The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. This muscle, also called the thoracic diaphragm, is the main muscle used for breathing and is also involved in ...

When 'stomach gripping' messes with the muscles in your abdomen, your neck, shoulders and back pay the price in pain. Chest ...

After plication, the height of diaphragm is lowered by one or two ribs, helping the lungs inflate properly and prevent abdominal contents from pushing into the chest. Chest tubes are placed to drain ...

Slowly increase the duration of time you spend diaphragmatic breathing each day. Place a book on your abdomen to increase the difficulty of the exercise or to help you focus. After you learn this ...

During exercise, our blood moves away from the diaphragm to the limbs. The diaphragm is the muscle that separates the stomach and abdomen from the heart and lungs. It's one of the main muscles ...

On the following morning one surgeon thought that he might have a perforated ulcer and obtained a plain abdominal film, which showed no free air under the diaphragm. Whereas the upper abdomen was ...

At her 20-week ultrasound, Mikayla learned the news that her baby, Bonnie, had congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), which ...