Breathing problems
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Breathing problems often occur during or after a period of stress. Your body is in a kind of survival mode during stress. This survival mechanism is neurologically regulated by your nervous system, specifically: the sympathetic nervous system.
The "rest and stimulus processing nerve" (n. Vagus) can no longer be sufficiently activated due to the overdrive of the sympathetic nervous system.
Breathing problems almost never occur in isolation. They are usually accompanied by other complaints such as pressure on the chest, neck and digestive complaints.
What exactly is happening to your body?
You hold your breath, literally. Your diaphragm blocks and your abdominal area tenses, often unconsciously. This causes your accessory breathing muscles (chest, shoulders, muscles at the collarbones, neck muscles, etc.) to come into action to provide you with the necessary (but limited) breath.
During or after such a period of stress, it is not easy to find your natural abdominal breathing again.
"we help you to find your natural abdominal breathing again"
Breathing
Symptoms
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Hyperventilation
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Feeling of shortness of breath
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Pressure on the chest
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Tense abdominal area
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Digestive problems
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Neck and back complaints
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Headache
(often due to latent oxygen deficiency) -
Tension in the throat and mouth area
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Jaw clenching or teeth grinding
We help you with:
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Our hands
We treat your entire body with gentle manual techniques where necessary so that you can breathe freely again.
Exercises
We make you aware of your breathing pattern during your speaking and during moments of rest.
Conversations
We discuss the cause of your breathing problems using techniques from psychotherapy.
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