How to do abdominal breathing

If you can do more exercises that are good for your body in your daily life, your body will get very good health care effects. Abdominal breathing is a great way to do this. Abdominal breathing is different from our ordinary natural breathing. Abdominal breathing is very helpful to the body and can improve the functions of many organs. So how do you do abdominal breathing? Let us introduce it in detail below.

Abdominal breathing is mainly based on diaphragm movement, and the upper and lower diameters of the thorax increase during inhalation. Normal chest

Each breath takes about 10-15 seconds, and about 500 ml of air can be inhaled. During abdominal breathing, the diaphragm will drop and the abdominal pressure will increase, and it will feel as if the air is entering the abdomen directly. At this time, if you put your hand on your belly button, you will feel your hand slightly lifted up and down.

Abdominal breathing can increase the range of motion of the diaphragm, and the movement of the diaphragm directly affects the ventilation volume of the lungs. Studies have shown that for every centimeter the diaphragm descends, lung ventilation can increase by 250 to 300 ml. If you persist in abdominal breathing for half a year, the range of motion of the diaphragm can increase by four centimeters. This is very beneficial for improving lung function and is one of the important rehabilitation methods for senile emphysema and other pulmonary ventilation disorders.

First, expand lung capacity and improve cardiopulmonary function. It can expand the chest cavity to the maximum extent, allowing the alveoli in the lower lungs to expand and contract, allowing more oxygen to enter the lungs and improving cardiopulmonary function.

Second, reduce lung infections, especially reduce the possibility of pneumonia.

Third, it can improve the function of abdominal organs. It can improve the function of the spleen and stomach, help soothe the liver and promote bile secretion. Abdominal breathing can lower blood pressure by reducing abdominal pressure, which is very beneficial for patients with hypertension.

Fourth, it can calm the mind and improve intelligence.

The question of how to do abdominal breathing has been introduced in great detail above. If you want to do abdominal breathing, you must follow the method described above. This is the only way to achieve very good exercise results. In addition, you must follow the correct method when exercising, and you must persist in exercising, so that the effect will be more obvious.