Teleseminar Breathing Essentials 301

Course overview

Breathing Essentials: Respiration and the Impact on Health, Posture, Pain, Movement and Performance. Breathing Essentials is a comprehensive examination of the function of breathing on the human body and actions for management of dysfunction. The information presented in this webinar ultimately will be become necessary tools for the clinician, in the recognizing and development of strategies for alleviating Breathing Pattern Disorders. It is imperative that normal breathing patterns and mobility are regained and maintained for spine health and overall patient wellbeing. Webinar Description: How can the way we breathe alter multiple systems of the body, and how is the core intimately connected to breathing? These are some of the questions answered in this in-depth seminar on respiration and its ultimate effects on health, posture and function. The Thorax is a vital component in spinal function. It is the center of trunk rotation and the center of respiration. The Thorax is a prime base for muscle and fascial connections that affect the cervical and lumbo/pelvic regions. Anatomy, respiratory physiology and the multiple functions of the diaphragm will be presented. When the respiratory system is in dysfunction, it can alter the function of the thorax, the body's physiology, trunk control and ultimately ideal movement. The diaphragm plays a vital role in posture and respiration. It has intimate connections, muscularly and neurologically with the lumbar spine, abdominals and pelvic floor, which contributes to the diaphragm's ability to maintain intra-abdominal pressure, a fundamental role in spinal stability. Altered breathing patterns brought on by life, stress, pain and injury can alter the biochemistry of the blood system and produce negative effects on the health of the body. Faulty breathing patterns are rarely looked at as being a possible cause of spinal dysfunctions as well as propagating continued pain patterns in fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic and chest pain, gut pain and chronic fatigue. Videos in this seminar will deal with rib mechanics, rib decompression, breathing programs, examination and treatment that can be utilized with almost all musculoskeletal patients. This seminar series will enable the student to connect the negative effects of dysfunction of respiration to specific pathologies and generate answers on the management of these pathologies.