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The Importance of Vocal Health

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             Click Here for a picture of the respiratory system showing the ribs, sternam and diaphragm. Click Here for a picture of the diaphragm and lungs with a section of bronchial tubes. Pictures courtesy of Merk Medicus who have rather excellent online tool that you can use to view various parts of the anatomy. Visit the site and click on 'Respiratory'. Once the page has loaded use the mouse to strip the picture down into layers or move it around to view images from different angles. Visible Productions who designed the software also have some great 3d movie type images on their site. .
             Although we have tried to the best of our ability to describe the breathing process above, there is no better demonstration than seeing how it works. Take a look at Breathing.com's Animated Diagram which demonstrates the correct method of breathing by inflating the diaphram from the lower abdomen - practice breathing along to it or visit Carl Stough's site which has a great video of the diaphragm, lungs and ribcage in action which you can download free as a .zip file from his site (1.5mb download). (requires Winzip or similar to unzip and QuickTime free viewer to play) .
             Breathing Exercises.
             The following exercise may make you feel tired at first, do keep at it as you will begin to notice that it takes less effort to breath, less energy is used when breathing plus it helps you learn to co-ordinate the diaphragm and abdominal muscles when breathing. .
             To find out if you are breathing correctly, place a hand on your belly button. This area should expand first when you breathe in and then spread upwards until your chest is expanded (don't lift the shoulders or push the stomach out). If you feel you are not breathing properly, practice the following exercise. .
             Lay flat on your back. .
             Place your hands on your waist, fingers pointing towards your belly button. .
             Focus on filling up your stomach from the bottom to the top taking a slow deep breath.


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