For about 3 years I can’t take a deep breath. I have had spirometries done, no asthma, and a ct scan with contrast of the lungs that came out clear, no discoveries. And every time I go to the doc they tell me the same “there’s no more tests for us to do. I can’t help you”. What can I do??? What could it be?? My chest also hurts when I lay down on the same spot where I feel like I can’t take a deep breath.

for both the BOLT test or walking breath holds, they recommend physically holding your nose with your fingers.

Why?

I can easily hold my breath with no risk of breathing without physically holding my nose. So why bother doing it? Am I missing some other benefit?

Hi! I've been using Anders Olssen's relaxator daily since February. Have seen incremental improvement. Want to do the 28-day training program again and I can't find the link to the pdf I used to track progress. It has a training schedule, a breathing/health index questionnaire, and a breathing habits chart. I don't have a clean copy any more! Anyone have the link or know where it's buried on the CBI site? Thanks.

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Hi all. Not sure if this is the right community. If not, feel free to guide me in the right direction.

Went for a Heart CT that came back clean but the doc told me that I had atelectasis on my left lung. He said I'm not taking enough deep breaths and it's nothing to worry about. He told me I f I get an incentive spirometer and use that often I should fix the issue. That's pretty much all the info I was given. I googled (dumb I know especially since I am a hypochondriac ) and now I am concerned. I am a cpap user and a heavy marijuana user. Mainly vapes because of convenience. Did the vape pen catch up to me? I guess I have been asymptomatic when it comes to this issue. I exercise often and even before my appointment today I ran 2 miles no problem. Am I overreacting? Should I make an appointment with a pulmonologist?

It feels like my diapraghm and ribcage has collapsed down like it´s hanging in my belly when breathing my belly flutters and my abs push out to breathe.. everyone says i need to belly breathe but i feel like that doesn´t work when my diapraghm is in this sagged position to start. how do i get it up again? it feels like all contents of my belly have descended pushing downwoards it feels really scary. it jus feels like i can´t get my diapraghm to it´s natural resting position

I feel that I stop breathing sometimes during the day, I think that’s why I get so anxious. Is there any technique I could use to improve that?

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👋 Hello everyone,

Just popping in to share something I've been working on—a breathing exercise app called BreathRite, designed from my own need to improve my breathing habits.

It's my first public version, and though it's modest, it offers functionalities to track apnea progress and includes a few breathing exercises that have helped me with my running too.

I'm aware there are other apps out there, but I wanted to share my take on this with a different approach and some personal touches. I'm planning to enhance it further based on your feedback.

I'd truly appreciate if you could check it out and share your thoughts here, if you'd like to give it a go you can get it on the App Store.

Really appreciate it 😊, thanks!

Hello, I have a question and would like to know if anyone else has/had the same problems.

I have been struggling with my breathing for 2 months.

I keep getting the feeling (irregularly) that I have to breathe deeply but then I can't... a blocked/oppressed feeling

Basically this leads to forced breathing which is very unpleasant and I constantly have to bend forward to comply with the need to breathe.

On the internet, the whole thing is always misleading

As I am otherwise healthy and had everything checked 2 years ago (heart/lungs/...) I rule out lung damage or heart problems.

Exercise 4 times a week (I have no problems with breathing here)

Otherwise, I am currently going through a stressful phase but nothing else has changed...

I still suspected that I was pressing the padding or the edge too far into my chest when doing the TBar Row...

Physiotherapy hasn't helped so far either (massages and manual therapy)

Does anyone know what it could be??

Thanks

( 22 / Male / No Smoking )

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Using BreatheRight Nasal Strips at night has helped immensely, i am not snoring any more, sleeping way better, i could probably benefit from wearing them during the day too

But they leave this ugly red mark on the center of my nose bridge.

Either I need to find a brand of nasal strips that doesn't do this (the issue is most of these don't stay on all night...) or incorporate some foam pad into the center of the strip.

Has anyone else solved this issue?

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Hello, I would like to ask what the difference is between these two types of breathing:

* Inhale through the nose for ten seconds => hold the breath for ten seconds with full lungs => exhale for ten seconds.

* Inhale through the nose for ten seconds => exhale for ten seconds => hold the breath for ten seconds with empty lungs.

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What is the difference in terms of benefits? Personally, I feel that the second type of breathing relaxes me more, but I am very curious to know what the physiological effects of each type of breathing are.

Can you improve your lung capacity?

I'm asking this as been trying to join the army (British) and failed my medical. They give you a peak flow test. Anyone who doesn't know its a little tube and designed to measure how hard and fast you can blow air out your lungs. It's based on height and age and also race. I'm 5'5, 23 years old and White. My estimated peak flow is around 500-550. I can barely get to 400.

I've never had any breathing problems or anything like that. Pretty fit. Run a sub 7 minute 2k. 20:04 5k. 43:55 10k. But cannot seem to get this peak flow thing sorted. Any help appreciated