Breathing techniques may reduce stress and anxiety, help a person get to sleep, or support treatment for lung conditions. Some techniques work to give immediate relief. Others may work best with ...

Diaphragmatic breathing is a technique that makes full use of your lung capacity. Diaphragmatic breathing benefits include reduced stress, improved sleep, and lowered heart rate. You should practice ...

Many muscles and organs are involved with breathing. If you have difficulty getting enough air, try changing your posture or sleeping position. Breathing exercises may also help. If you breathe ...

In this week's Moves in Medicine, Temple Health doctors look at an uncommon, but very serious condition call diaphragm paralysis. It can easily be repaired, if it is diagnosed in the first place.

Diaphragmatic pacing is a treatment that improves breathing for people who rely on a mechanical ventilator. It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm ...

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that is primarily responsible for breathing. Contraction of the diaphragm expands the lungs and draws air into them. The phrenic nerve ...

The diaphragm is an important respiratory muscle. It’s large, dome-shaped, and found below the lungs, around your lower-to-middle rib cage. When you inhale, your diaphragm lowers and helps your lungs ...

The diaphragm is the primary muscle used in respiration, which is the process of breathing. This dome-shaped muscle is located just below the lungs and heart. It contracts continually as you breathe ...

Credit: Getty Images A team of researchers analyzed the effects of using diaphragmatic breathing exercises in patients with GERD, specifically whether their symptoms and QOL improved. Diaphragmatic ...