{"id":152,"date":"2018-05-25T03:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T03:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/?p=152"},"modified":"2018-05-25T03:29:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T03:29:09","slug":"factors-affecting-breathlessness-relaxed-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/factors-affecting-breathlessness\/factors-affecting-breathlessness-relaxed-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Factors Affecting Breathlessness: Relaxed Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Factors affecting breathlessness of course has to include posture.<\/p>\n

Tension in the upper body is one thing that you can start with.<\/p>\n

So stand in front of a mirror and take a look after you’ve just done something that has left you puffy. As you catch your breath what can you see\u00a0 – how are you standing, supporting your arms\/shoulders, sitting down, chest heaving, shoulders going up and down???<\/p>\n

Now that you know what you are doing normally, try this as an alternative;<\/p>\n

Lean forward, support your upper body by leaning on the bench\/ back chair or sit and lean on your thighs with your forearms, drop your shoulders and relax as you gradually slow the pace of your breathing.<\/p>\n

This will do two things:\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. it will relieve the tension between your shoulder girdle and chest to allow for chest expansion<\/li>\n
  2. it will release the accessory muscles in your upper body for the action you have been engaged in so they are not being overused.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Factors affecting breathlessness of course has to include posture. Tension in the upper body is one thing that you can start with. So stand in front of a mirror and take a look after you’ve just done something that has left you puffy. As you catch your breath what can you see\u00a0 – how are … Continue reading Factors Affecting Breathlessness: Relaxed Posture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21,7,5,16,26],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factors-affecting-breathlessness","tag-activity","tag-body-position","tag-breathing","tag-breathlessness","tag-sitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlifetherapy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}