#808. Diaphragm Strengthener (DS)
A very special breathing
resistance/training device invented by a wind instrument player to
strengthen your primary breathing muscle which
needs exercise just like any
other muscle. Expect
great increase in constitutional strength as well. Provided they stay
properly balanced amongst themselves, the stronger breathing muscles are the
less oxygen they require so they will steal less from other muscles in the
body.
In Mike's opinion it is much more sensitive and effective then all the
other resistance devices and MUST be used with the
176 DVD to
optimize breathing development and to help strengthen breath support.
We do not sell it alone. Only with the
176 DVD
See
how they work together.
The diaphragm differs
from other skeletal muscles
because it is the only skeletal muscle on which life depends. This muscle
is able to sustain low levels of contractile effort for a lifetime! During increasing levels of effort, as in physical activities
where gasping, breath heaving, forcing the in or out breath and or
tensions caused by physical exertion or trauma (including some thoracic
surgeries), are involved, its
endurance-time and volume related size may be drastically reduced. The
Framingham study proved that volume and
flow rate are
really the primary keys to halting breathing deterioration or a major marker
for anticipating life span. These factors often require
very exacting training to develop or redevelop proper breathing.
Accessory Breathing Muscles
When one is strenuously working or
exercising we often find that the accessory muscles of the shoulders,
neck and even jaw are improperly engaged. When taking a deep breath look
in the mirror and see if your shoulders raise, neck muscles bulge, collar
bone raises or jaw or other facial muscles tighten. These are signs of
over active accessory breathing muscles. They cause tension where
tension should not be...with every deep breath.
When one is a shallow breather (worsened or caused by the above accessory muscles) or when one has a respiratory disease, attempts at inhale and exhale resistance breathing can cause these muscles to overdevelop, giving one an excessive usage and they become over tight and or connected to the primary breathing muscles, tendons and nerves: They get in the way of breathing , freedom, depth and ease.
Slow and fast twitch fibers
of the diaphragm which
are similar in structure and function to other skeletal or limb muscles
and respond to the same conditioning stimuli as skeletal muscles, and they
also tighten up/hyper-constrict. Slow twitch fibers affect muscle endurance provided
enough oxygen is delivered to them; fast twitch fibers, which affect
muscle strength develop peak tension quickly and fatigue easily.
That is one reason why slower breathing often works better and longer then
faster breathing. Both types of muscles respond to endurance conditioning
but care must be given to "massage" the muscles to allow for release of
activity induced tensions.
Intuition
Think of your breathing as a part of your antenna system you call your
body. As the breathing ease and effortless depth increases it becomes more
capable of connecting with subtle body sensations, feelings and emotions;
enhanced relaxed and refined feedback just naturally appear.
Breathing Resistance Devices
Respiratory muscles fatigue
during many activities. This leads to a decrease in performance. Studies
by Prof. U. Boutellier, sports physiologist at the Federal Institute of
Technology (ETHZ) and the University of Zurich, prove this in a most
impressive manner.
In the past, it was assumed that physical endurance and exceptional performance were primarily limited by the heart and the cardiovascular system; in part also by the muscular system. This is why it was believed that the respiratory system did not impair the functional capacity since it was assumed that it had sufficient reserves.
The targeted endurance training of the respiratory muscles, however, does substantially increase physical endurance, resulting in a relevant increase of functional capacity. This is true both for top athletes as well as popular sports.
Our Breathing Tests statistics show us that most people either
under-breathe or over-breathe. Most breathing resistance devices in the
marketplace can do some good because they make you breathe more (overbreathe).
They can also do some bad in that they too often allow/cause
excessive inhale or exhale force that invites breathing restrictions as
well as possible exacerbate hyperventilation issues. You may or may not get better
conditioning but at the expense of volume, ease and relaxation.
Our breathing resistance trainer model was invented by a wind instrument player and so it is more gentle and self limiting than the others so overtraining is eliminated. It reduces oxygen consumption by the breathing muscles. The oxygen supply is now available to the peripheral muscles. Legs and arms will fatigue later under stress and will produce less hyperacidity at the same level of activity. Another benefit is to increase air volume in and out of the lungs, to increase O2 intake with increased air distribution to the whole lung, as well as deep expiration with avoiding air entrapment to enhance getting rid of excess CO2.
We use ours in conjunction with the 176 Video because the techniques in the video offset the tensions caused by the DS. Kind of like getting a massage after a workout, the 176 releases tensions that the DS caused during the "workout". The 176 can achieve great results by itself without help of the DS. In in my opinion the DS must have the 176 to balance out the results of the forcing in out breathing resistance training that the DS requires.
I have not published a picture of the device because the man we get them from also sells them worldwide and does know about the tension issue. I am afraid to show the picture as it might hurt his business and so I rely on your trusting me in this regard knowing you also have a money back guarantee.
Benefits
- Self teaching breath exerciser
- Forces you to breathe more diaphragmatically
- Isometric exerciser for lungs and diaphragm muscle
- Strengthens the diaphragm
- Reduces tendency for shallow breathing
- Develops lung capacity for full relaxed inhalation during quiet breathing
- Used regularly, this device will help curtail smoking while at the same time increasing lung capacity
- May aid troubled breathing
- May aid hyperventilation syndrome
- May help to regulate abnormal low-level carbon dioxide or phosphate body shortages
- Increases ability for longer and smoother tones
- Increases ability for more accurate tones via longer and smoother breath support
- Eliminates space between wind-based musical phrases - fewer pauses
- Allows a musician to vocalize or play out more
Who can benefit?
Anyone who recognizes the
replenishing, restorative value that comes with properly
balanced deep breathing, improved inhalation and exhalation.
Anyone who wants new life for the
body, new energy for the spirit, new gusto for living!
A similar device For those with severe lung challenges
To Recapitulate
The Fundamentals DVD helps expand the rib cage and to rebalance the
upper and lower sympathetic parasympathetic hemispheres of the breathing
mechanics. The DS works in conjunction with the Fundamentals
DVD/video to properly fill the space that the 176 process creates as well
as properly work the diaphragm.
That is why we require that people combine our trainer/diaphragm
strengthener together with the 176
Fundamentals of Breathing Development Program
unless you already have the Fundamentals DVD.
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New York - People with heart failure
and who have difficulty breathing may benefit by training the muscles
involved in breathing, according to Brazilian researchers.
The DS is similar to The Threshold Inspiratory Muscle
Trainer and we believe superior due to more sensitivity in the minimum and maximum
force of inhale and exhale it allows.
The Threshold Inspiratory Muscle Trainer applies a load when you breathe
in, so training the muscles to become stronger.
Jorge Ribeiro and his medical colleagues randomly assigned 32 patients to
either a 12-week home-based programme using the device with an inspiratory
load maintained at 30% of maximal inspiratory pressure, or to a placebo
programme in which the participants had no inspiratory load.
Muscle training resulted in a 115 percent improvement in maximal
inspiratory pressure, and a 17 percent increase in peak oxygen uptake.
Also, in a test measuring how far the subjects were able to walk in six
minutes, the distance increased from an average of 449 metres to 550m.
They also experienced improvement in quality of life scores.
Although the training was not continued beyond 12 weeks, part of the
effect on maximal inspiratory pressure and on quality of life was still
maintained after a year.
"Together with the observations from other small trials," Ribeiro said, "inspiratory
muscle training is a safe intervention for the management of patients with
chronic heart failure, particularly those with weakness in inspiratory
muscles."
The research team says it might be worth screening heart failure patients
for weaknesses in their breathing muscles. - Reuters
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