Patients with asthma have impaired diaphragm thickening fraction compared with healthy individuals without asthma.

When the diaphragm activates as we inhale, the dome flattens and descends, which expands the rib cage and the chest cavity, allowing the lungs to expand and fill with air. As we exhale, the diaphragm ...

Your chest is not moving,” Vranich says. Crocodile breath is one of Comana’s go-to exercises for strengthening the breathing muscles. “It’s like resistance training for the diaphragm ...

When a human breathes in, their chest muscles move upwards and outwards and the diaphragm muscle under their lungs moves down. This creates a bigger space in the chest and the change in pressure ...