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You can also try rib cage breathing while lying on the floor

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You can also try rib cage breathing while lying on the floor

Date6/13/1985

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Bull, Ron (photographer)

Jarvis, Lillian (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: You can also try rib cage breathing while lying on the floor. Place your fingertips under the front edges of your rib cage. As you breathe in: pull your ribs gently out with both hands. When you breathe out: expel all the air to close the front of the ribs.

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Exercise therapy

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0057506F

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