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Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :

Had a "Sniff" test done at hospital, To test if diaphragm is moving OK, difficult pushing air at times.

Doc said and showed me on screen How un-even it is...Not a usual thing .

Asked if ever been told this before...NO..And I've had LOT"S of scan's, x-ray's etc....

So this is new ,,,He said one reason could be that Liver is swollen and pushing it up..

Wouldn't something show up on blood test if this were so??/ PC Said blood test for liver OK.

[ 06-10-2012, 02:43 AM: Message edited by: nonna05 ]

Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :

Anybody [Roll Eyes]

Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :

My diaphragm is uneven as well. But that's because left side of my body has deteriorated and my left rib hangs much lower than right.

I blame Bart mostly

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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YOGA, Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Pilates can help.

Deep Breathing exercises, too.

Search:

diaphragmatic+breathing

diaphragmatic+strengthening+exercises

visceral+self+massage

Find a practitioner trained in:

http://www.upledger.com/content.asp?id=96

Upledger - Visceral manipulation
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Posted by docluddite (Member # 36032) on :

The under surface of the diaphragm is innervated by the same nerves that innervate the shoulder, and irritation of that surface will usually refer pain to the shoulder on the same side of the irritation.

A swollen, congested liver might refer pain to the right shoulder because of this, but the liver has a capsule with pain nerve endings, so that same congestion should also be felt as right upper abdominal pain.

If liver function tests are normal and there is no shoulder pain or right upper abdominal pain, a more likely culprit would be something slowing impulses in the phrenic nerve, the nerve that controls diaphragm muscle contraction.

Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :

Other //any easons for un-even , when never has been before