From standing on your head and pressing on your eyeballs to breathing through a paper bag and chewing on a lemon, people will ...

Diaphragmatic pacing. This is a method of restoring phrenic nerve function. If the phrenic nerve is intact but not working, an electronic pacer can be implanted in the body and attached to it.

The type and location of your chest pain can help you know its source. Non-cardiac chest pain from swallowing typically ...

They involve the protrusion of another organ, such as part of your bowels, through your diaphragm. Sliding hernias make up about 90% of hiatal hernias. Symptoms of sliding hernias, including chest ...

An unfortunate loop between the diaphragm itself, the phrenic nerve that controls it, and the vagus nerve—a long, wandering nerve that connects the brain to the chest, diaphragm, and other parts ...

Diaphragmatic breathing is more efficient than breathing with your chest muscles, so not only do you use less energy to breathe, you also gain more oxygen with deeper breaths. Some benefits ...

The diaphragm is a thin muscle separating the abdomen and the chest. It helps stop acid from coming up into the esophagus, or food pipe. A hiatal hernia makes it easier for acid to reach the ...