE is caused by over activity in the diaphragm. Because one breathe around the clock even a small increase in the amount of energy the diaphragm consumes every breath will cause a huge demand for more calories on a daily basis. I have here a breathing technique and a breathing exercise which aims to calm down the breathing process and save a lot of energy giving the body the possibility to for example build up the muscles instead of just waste it.

The Exercise and the Breathing Technique
Try to stand up for a while a few minutes and relax (don’t do any aerobic activities right before this exercise). Don’t inhale or exhale heavily. Breathe trough the nose (very small breaths as relaxed as possible). Now try to hold your breath for 10 seconds without inhale or exhale heavily right before. When you are ready try to relax once again and breath through the nose until your breathing has calmed down. Increase the time with 10 seconds next round (10+10=20). Repeat the same procedure and increase with 10 seconds every time. The goal (if you can’t already) is to be able to hold the breath for one minute easily. Try to use the same “breathing-trough-the-nose-technique” on a daily basis (if you don’t already). You should barely feel that you breathe. Breathing trough the nose usually deactivates the intercostal muscles and saves energy too. Those muscles (the muscles between the ribs) should only be activated during aerobic activity which demands breathing trough the mouth. If you feel dizzy sometimes (people with PE often tells they do) it is probably caused by over activity in the breathing process as well. Too much CO2 (carbon dioxide) will leave the body during increased breathing without being physically active. That will be fixed as well by calm down the breathing.      

How Pectus Excavatum Comes to Exist Illustrated in Four Figures

(I recommend to click on the picture to se it in a more detailed view).

Before birth (1) the ergonomic environment is definitely not perfect for the human body. It can be really tight and bad positions can be taken. After birth (2) the ergonomic environment when it comes to bending the head forward have in many cases become even worse. The way we sit down (3) very often bend the back backwards. And finally (4) this is the complete devastation for the whole body which is explained in detail on my blog/site. What also is explained in detail is what to do about it.

 

Modified Dumbbell Pullovers for Pectus Excavatum

This modification turned dumbbell pullovers into an effective exercise for pectus excavatum (funnel chest) at least for me and I hope for others as well. I have as I earlier mentioned tried usual dumbbell pullovers for a very long time during very long periods without any results to talk about. Ok, here is how to do this modified version for PE:

1. Start in the same position as normal dumbbell pullovers with a low weight (around 3 kg).

2. At the same time as you lower the weight, lift the upper body from the ground a few centimeters
    and look in the direction of the arrow as illustrated in the drawings below.

3. Repeat many times (10 reps, 2-3 sets).