Exercises against pain below the ribs

Patients suffering from lung diseases can often, limited by the pain during inhalation, breathe only shallow and superficially. Exercises against the pain thus serve to deepen breathing and ventilate the thorax. The so-called C-stretch position is suitable for this purpose: The patient lies in a supine position and stretches the arms above the head to one side (e.g. left).

The stretched legs are also placed off the center line of the body to the left, so that the body is in a C-shape. The right side of the thorax is stretched. The patient can now try to breathe into the stretched right flank.

It may be helpful to place the left arm on the thorax as a guiding contact. It is also possible to gently smooth out the intercostal spaces. This is where the intercostal muscles are located, which are prone to tension in lung diseases. More exercises can be found here:

Exercises against inhalation pain
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Chest/chest pain

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Pain during inhalation in the thorax can be caused by lung diseases just like pain under the ribs. Tension in the muscles, e.g. after violent coughing attacks, vomiting or the like, can also lead to muscle soreness throughout the thorax.
Belt-like pain in the chest area that is restricted to some or all of the ribs is often caused by blockages in the vertebrae or rib joints.
Depending on the posture, we often find ourselves in a bent posture, which has a negative effect on the straightening of the spine and the unfolding of the thorax.

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Exercises against chest pain

The exercises “Rotate-stretch position” or “C-stretch position” can also be helpful for jokes in the chest. Exercises that serve to straighten the thorax, such as rowing or butterfly reverse, can have a beneficial effect on posture-related chest pain. The rowing exercise can also be performed independently with small weights (e.g. 1l bottle).

From a slightly forward bent posture, the back remains straight, the knees are slightly bent, the elbows are pulled backwards close to the body so that the shoulder blades approach the back. An exercise can be performed in 3 sets of 15 repetitions. You can read more exercises here:

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