Improve Lung Health: Breathing Exercises & Oxygen Levels

How can breathing exercises and monitoring oxygen with a pulse oximeter improve your lung capacity? Whether recovering from smoking or managing lung nodules, deep breathing is essential for vitality.

Chest Versus Stomach Breathing

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Ashlee Green

Breathing is important throughout all functions of life and for every form of exercise. According to Beth Shaw, founder and author of YogaFit, because most people have stressful work and lives, commonly they only use the upper third of their lungs to breathe. This “chest breathing” tends to be very shallow.