03/05/2026
Most people don’t realise their breathing is making their pain worse. 🫁
When we’re stressed, in pain, or sitting for long periods, we shift into shallow chest breathing. This keeps your nervous system in a low-grade stress state — and that directly affects how your body perceives pain, how well your muscles recover, and how much tension you hold in your neck and shoulders.
Diaphragmatic breathing (breathing into your belly, not your chest) activates your parasympathetic nervous system — the “rest and restore” mode — which can:
→ Reduce muscle tension
→ Lower pain sensitivity
→ Improve core stability
→ Help your body actually recover
It’s one of the simplest tools we use and one of the most underrated.
Try this: place one hand on your chest, one on your belly. When you breathe in, only the bottom hand should rise.
📍 Jindalee, Brisbane | physiophi.com.au
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