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Dr. Amy Novotny, a physical therapist turned breathing and pain specialist, shares her revolutionary approach to running performance and pain management through proper breathing mechanics. After discovering that changing her breathing technique eliminated her running pain and improved her marathon times by 14 minutes, she developed the Pain Awareness Breathing Relief method to help other runners transform their performance.
• Physical therapist with impressive running credentials: 40 marathons, 10 ultras including two 100-milers, and an Ironman
• Common misconception: diaphragmatic breathing is NOT belly breathing
• Pushing your belly out when inhaling actually engages back muscles and triggers fight-or-flight response
• Proper technique: allow belly to "spill out" when exhaling, not suck in
• Correct breathing is our natural state as children, but stress changes our patterns over time
• Pain often attributed to aging is actually from accumulated stress-altered breathing
• Learning proper mechanics takes approximately six weeks of consistent practice
• Proper breathing shifts the body from stress-dominant state to balanced, relaxed state even during exercise
• Technique helps engage correct muscles (hamstrings, inner thighs) while deactivating overworked ones
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