I've been keeping up with the story of Steven Crowder - a conservative YouTuber I'm sure most of you are familiar with - he recently had to get surgery to blow open his rib cage - I will show you what this means:
This is the full video but basically his rib cage was collapsing in on his heart and lungs making it extremely difficult for him to breathe - this is the full video but I posted an image below too:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9w9qc27KQ&ab_channel=StevenCrowder
He seemed to have - Pectus excavatum (PE) is an abnormal development of the rib cage, in which the breastbone caves in, causing the chest to “sink” inward. This developmental abnormality often presents at birth, and can be mild or severe.
In layman's terms this is basically when your rib cage collapses inwards and begins to crush on the heart and the lungs - making it extremely hard for you to breathe
This is an extreme example (it does not have to be this severe to give you noticeable breathing issues):
A normal rib cage should not cave inward - if it does - it may be the reason you have trouble breathing alongside other things-
The solution for Crowder was to have a surgery to insert multiple metal rods in his ribcage to leverage the rib cage outward - he almost died from the surgery from a collapsed lung and it is safe to say it was a serious operation
Interestingly enough - doctors believe this is a condition you care born with but I do not think this is the case from my own experimentation
I have seen a few threads on the internet who experience Pectus excavatum (PE) after wearing very tight clothes or a very tight bra (I have seen women do this to make their breasts appear smaller) - the result is the tight clothes compresses the rib cage ... which then compresses the organs inside of the rib cage i.e. the heart and the lungs having untold consequences on your breathing and heart
For me personally - I have induced breathing problems by laying on my stomach on my bed like so - I notice that if I continuously lay on my stomach on top of my bed for a few days - I will start to have breathing problems and my rib cage will begin to look slightly collapsed inward - suggesting that the pressure I am inducing is indeed having a noticeable negative effect on the ribcage which then compresses my organs
Luckily it is completely reversible without a visit from the doctors - If you believe you have it to an extent I would suggest trying out these exercises by ATHLEAN-X to see if you see any immediate improvement in your breathing - many people say it is a cosmetic issue but it is so much more than this - this condition prevents your lungs from expanding fully and gives you the sensation that you can't breathe - I would strongly recommend watching the full video to get a good idea of this -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yzYzWYtkvI&ab_channel=ATHLEAN-X%E2%84%A2
I think it's also good to have a discussion on this for tight clothes and laying on your stomach being dangerous - it seems very reasonable to me that applying pressure on your rib cage inward overtime - will eventually cause your rib cage to collapse inward as well - I would check to see if the exercises I posted above help you and if they do - you can go about resolving the issue over-time
This is the full video but basically his rib cage was collapsing in on his heart and lungs making it extremely difficult for him to breathe - this is the full video but I posted an image below too:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9w9qc27KQ&ab_channel=StevenCrowder
He seemed to have - Pectus excavatum (PE) is an abnormal development of the rib cage, in which the breastbone caves in, causing the chest to “sink” inward. This developmental abnormality often presents at birth, and can be mild or severe.
In layman's terms this is basically when your rib cage collapses inwards and begins to crush on the heart and the lungs - making it extremely hard for you to breathe
This is an extreme example (it does not have to be this severe to give you noticeable breathing issues):
A normal rib cage should not cave inward - if it does - it may be the reason you have trouble breathing alongside other things-
The solution for Crowder was to have a surgery to insert multiple metal rods in his ribcage to leverage the rib cage outward - he almost died from the surgery from a collapsed lung and it is safe to say it was a serious operation
Interestingly enough - doctors believe this is a condition you care born with but I do not think this is the case from my own experimentation
I have seen a few threads on the internet who experience Pectus excavatum (PE) after wearing very tight clothes or a very tight bra (I have seen women do this to make their breasts appear smaller) - the result is the tight clothes compresses the rib cage ... which then compresses the organs inside of the rib cage i.e. the heart and the lungs having untold consequences on your breathing and heart
For me personally - I have induced breathing problems by laying on my stomach on my bed like so - I notice that if I continuously lay on my stomach on top of my bed for a few days - I will start to have breathing problems and my rib cage will begin to look slightly collapsed inward - suggesting that the pressure I am inducing is indeed having a noticeable negative effect on the ribcage which then compresses my organs
Luckily it is completely reversible without a visit from the doctors - If you believe you have it to an extent I would suggest trying out these exercises by ATHLEAN-X to see if you see any immediate improvement in your breathing - many people say it is a cosmetic issue but it is so much more than this - this condition prevents your lungs from expanding fully and gives you the sensation that you can't breathe - I would strongly recommend watching the full video to get a good idea of this -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yzYzWYtkvI&ab_channel=ATHLEAN-X%E2%84%A2
I think it's also good to have a discussion on this for tight clothes and laying on your stomach being dangerous - it seems very reasonable to me that applying pressure on your rib cage inward overtime - will eventually cause your rib cage to collapse inward as well - I would check to see if the exercises I posted above help you and if they do - you can go about resolving the issue over-time