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Protects the heart, takes care of the lungs

If you don't breathe well, your heart needs to pump more blood to get enough oxygen to your body, and this overexertion outweighs you in the medium to long term.

Healthy lungs are essential to breathe well, but also to keep your whole body fit. Breathing properly means that the blood flowing through the body will be loaded with oxygen, making it easier for the heart to work and improving the functioning of all other organs.

Appropriate habits

Yoga and swimming are ideal for strengthening the lungs, thanks to which you will learn to rhythmically control your breathing, breathing through your nose and flushing out of your mouth. In addition, there are some specific exercises that will help you breathe better:

  • Don't lose the rhythm. As you walk, breathe through your nose while you take two steps and drive out in the next four steps. Then go up and down the stairs, breathing on one step and going out in two. This type of exercise improves respiratory capacity.
  • Open the chest. Sit with your arms extended and your hands chained in the front of your body, and hold them up as high as possible, taking air through your nose and pulling.
  • Strengthens the diaphragm. Look for a quiet place and put your mouth up, with a pillow under your knees and another under your head. The arms should be located on both sides of the body. Breathe deeply and imagine that your abdomen is a kind of balloon or balloon that is slowly inflating and emptying.
What is your breathing like?

If you're tired of talking, walking or climbing stairs, it's a sign that your lungs are weakened. On the one hand. And if you look at your breath, you can know other possible pathologies. Some details to take into account are as follows:

  • The rhythm is irregular. The duration of expiration is usually twice as long. However, if the intake is prolonged or peptides appear, it may be thought that the larynx or trachea may be obstructed in some way. However, if expiration time is prolonged, diseases such as asthma or bronchitis will be suspected.
  • Pain appears. A puncture of pain in the middle of the chest may indicate an increase in the lung cover, known as pleura. Pain worsens when coughing or sneezing, among other things.
  • Be careful with cough. In most cases, cough can be caused by a common cold, but if it lasts longer than three weeks and does not improve, it may be better to go to a specialist so that the problem does not become chronic.

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