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Diapragmatic Breathing {dai•uh•prag•ma•tuhk}

Diapragmatic Breathing {dai•uh•prag•ma•tuhk}

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 Dia-pragmatic. Nope, it’s not a real word, but it is a play on two. The Diaphragm is a large muscle that sits below the lungs. Normal breathing is relatively shallow and does not allow for the full use of the lungs, where as diaphragmatic breathing is a deep breathing exercise that fully engages the diaphragm and does. Pragmatic means to deal with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. How many times have you yourself been advised or been advised by somebody else to “just breath”…? Sounds pretty familiar to “don’t worry” doesn’t it?? Easier, said, than done. On Thursday August 20th in 2020 I had an osteopath come round to the flat. I had a current account full of furlough money burning a hole in my Apple Pay wallet and I was like, yeah why not? SO excited and looking forward to be bent and clicked back into shape. She arrived and I eagerly awaited for her to direct me onto the table… But she didn’t, but what we did do sit and speak for an hour. She observed how I sat and made me walk around my living room. She asked me what I did for work and how I spent my time off, what I ate and what I drank… Visibly frustrated and feeling short changed and confused by the lack of heavy handedness, she explained that most people that require her services expect one thing based on an assumption of what they think she does and have a lack of understanding of what they THINK they need. Her approach was “prevention is the best cure” but I wanted to pay someone to fix my problems. I wanted to pay someone to fix my problems and I didn’t want to hear anything about it and I most certainly didn’t want any homework. When I finally made it on to table and here is what I was instructed to do. Ok, do me a favour, at some point after listening to this I want you to find somewhere to lay flat on your back, feet shoulder width apart with one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach. Take a deep breath in and slowly push your stomach out whilst doing so. When you breath out, pull your stomach back in. At first it’s going to feel like pat your head, rub your belly but just go with it, change is always uncomfortable and just because you’ve been doing something one way forever it doesn’t mean it can’t be done better.
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