Respiratory faults can be corrected Trying to take breath in upper chest causes sternal angle in flexible cartilage at the second rib "There is a joint right in the sternum (the breastbone) at the second rib. It is a cartilage joint and it is for flexibility. If you use what is called "accessory breathing" where you use the muscles of the upper chest and the shoulders and you grab for a breath, you pull on this joint(illustration#1) and it lifts the chest on the inhale and the diaphragm will tend to slip underneath it. When the diaphragm tries to rise, it hits the bottom of the ribcage and makes the ribs flare. (illustration #2) This is called a "respiratory fault" and it was thought impossible to reverse. Once you had it, that was it. Well, of course that was true if you couldn't redevelop the diaphragm. As I was able to redevelop the diaphragm and the diaphragm started going up inside of the ribcage, the ribcage started to release around it and the joint in the sternum became more straight (illustration #3) and even there was a possibility of straightening some of the flare at the bottom of the ribs (illustration #4)." Carl Stough		Illustration #1-Abnormal Sternum
Illustration #2 - Abnormal Ribcage Weakened diaphragm, unable to rise up into ribcage on exhalation, hits up against bottom ribs causing flare.	Illustration #3 - Normal Sternum Natural Coordinated Breathing stimulates response of diaphragm -can support air pressure to make sound-chest released -sternal angle corrected.	Illustration #4 - Normal Ribcage Strong diaphragm, rises up inside ribcage- eliminates flare.