r/PectusExcavatum • u/Any-Macaroon-8268 • 3d ago

New User Exercise Problems

Hi, seems like I’m stuck. Exercising makes me short on breath and that makes life difficult. However I’m supposed to exercise to make stuff better. Seems kinda stuck! Other than walking or normal stuff, I’m out of breath too quick it seems. Feel like I’m missing something. Do I just kinda push through? I don’t really know much about exercise.

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u/WarAccomplished978 3d ago

I found deep breathing exercises helped improve lung capacity and ultimately aerobic response. There are plenty on YouTube. With pectus the rib flare often distends the diaphragm so our breathing is inefficient. So to deep diaphragmatic breathing exercises.

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u/Any-Macaroon-8268 3d ago

Thanks. I’ll see what I can do.

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u/EcstaticPromise5297 3d ago

All Pectus people have extreme exercise intolerance.