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                                            Breathing is the most important skill to learn and yes, it is a skill that gets lost through unhealthy lifestyles, stressors, and environmental pollutants.  It is taught to those who need strong core breathing such as singers, wind instrument musicians, high level athletes, and martial artists, just to name a few. Through stress and other factors, we release cortisol from our adrenal glands which triggers our sympathetic nervous system to engage when it’s not supposed to.  This system is our “fight or flight” mechanism to help us flee danger. When activated, we use our accessory muscles above and beyond our normal need in order to recieve more oxygen into the lungs and thus our tissues to flee danger.  When constantly stimulated, we use these accessory muscles even when we’re at rest which can cause a host of issues stemming from headaches, neck/shoulder pain all the way to kidney and adrenal fatigue that will wreak havoc on our endocrine system causing issues with our hormones. Quiet breathing should only be executed by two muscles (diaphragm/ext intercostals) and by learning this skill, you can turn off your sympathetic nervous system in order to return to a baseline of relaxation and stress relief.   This is just one of the many puzzle pieces that we can teach you in order to improve your life and longevity. Give us a call to see how we can help manage your stress to achieve optimal performance of your body. 
Transition Healthcare
11906 I Street
Omaha, NE 68137
402-505-2629