In this podcast we revisit talking about Breathing as a Desert Island Exercise with Carrie Hall, previously a guest in episodes 48 and 50. Carrie highlights the benefits of breathing as an exercise on multiple areas of the body, and runs through some practical ways to firstly become aware of your own breathing pattern, which she gives individual cues to with her clients. She talks through one way to focus on developing your breathing awareness, including the movement of your ribcage, your breathing diaphragm and your pelvic diaphragm (pelvic floor). You can listen to the first of the previous episodes of the podcast Here. About Carrie: Carrie Hall, PT, MHS has been a physical therapist for over 40 years, graduating from St. Louis University in Missouri in 1983. Over the 4 decades as a PT, she has worn the hats of practitioner, educator, author, business owner, and advocate; and has served in numerous state and national leadership roles. Her clinical practice expertise lies in the diagnosis and treatment of movement impairment with a focus on movement pattern recognition of the shoulder, spine, hip, knee, ankle, and foot regions as taught by Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA and the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, where she went to graduate school. She also incorporates pain science, manual therapy, motor control training, strength and aerobic fitness prescription, and the role of PT in promoting healthspan over lifespan. Carrie founded her practice, Movement Systems Physical Therapy in 1995 and sold it in 2021. In her "retirement" Carrie formed a new company, "SISU Physical Therapy and Mentoring Services" so she could continue a small clinical practice, teaching, and small business owner mentoring. She is a fierce advocate of the profession and spends much of her time in leadership and advocacy roles, currently running for Secretary of APTA Private Practice. You can connect with Carrie via Linked In The link to her article, My Desert Island Exercise by Carrie is available to read on Linked In. For further information visit www.thepregnancycentre.com.au
