Jill Miller

I also asked them, especially Andy, to pay attention to was I wonder if you feel any difference in the movement on the right side versus the left as you're here breathing. And was there a difference for you?

I also asked them, especially Andy, to pay attention to was I wonder if you feel any difference in the movement on the right side versus the left as you're here breathing. And was there a difference for you?

Totally different. These are two hemispheres of one muscle. We have a right diaphragm and we have a left diaphragm and they're innervated separately by a right and left phrenic nerve. And your right diaphragm is a little bit higher in your body and the left hemisphere is a little bit lower. But you can't sense it. You can't feel your diaphragm. This partition is devoid of muscle spindles.

Totally different. These are two hemispheres of one muscle. We have a right diaphragm and we have a left diaphragm and they're innervated separately by a right and left phrenic nerve. And your right diaphragm is a little bit higher in your body and the left hemisphere is a little bit lower. But you can't sense it. You can't feel your diaphragm. This partition is devoid of muscle spindles.

So you can't really ever know. Like I can say to you right now, Andy, can you tell me the degree of contraction in your right bicep? Or can you tell me about, you can tell me about the position of your elbow by thinking about your right bicep. But if I told you right now, if I asked you right now, where is your diaphragm?

So you can't really ever know. Like I can say to you right now, Andy, can you tell me the degree of contraction in your right bicep? Or can you tell me about, you can tell me about the position of your elbow by thinking about your right bicep. But if I told you right now, if I asked you right now, where is your diaphragm?

You have no proprioceptive awareness of this muscle. Thank God, because if you had to feel it 20,000 times a day, descending and ascending, you'd go mad. You can't afford that. This breathing is happening automatically for you most of the time unless you're taking control of it. This is a skeletal muscle, and we can control it. It's amazing.

You have no proprioceptive awareness of this muscle. Thank God, because if you had to feel it 20,000 times a day, descending and ascending, you'd go mad. You can't afford that. This breathing is happening automatically for you most of the time unless you're taking control of it. This is a skeletal muscle, and we can control it. It's amazing.

We can do things with this skeletal muscle that directly impact every system of the body. The diaphragm is a node that spawns responses automatically. all over our body. But for me, one of the most practical things that I do with my clients regarding the diaphragm is inducing pressures into all the tissues that connect to the diaphragm so that they can build a better mapping of it

We can do things with this skeletal muscle that directly impact every system of the body. The diaphragm is a node that spawns responses automatically. all over our body. But for me, one of the most practical things that I do with my clients regarding the diaphragm is inducing pressures into all the tissues that connect to the diaphragm so that they can build a better mapping of it

And at the same time, they can release tissues that, unbeknownst to them, are inhibiting the diaphragm from its full range of motion or from its potential range of motion. Now, I will say one more thing. The diaphragm, you do feel the diaphragm in one particular activity, and that is when it goes into spasm, and that's the hiccups. All right.

And at the same time, they can release tissues that, unbeknownst to them, are inhibiting the diaphragm from its full range of motion or from its potential range of motion. Now, I will say one more thing. The diaphragm, you do feel the diaphragm in one particular activity, and that is when it goes into spasm, and that's the hiccups. All right.

So that's really the one time when you like feel the diaphragm. Other than that, it's really hard to feel. So we have to make it visible through pressure, through novel breathing strategies with pressure. When I talk about pressure, I'm talking about using the, especially the gorgeous ball or the different therapy balls that I use in different ways and trying to

So that's really the one time when you like feel the diaphragm. Other than that, it's really hard to feel. So we have to make it visible through pressure, through novel breathing strategies with pressure. When I talk about pressure, I'm talking about using the, especially the gorgeous ball or the different therapy balls that I use in different ways and trying to

enlarge your proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness of the relationship of breathing to the diaphragm. And so one of the key places we go, there's a lot of key places, but one of them is below the diaphragm will go into the gut because the diaphragm is sewn into the same exact fascial fabric as the transverse abdominus. And so if your transverse abdominus is very rigid from overtraining or

enlarge your proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness of the relationship of breathing to the diaphragm. And so one of the key places we go, there's a lot of key places, but one of them is below the diaphragm will go into the gut because the diaphragm is sewn into the same exact fascial fabric as the transverse abdominus. And so if your transverse abdominus is very rigid from overtraining or

or from sucking your stomach in. These are things that will create adaptations in the collagen network of your fascia and create a lot of stiffness. And your diaphragm, as it descends, There should be a corresponding ballooning of everything that's below it, right?

or from sucking your stomach in. These are things that will create adaptations in the collagen network of your fascia and create a lot of stiffness. And your diaphragm, as it descends, There should be a corresponding ballooning of everything that's below it, right?

So as your diaphragm presses down, this is called intra-abdominal pressure, your organs are gonna be, they're gonna bob down because they're being pressed from above by the diaphragm. Your pelvic floor will have a stretch and there'll be a circumferential stretch The abdomen will stretch forward.

So as your diaphragm presses down, this is called intra-abdominal pressure, your organs are gonna be, they're gonna bob down because they're being pressed from above by the diaphragm. Your pelvic floor will have a stretch and there'll be a circumferential stretch The abdomen will stretch forward.