The diaphragm is the primary muscle for breath. It's ability to optimally perform its job depends on the other muscles of the core and just like all of the other muscles of the body, it can get stiff, lose its coordination and ultimately, its POWER. This can result in health related issues involving back or pelvic pain as well as shortness of breath and pressurizing the organ system all the way down to the pelvic floor. Recovery of muscle function requires specific exercises based on exercise science. Who better than a physical therapist to develop a series of training exercises specifically for the diaphragm that will help you recover your breath power.
Navigating the various menus, one would ultimately reach an audio track providing instructions for exercising one’s breath, diaphragm and core. The audio track will automatically begin playing. Here are directions for the available controls on the audio player screen:
Upper Left-Hand: “Circle X”… This control will stop the audio and return to the previous screen.
Below Image: Slider… This illustrates where in the track the audio is playing. One can slide it forward or backward to change where you want the audio to play.
Lower Left: Replay… If this button is selected, the track will repeat itself
Rewind 10 seconds
Pause/Play
Fast Forward 10 seconds
Lower Right: Stop… audio and return to the previous screen.
