The phrenic nerve is vital to our respiratory system as it regulates the diaphragm, the main muscle used for breathing. Enhancing its function can optimize breathing, increase oxygen supply to muscles ...

Preliminary research also suggests diaphragm function even affects our balance. Our ability to breathe while properly engaging our diaphragm also affects our stress levels. Diaphragmatic breathing ...

Surgical plication to stabilize the diaphragm is needed to prevent the lungs from ballooning outward during expiration (breathing out), the opposite of normal function. The operation can be performed ...