Functional Abs | Intra-Abdominal Pressure Breathing For Core Stability
Channel: REACH Rehab + Chiropractic Performance Center
Date: 01/09/2018

Functional Abs | Intra-Abdominal Pressure Breathing For #Core Stability

Timestamps for convenience:
00:00 -- Intro
00:01 -- The concept of breathing for stability
01:00 -- How to use your diaphragm; belly vs. chest breaths
02:00 -- How to breathe 360 degrees into your abdomen
03:00 -- How to maintain pressure on the exhale
04:00 -- Functionally integrating breathing under core demand 

At REACH, we train individuals through the ‘Core ABCs’
🔴A is for #Alignment - keeping a nice neutral spine position
⚪️B if for #Breathing - diaphragmatic breathing to increase intra-abdominal pressure
🔵C if for #Control - controlling movement with good alignment and breathing

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👉If you're having issues creating belly expansion, check your positioning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8-pMUWTKV8

👉How to start strengthening your breathing once you've got the feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIzM5uv1Dm0

👉Breathing with a brace for lifting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2b83p981uc

#Breathing is cool. It's the only function in our body that is automatic, but we also have the conscious power to override and control it.⠀
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Breathing is even cooler because it works to not only keep us alive via respiration but it has a crucial secondary component of postural #stability.⠀
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Fun fact: Breathing is the first "functional movement" we perform at birth!⠀
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Breathing creates intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) to stabilize the "links of the spinal chain" via activation of the #diaphragm. Like the biceps muscles, the diaphragm contracts like any other muscle. When it contracts the dome-shaped muscle flattens and drops into the abdomen like a piston in a cylinder head (engine) -- this with co-contraction of back, abdominal wall, and pelvic floor muscles working together (in concert) create the abdominal "canister." This is your natural weightlifting belt referenced in the video.⠀
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Ever wonder why a weightlifting belt works (even when often used incorrectly)? It helps you generate IAP by your abdominal wall pushing against its rigid surface. ⠀
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Why not just squeeze your #abs? Sure -- this strategy works because it generates IAP; however, it has a capacity ceiling. Breathing with an abdominal brace maximizes your ability to generate IAP, which is what this series is all about! ⠀
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↑ IAP = ↑ stability (ability to control joint positions) = ↑movement/mobility/strength/performance


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