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Originally Posted by heybro View Post
My therapist says to breathe with your diaphragm. Doing so will releax the chest/throat muscles and help the TOS.

i am trying it and i gotta say it is so far hard to get used to. i did lay in bed last night and forced doing it and my hands felt like they had a pool of blood going in to them (which they always lack blood) so i think there is something there for sure.
I was sent to a psychologist for biofeedback a few years ago. She recommended I always breathe through my nose and never my mouth while learning diaphragm breathing. Apparently, breathing through the mouth engages the scalenes.
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