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breathing
breathing Process by which air is taken into and expelled from the
lungs for the purpose of
gas exchange. During inhalation, the intercostal muscles raise the ribs, increasing the volume of the
thorax and drawing air into the lungs. During exhalation, the ribs are lowered, and air is forced out through the nose, and sometimes also the mouth.
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Breathing for Singers: A Comparative Analysis of Body Types and Breathing Tendencies
Magazine article from: Journal of Singing; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...diversity add to the challenges of teaching breathing for singing? Should a voice teacher vary his or her breathing technique based on a singer's body type? The relationship between body type and breathing for singing remains an underinvestigated...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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BREATHING ILL BLAMED FOR SLEEP WOES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...current issue of the journal Sleep and Breathing, they contend that chronic insomniacs...sleep can cause a change in nighttime breathing. Periodically through the night, their...condition, called sleep-disordered breathing -- similar to the better-known sleep...
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Breathing Assist Techniques from Japan
Magazine article from: Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...percussion, vibration or shaking, breathing exercises, and coughing.3-5 Several...nonmechanical methods (eg, active cycle of breathing and autogenic drainage) to improve respiratory...physical therapy aimed to improve or assist breathing with the primary objective of improving...
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Breathing Exercises in Rehabilitation
Magazine article from: Dynamic Chiropractic; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...spinal muscle tension and restricted breathing. This includes many post-injury victims...these types of problems should include breathing and movement awareness exercises for...thoracic spine and rib cage. The Process of Breathing Pulmonary oxygenation with full, diaphragmatic...
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Breathing techniques can help you relax, lower disease risk and boost performance.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...sits with head bowed and eyes closed, breathing deeply ... and oh so slowly. On the...nah-YAH-mah), a system of ancient breathing techniques that slows the heart, lowers...to how he breathes. For most of us, breathing is automatic. Our lungs and brains take...
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Breathing problems during sleep associated with calories burned at rest.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 1/4/2009; 700+ words
; Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when...JAMA/Archives journals. Sleep-related breathing disorders include snoring, pauses in breathing (sleep apnea) and other conditions in which...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Breathing offers new approach to healing
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/31/2004; 700+ words
; Most of the time, we take breathing for granted. On average, each of...without even thinking about it. But breathing can be controlled. We can decide...to affect health. Yoga integrates breathing and movement into a series of exercises...
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Breathing Lessons.(how breathing properly aids health)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...talking about the basis of life hem--breathing--and taking the process for granted...Inhale slowly and read on. A CASE FOR BREATHING In a landmark 30-year study conducted...to give instruction in meditation and breathing. "Breathing gives you both." "I...
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Breathing Works for Asthma.(Book review)
Magazine article from: New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Breathing Works for Asthma. Dinah Bradley &...Physiotherapists who specialise in managing breathing disorders. The target audience is asthmatics...knowledge about asthma and associated breathing disorders will also find it informative...
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Assessing breathing patterns in first aid training.
Magazine article from: Journal of School Health; 2/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Assessing Breathing Patterns in First Aid Training The number...appropriate content information about types of breathing patterns and their causes. [3] However...is the ability to distinguish various breathing patterns. In some instances, identifying...
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Breathing-related sleep disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Breathing-related sleep disorder Definition Breathing-related sleep disorder is marked by sleep disruption caused by abnormal breathing during sleep. The most common complaint of individuals with breathing-related sleep disorder is excessive...
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Breathing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Breathing Traditional yoga practice is associated...psychic powers developed through special breathing techniques known as pranayama. According...Pranayama involves special techniques of breathing alternately with right and left nostrils...
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breathing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
breathing is the spontaneous taking in and giving...ribcage and abdomen. In earlier years breathing was synonymous with life itself, for...when life support can be withdrawn. Breathing is a remarkably robust process compared...
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breathing during exercise
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
breathing during exercise We breathe oxygen into...not be appropriate for the other vital breathing requirement during exercise —...contraction also simultaneously signal the breathing control centres of the brain; these...
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paradoxical breathing
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
paradoxical breathing (pa-ră- doks -ikăl) n. breathing movements in which the chest wall moves in on inspiration and out...injuries of the chest can lead to a severe degree of paradoxical breathing.
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