Breathe Again

Rib Movement and the Key to Oxygen & Health

Do you ever feel like you don’t breathe enough during the day or night?  Is it hard to breathe normally - like you used to…or is it NOW hard to catch your breath?

• 
  

  This is your body signaling that it is not getting enough oxygen, which it needs to survive. If you’re feeling air hunger now, then it means that this condition has been going on for a while.

  
  

  Oxygen, which is made up of two molecules, enters your body through the lungs, where it binds to hemoglobin (a protein that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body) inside the red blood cells. This oxygen is then delivered to every cell to fuel the energy-producing process in your body.

  
  

  When oxygen levels drop, so does your energy. After intense exercise, you may experience air hunger, but it’s temporary and goes away with deeper breathing.

  
  

  However, ongoing air hunger, where you feel like you can’t catch your breath, can be a symptom that you want to be aware of, so you can resolve the REAL CAUSE from your body’s lack of oxygen!

  
  

  If your lungs are healthy and you have air hunger, poor rib movement is often the cause. Your ribs move up and down like bucket handles on both sides of your chest, helping to pull oxygen into your lungs and push out carbon dioxide. When this movement is restricted, breathing becomes inefficient. And over time, there will be a deficit of your body’s Oxygen needs. Air hunger symptoms now set in – light headedness, fuzzy thinking, and a general desire to get a deeper, satisfying breath in.

  
  

  A common misconception is that optimal breathing comes from controlling the diaphragm and with your stomach. This is because many people’s rib cages are stiff due to compensations in the spine – and now one relies on the body’s instinct to get more air in, in whatever means that it can, even if it means “stomach breathing”.

  
  

  In healthy moving ribs from top athletes, like long-distance runners, breathing by fully engaging their rib cage is accomplished with continued exercise, training, and movement of the ribs.

  
  

  To test this on yourself, try breathing into the back of your ribs – is there a stiffness in your rib movement?  Now, try having someone lift your ribs gently upwards. You’ll likely find it much easier to take a deep breath. This is what “free ribs” feels like.

  
  

  Dr Dan Riesling, will properly and fully address the ribs (as essential moving parts in the delivery system of your oxygen needs). Your health naturally will improve in every aspect, in addition to achieving stable pain reduction and elimination.