Why you need Upper Chest Breathing to Fix Forward Head Posture - Breathing Technique & Key Exercises
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Why you need Upper Chest Breathing to Fix Forward Head Posture - Breathing Technique & Key Exercises
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear is that upper chest breathing causes forward head posture.
However, upper chest breathing changes the shape of the rib cage so that the neck and head can more easily balance over the rib cage.
The nuance here is around how the upper chest breathing occurs, not if!
Normal breathing mechanics:
1. Inhale - chest expands from bottom to top relative to gravity
2. Exhale - chest returns to resting dimensions or less depending on exhale
Normal breathing starts with a coordinated action of the scalenes and the diaphragm. There is a ratio here, but they are both always acting at the same time. In fact, the scalenes kick off the breathing cycle prior to the upper rib cage actually expanding.
So how does favorable upper chest breathing happen?
For a good upper chest breath, you must have the diaphragm and abdominals working together in coordination to drive airflow into the rib cage.
As you expand, the duration is what allows the upper chest to expand fully.
And in order to achieve this, you need a diaphragm that relaxes on exhalation so that it has room to descend towards inhalation. If already descended, that's no good because there is no gradient!
But if you can coordinate these with a good exhale, followed by an inhale, you're golden.
Want to make it easier?
Reverse the effects of gravity by using inverted breathing exercises.
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00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Why you need upper chest breathing!
04:55 - Guided Practice
07:36 - Common Mistakes
10:01 - Exercise 1 - Prone Inverted Breathing
11:17 - Exercise 2 - Inverted Breathing
11:59 - Recap
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This video changed my life. Literally. Currently dealing with twisted legs/flat feet, tilted pelvis, twisted torso. Finding out that the rib cage is a factor to my imbalanced body was a major turning point in my journey to fix my body. I didn’t follow the exercises all the way but the breathing technique is so useful to untwisting my body. Thank you for making these videos!
@As-iy1pj
23 күн бұрын
Hey bro belly breathing is bad?
@yeahhbui1
22 күн бұрын
@@As-iy1pj Really bad. Like he said in the video, I believe belly breathing partly caused my guts to slip down and out of place. Also, I think it's causing my winging scapula (and other issues since everything within the body is connected). Good news is that I'm close to fixing these issues via some of what this video taught. There is hope if you are dealing with similar symptoms.
@As-iy1pj
22 күн бұрын
@@yeahhbui1 I am dealing with same issues
@As-iy1pj
22 күн бұрын
@@yeahhbui1 can you please suggest some videos
@As-iy1pj
21 күн бұрын
@@yeahhbui1 hey bro please reply what can I do I have same issues
YES. I practiced belly breathing and it utterly screwed up my posture. my upper ripcage started to tighten and i got a hunchback posture. This happened in my late twenties. Thank you for providing this info
4:58 THANK YOU for saying something so true and not acknowledged enough if at all!
Being over 60, and diagnosed with COPD, I am very interested in putting my ribcage and upper chest muscles back into better condition. I've made a lot of lifestyle changes from quitting smoking to changing my diet to get optimal nutrition for building muscle and connective tissue.
amazing info !! thank you for sharing !
This video is incredible. Its a game chabger for chronic scaline muscle pain
Your breathing techniques are always welcome and helpful, thank you!
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
You're so welcome!
Any reference on how long results can be expected? , there is anyone who can share his/her experience of success?
Thanks for this video! I have persistent forward head and rounded shoulder despite the fact that my back muscles are very strong. I'm definitely a belly breather, and when trying this I definitely feel my upper chest resisting expansion. I'll work at this and hope for the best!
@ChaplinPerformance
5 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Rokia2003
16 күн бұрын
Any good updates?
Thank you so much!
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
Wow wow wow such a great explanation and all these details are valuable and makes difference to me compared to the people have same subjects in KZread but your strategies makes a huge difference .. you have a an accurate understanding to the issue and the strategy for the effective solutions You deserve the support Thank you 🙏
Very interesting
amazing.
@ChaplinPerformance
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for the information! Where did you get the rib model? I want to get one for myself. Thanks!
Bro i love ur vids and explanation…I honestly think you are the best on YT for this. Are there any other cues or exercises to prevent the top front of chest from caving in? It seems thats my issue
@ChaplinPerformance
2 ай бұрын
Overhead movements will be helpful if you can coordinate the positioning below the rib cage effectively and manage internal pressures. The thing that allows volume to be driven upward is compression below and maintenance of positioning.
Very interesting. Will try and come back to share my results.
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for watching!
@markelaranberri
5 ай бұрын
what are the results?
