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Essential Keys to Healthy Lungs
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ost obvious is to even stretching can also be avoid injury to the beneficial to maintaining lungs, such as smoking healthy lungs. (electric or plant-based) Sixty percent of our and avoid environmental lymphatic drainage stems exposure. Maintain exercise from how optimally our and cardio, as this optimizes diaphragm is moving. We blood flow, lymphatic drainoften don’t expand our age and clears the lining of diaphragm as efficiently as the lungs It is advisable to we should. For example, have the lungs checked by a when under a lot of stress, medical professional if there our breathing is more Dr. Yaser Elqutub are ever concerns. shallow and rapid, which Ensuring the diacould lead to poor toxin phragm is strong and flexible comes primardrainage and ultimately contribute to ily from breathing optimally. Practices such disease. Something else amazing is that the as yoga can be very effective, as the focus is whole body is connected. There are many on the breath while holding a physically chal- body parts that are intimately connected to lenging position. It is both mindfulness and the lungs such as certain teeth, parts of the discipline that is centered around optimizing ears, hands and even feet. Maintaining an breathing. Other options include respiratory overall healthy body, mind and spirit is key therapy exercises, of which the gold standard to having healthy lungs. is using a spirometer. Most people do not know the benefits Dr. Yaser Elqutub is the owner of Purposeful of manual therapy to help treat condiHealing Holistic Wellness Clinic, located at tions. Techniques such as neural therapy 4300 N. Central Expy., Ste. 280, in Dallas. or osteopathic manipulative therapy can For more information, call 469-949-2730 or provide immediate benefit for clearing the visit PurposefulHealingDPC.com. See ad on lungs. Other forms of manual therapy and back cover.
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