Sentences with phrase «expansion of the rib cage»

The sternum can not fully ascend on inspiration, and expansion of the rib cage is limited anteriorly.

The expansion of the rib cage (without the inhalation) sucks the abdominal muscles and viscera up into the thorax and hollows the belly (some teachers say to actively but slowly lift abdominals, or navel, toward the spine).

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She then began training Canadian clients and physiotherapists in hypopressive technique — a series of flexed postures and movements, breaths, held exhalations and rib cage expansions.

While the external intercostal muscles are the primary movers of the ribs during inhalation, many other muscles assist with rib cage expansion and sternal elevation, including the rhomboids, middle and lower trapezius, and serratus anterior (5).