PODCAST: Mgr. Kristýna Šonská and Mgr. Olga Sidorenková: Breathing Therapy

PODCAST: Mgr. Kristýna Šonská and Mgr. Olga Sidorenková: Breathing Therapy PODCAST: Mgr. Kristýna Šonská and Mgr. Olga Sidorenková: Breathing Therapy

Walking, Movement and Health Podcast naBOSo

We breathe, just like we walk, without really thinking about it. Yet even something as ordinary as breathing can have a significant impact on how we feel overall.

Physiotherapists Mgr. Olga Sidorenková and Mgr. Kristýna Šonská accepted our invitation to this podcast episode. Together, we talked about breathing – something that’s as natural for our bodies as walking, and closely connected to it too.

We all breathe, just as we all walk, without giving it much thought – so we often don’t even realise we might be doing something incorrectly. Yet even something as ordinary as breathing can significantly affect our overall wellbeing.

Right at the start, we focus on what breathing actually is. We’ll look at what happens in the body during inhalation and exhalation, and what changes occur with different activities. In the second part, we move on to breathing rehabilitation itself – what it involves, who it’s suitable for, and how to do it correctly.

The very end of the conversation is dedicated to preventing respiratory illnesses, where we’ll discuss ways to care for the nasal cavity.

In today’s episode, you’ll also learn:

  • What breathing actually is and what happens when we breathe (1:32)
  • How so-called localised breathing works (3:07)
  • The difference between chest breathing and diaphragmatic breathing (8:30)
  • How breathing changes at rest and during physical activity (9:56)
  • How nasal breathing differs from mouth breathing (10:45)
  • The connection between breathing and posture (12:37)
  • What we can influence simply through breathing (14:22)
  • Who breathing therapy is suitable for, what it is, and how it’s done (16:32)
  • Ways to care for the nasal cavity (23:29)

Podcast links:

Download the podcast as an mp3 (19 MB)

Tune in to more podcasts: