Ever thought about how or why we breathe? Or what happens when something interrupts the natural, automatic process?
In this episode we had the opportunity to sit down with Tommy Sutor, MS, PhD, CSCS is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Joshua Yarrow studying spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Tommy’s first experience working with people with spinal cord injuries was as a trainer and Program Director at Push to Walk in New Jersey. After this, he obtained a PhD from the University of Florida. His dissertation involved investigating how breathing and walking interact after spinal cord injury, and the use of acute intermittent hypoxia to improve breathing and sitting function in people with spinal cord injury at Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville, Florida. His career aspirations include conducting studies examining the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of combining emerging neuromodulation techniques with activity-based training, and to work collaboratively with people studying neural regeneration to ultimately help cure spinal cord injury.
Some of the topics we cover are:
What muscles do we use of inspiration? What are the mechanics – what moves when?
What muscles do we use for expiration? Coughing? What are the mechanics – what moves when?
What controls breathing? Many of us have heard C3,4,5 keeps the diaphragm alive but are there other areas of importance? How does it all tie together?
Why is breathing impaired following a spinal cord injury?
What is respiratory strength training?
Have there been studies done on respiratory strength training and complete injuries? If so what were the findings?
What are the benefits of Respiratory Strength Training?
Is there an ideal/ optimal dose for RST to see improvement?
Are there Respiratory Strength Training devices available?
What's the difference between a threshold device and a resistive device?
If you are interested in more about Tommy and his research please reach out to us or have a listen to a recent webinar he helped deliver about the importance of respiratory strength training for people with spinal cord injury, which can be viewed here: https://www.pnmedical.com/breather-university/respiratorystrengthtraining-spinalcordinjury/
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