Im having nerve pain w anterior scalenes. They think its thoracic outlet bilateral. I think its more this. My traps are tight, my chest is pulled forward. Thought it was tight pecs. I really hope tp hear back from you and hopefully we can connect. My life has been misery from this
@Rokia2003
16 күн бұрын
Any good update?
Great video. When I exhale I can feel my abs tighten. But one thing I was unsure about:when I inhale do I release my abs or keep that tightness or is the tightness just for exhaling? Thank you!!
Any idea how all this applies if you have pectus excavatum and cannot raise your sternum as suggested in the video? any changes to do for the exercises?
Just what I needed I notice this is prob the root of my posture problems. My rib cage doesn’t expand at the top causing sway back posture.
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
Yes anterior expansion is absolutely critical for swayback. Breathwork in general is super impactful.
Greg, is it normal to have a hard time breathing while standing, but be fine breathing while sitting?
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
I’ve seen it happen quite a bit. Usually associates with a forward center of gravity in standing
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Regarding the first exercise do you need the elevation to have that angle or can it be flat too?
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
Flat is okay
@lionelberlet9077
10 ай бұрын
@@ChaplinPerformance Perfect ty👌
@Rokia2003
16 күн бұрын
@@ChaplinPerformanceit’s hard for me to get into the right position, should I start flat first? Will that help me?
The ribcage should move during breathing? There’s a lot of confusion about belly breathing, but in my opinion, the body is always in motion, and everything should move in some way during inhalation. (Not an expert) 😅
I have forward head posture and my chest doesn't expand fully when I inhale. I also have difficulties getting a big breath. Do you think this could be related to that?
@ChaplinPerformance
6 ай бұрын
Yes it’s kind of the usual thing you see
@martinoffl
Ай бұрын
@@ChaplinPerformance❤❤ Sir I have a forward head posture and if once i align anterior occulsion of upper jaw and lower jaw my posterior upper jaw and lower jaw wont occult and vice versa ❤❤❤❤ Can u pls suggest some excercises for jaw for better occulsion and im facing this from just 2-3 yrs ago
@robk9330
5 күн бұрын
Same thing happens to me, in fact, it also gives me jaw tension, and tinnitus in my left ear.
I definitely have this issue, but after doing this exercise I don't notice any change in my shoulder internal rotation. Should I be expecting to see an improvement in that straight after doing this 3 sets of this exercise? I thought that is an indication of how compressed the front of the ribcage is? Thanks for your help!
@ChaplinPerformance
4 күн бұрын
If you rib cage tips forward, you can see an increase in IR and decrease in ER. Same thing happens in reverse with tilting the rib cage back, increased ER and decreased IR. If you tip the rib cage back instead of expanding anteriorly, then you will see a drop-off/maintenance and not a gain of IR.
@robk9330
4 күн бұрын
@@ChaplinPerformance Ok thanks. I was told my rib cage is tilted back and my sternum shifted too far forward. I lack IR on both sides. ER is not too bad. Should I still do this exercise or would that be counterproductive? Thanks!
Is breath work beneficial for someone with atlas subluxation?
@ChaplinPerformance
6 ай бұрын
Not sure how to answer this question… at last subluxation is something that I don’t hear a lot about outside of very specific circles
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Wow this is very eye opening- always thought chest breathing was bad so always avoided it. It feels good to expand upper chest but it’s really hard to do and almost makes me feel like I need to cough..anyone else?
@ChaplinPerformance
9 ай бұрын
That can happen the first few times!
What do you mean by it can backfire ? Can u explain how
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
What’s the it in reference to?
@livinlavish2464
10 ай бұрын
At 9:34 - 9:47 going too much too soon
@livinlavish2464
10 ай бұрын
And is it normal to feel like food is coming up on an inhale
@livinlavish2464
10 ай бұрын
@@ChaplinPerformance .
@ChaplinPerformance
10 ай бұрын
Yes. More inversion is not always better. You just said that food was coming up on you when inverted. That’s one example of too much too soon. Another possible consequence is that it causes more rather than less tension.
Interesting, maybe this can also fix a pooch belly.
Is 44 too old to fix lots of posture problems?
@Stoffendous
4 ай бұрын
Yep you're done. D-O-N-E you hear me?
@clayatube
4 ай бұрын
I'm 43 and I'm having success with this stuff. My recommendation is to focus more on improvement than "fixing".
Thank so much, also for adding chapters. For the heart muscle: Relax into Yeshua or Jesus, invite the Holy Spirit to be with you. Forget about the scary bible, God is a gentle Spirit, not a book.