Breathing Essentials: Foundation Form Function of the Core
What you'll learn
- Improvement in core stability, improvement in breathing mechanics and function will be the benefit from this course.
Requirements
- The student does not have to have a prerequiste knowledge of anatomy to understand the function of the core and trunk stability.
Description
The respiratory system is a vital component of spinal function. The rib cage is the center of trunk rotation and is important in transferring loads from the lower extremities and upper extremities through the various regions of the spine. The rib cage is a prime base for muscle and fascial connections that affect the cervical and lumbo/pelvic regions. If we don't breathe properly, the rib cage can be altered and become dysfunctional with poor rotation and poor breathing patterns. The diaphragm functions in posture and respiration. It's intimate connections, muscularly and neurologically with the lumbar spine, deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscles and its ability to maintain intra-abdominal pressure, are vital for spinal stability.
Dysfunction of the respiratory complex, trunk muscular imbalances, muscular inhibition and weakness, myofascial restrictions, loss of axial rotation and chronic hyperventilation, all have significant effects on posture, trunk stability, chronic pain, upper extremity, and lower extremity function and motion.
Discover the correct core. Learn what will inhibit the core and how to facilitate an inhibited or delayed core. Improve your core and trunk stability by improving the function of the diaphragm and the other three vital core muscles.
This three and a half hour class has comprehensive, research, evidence-based information on the rib cage, respiration, core anatomy and function and how to regain your movement length and core strength.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who has back, neck pain or has dysfunctional breathing can benefit from the ideas and exercises given in this class.
Course content
- Preview01:49
- Preview01:23
- Preview05:29
- Preview11:51
- 14:03Trunk Muscular Superficial Global Muscles
- 09:59The Fascial System
- 06:32Mechanics of Breathing
- 14:03Function of the Diaphragm
- 34:56Concepts of Spinal Stability
- 21:18Triple Core Concept
- 09:57Dysfunction of the Diaphragm
- 19:10Flawed Posture
- 12:47Respiration, Pelvic Floor and Incontinence
- 08:55Core stability and Scoliosis
Instructor
![Debra Dent](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 66 Reviews
- 1,060 Students
- 5 Courses
Debra Dent is a Physical Therapist with 40 plus years of experience specializing in manual therapy of the spine. She is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, Canada where she received her Diploma of Physiotherapy in 1977 and her Bachelors of Physical Therapy in 1979. She was certified as a Part A Manual Physical Therapist from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Orthopaedic Division in 1989 and received her Advanced Diploma of Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy in 1994, and was a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manual Physical Therapist (FCAMPT) until retiring 2019. APTA Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS) designation was completed in 1996 and recertified in 2006 and Emeritus status was received in 2016. She has been teaching Physiotherapists since 1989.
Debra was an instructor for the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Orthopaedic Division prior to moving to the USA in 1993. She was a guest clinical instructor at the University of South Florida from 2003-05, teaching the Spinal Manual Therapy Program for the MscPT undergraduate program. She has taught many manual therapy courses in the US and Canada through Cross Border Seminars, Cross Country Education/VYNE Seminars and TLC Physical Therapy and Rehab. She wrote the Segmental Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine for Northeast Seminars Online programs. She has also written Proximal Imposters, a four-part series with LiveConferences for Occupational Certified Hand Specialists in 2017, Differential Diagnosis of the Spine with Home CEU Connections in 2016. She has also written and published Differential Diagnosis of the Spine soft cover and kindle editions in 2016 and this is available on Amazon.
She owns Cross Border Seminars and presently works as a consultant and contract PT in Florida. Her primary case load is Rheumatology and spine.