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What are the differences between chest breathing and abdominal breathing?

Dr. Finley Lee
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2025-04-30 19:02:32
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Chest breathing is mainly female, it is produced by the movement of intercostal muscles. When breathing, the chest increases in front, back, left and right, and the chest obviously fluctuates. Abdominal breathing is mainly children and men. The expansion and contraction of diaphragm during inhalation make the upper and lower diameters of chest enlarge, mainly abdominal fluctuation.