The key to maintaining the health of the lungs for patients on a ventilator is to have one big breath every so often to increase lung volume and pop open the alveoli which allows for a lower mortality rate.
Learn about the science behind breathing techniques like double inhales and extended exhales and how they can benefit your body and mind, as well as how simply blowing up a balloon can help you relax.
Although no direct health benefits have been proven, people are often told that diaphragmatic breathing is healthier than non-diaphragmatic breathing. Despite this, our bodies are designed to breathe with the diaphragm by default and only turn to other muscles in cases of compromise.
The speaker talks about the importance of lung capacity, stating that deep breathing and stretching of the lungs is essential to being healthy. Regular exercise can also help increase lung capacity without even realizing.
In this episode, the complex mechanisms of the lungs and breathing are explained, including how oxygen is delivered to the body and the dangers of over-breathing. The importance of the avioli and larynx are also discussed.