Breathing is a normal physiological phenomenon of life. However, many people do not pay attention to the importance of breathing or breathing improperly, poor health, susceptible to respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases affect labor and longevity. Someone thinks that breathing in the nose or mouth is the same because the air enters the lungs. That is a big mistake. How is breathing right?
Breathing is just breathing through the nose, sighing, rhythmic and deep breathing. Normal adults breathe about 16 times in 1 minute, respiratory capacity is about 500ml and air volume through lungs is about 8 liters in 1 minute. But when they exercise as much as sports, heavy labor, the respiratory rate increases to 40 to 50 times per minute and the amount of ventilation through the lungs also increases 60 to 150 liters per minute.
There are many ways of breathing, but in principle, how can I breathe air into the lungs maximum and when breathing out also pushed more air out, in other words how to increase the amount of breath. In doing so, any breathing method also seeks to maximize the function of the muscles involved in breathing such as chest muscles, intercostal muscles, abdominal muscles, diaphragms, Squeeze in as you breathe in and out. In addition, other factors such as elasticity of the alveoli are good, lung tissue is not scaly scar, chest cavity balanced balance ... Thanks to the daily practice of muscle expansion, elasticity Increases, helps deep and long breath, so the transfer of gas is more and stronger will increase health.
Want to meet the above requirements, ie rhythmic, deep breathing and regular exercise should be breathing or also called breathing diaphragm.
Abdominal breathing can be lying, sitting, standing. Inhale slowly, rhythmically, deeply and prolongedly through the nose, and abdomen to the diaphragm. When inhaling deeply, hold the breath for 2 - 3 seconds and slowly exhale as hard as not trying, while the belly naturally narrows.
For beginners, abdominal breathing is easiest and self-monitoring of the diaphragm can be checked by placing your hand lightly on the abdomen to see for yourself the movement of the abdomen. when breathing
Abdominal distension concentrates strongly on all the internal organs of the body, from respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, and neurological, not only to enhance physical strength but also to cure many diseases such as asthma, gastroenteritis, hypertension, neurasthenia ... The method is simple, easy, everyone can practice, whether disease or not. Be patient, long to become a habit, wherever you are, always breathing properly, deep breathing and long breath will bring you unexpected results for health.