Xiphoid Process and Breathing

[@cstrammer]

Great job with this video, Christa! You're doing such great work. I was having a bit of an anxiety attack prior watching you video, and when I did this exercise it help my lungs open up and I became calmer. Added bonus! Thank you for the relief!

[@scottp6761]

My Xyphoid process has been hurting for 8 weeks or more now. I have serious GERD and been working to get it better. Drinking only distilled water helps. I had noticed pain in that area after doing abs a lot in the gym. I stopped that immediately and worked on posture at home and in car. I started breathing exercises and pushed in that area which I may have a hiatal hernia too but not sure. This video is great I'm going to try it. I also posted to a few other people comments about raising my hands above my head and putting them in a doorway to stretch the pec muscles and Xyphoid process. The slight stretching 5-6 times a day has helped this area.

[@scottp6761]

@@intelligentbody agreed

[@catherinereid7618]

I love your videos, Christa - always full of useful information that opens up new awareness. Thank you.

[@MyFungal]

When laying down should it feel like a lump

[@dianetavegia2320]

I saw this on KZbin last night and did the massage a number of times. It became tender and I'm having some muscle like discomfort in the area I massaged today. Help.

[@intelligentbody]

It's important to be gentle when pressing on tight muscles and remember that we cannot MAKE change happen. We can be with the body using touch, imagery, breath and our presence, and that is what creates change. I suggest use the above mentioned tools leaving out the touch for a couple days and see if you start to feel better soon.

[@steg_of_neth.2877]

Thank you, mine's been really sore, protruding and tight lately. I'll try this.

[@scottp6761]

I've been raising my arms up in a door way and doing stretches almost like your hands above your head and move forward slightly and feel the stretch on pectoral muscles and Xyphoid process area. This has helped my tenderness but hasn't gone away 100%

[@tbarsotti1]

Thank you for making this video, it is very helpful to learn techniques for Self-Healing!

[@justinbell4885]

Fantastic Video

[@dieukensonoxilus9546]

Good video Thanks. A problem with the sternum can prevent me from getting fat

[@chazmichael7967]

What a great video.

[@rumisfordrinkingnotburning]

Wow awesome video thank you so much for sharing this info.

[@Schmidteren]

I can't feel anything there, should I be concerned? Shouldn't I be able to feel it?

[@intelligentbody]

Sorry I missed your question earlier. I think if you touch around the lowest ribs and breathe, you will wake up to the feeling around your xyphoid process too.

[@drinny26]

I thought it was a tumor. Thank god it’s just a xiphoid process. 🙏🏼

[@intelligentbody]

@@drinny26 good news!

[@intelligentbody]

@@drinny26 good news!

[@drinny26]

@@intelligentbody i hope. I’m still going to the doctor. 🤪

[@marial3231]

Is it possible for it to harden/get bigger when the breath is more dysfunctional? I find when extremely stressed my breath obviously becomes frozen and super shallow and then the xyphoid kind sticks out. Also, could you comment on how on one side of it and reaching to the ribs I’m a bit sore and it’s “harder” under the skin (like the area of a few quarters). Is that maybe fascia hardened? When I press next to it in the area while doing the deep breath/stretch you show us my right side the soarness spreads across my right chest diaphragm, almost like a trigger point? Thank you so much for this video. I had a traumatic experience a few years ago and ended up with TMJ and host of issues from not managing my anxiety and using chest breath.

[@lukelike2277]

I have the same problems

[@elled10024]

This happens to me too! I can’t find out much about it but sometimes my xiphoid process hurts a lot if anxious.

[@krububyogaholic7574]

Very great video.

[@farriedmohamed191]

Who has a little lump on this area and it helped with this exercise?

[@viewcity8580]

Thank you...this video really help me alot..

[@kranthiteli7418]

Is it permanent problem

[@intelligentbody]

Not sure what you are referring to. But generally, most things in the body can be improved with imagery, touch and thoughtful movement.

[@elizabethcaylan3046]

I can touch and felt that there was a small hard circle in the middle while when i am lying at first it makes me feel upset what it is.

[@elizabethcaylan3046]

I did already for a check up about this hard circle in between my ribs cage, yes the doctor said it is a xiphoid process and she said is a part of me.

[@abhinavsohal007]

*Mam, few months ago I had a bad stomach pain due to food poisoning, medical helps was not supporting any relief, then, in India due to lack of knowledge and information, some self-proclaimed YogaTeacher, pressed my xiphoid process and till date I have pain in this area upper abdomen especially empty stomach immediately after going to "the call of the nature" and I burp alot and now am sure that, that man somehow twisted my xiphoid process in wrong movement, what should I do, in order to get back to normal and one last question, what is by default position of xiphoid process inwards or outwards?* Pls help Mam

[@intelligentbody]

It sounds to me like your xyphoid process was pushed too far in, so how about do the steps in this video, put your fingers on the side of your xyphoid process and try to GENTLY traction it ou?...

[@vikipanapasa1148]

But it hurts when i press on it,why?

[@rojelio8]

Nice. Thanks!

[@dieukensonoxilus9546]

A problem with the sternum can prevent me from getting fat

[@drmahmoudkhairy]

great video thanks

[@dootziebug9609]

Thank you sooooo much!!! This area has been tender my whole life. I always wondered what it was. Now I know! I breathe very shallow and when I pressed on it a gasp of air seemed like it just popped into my lungs, does that make any sense? It was very refreshing actually.😊

[@robertcuba5947]

I get a burning sensation and mild cramps from time to time near the xyphoid process

[@oscarurbano6225]

Hola , desde Argentina , gracias por tu video , te pregunto ...en el musculo triangular del esternón , se puede decir que uno puede hallar energía para cantar ? que al espirar , aire tiene más volumen , más velocidad , pregunto esto , porque siempre los profesores de canto , aconsejan imaginar el aire muy debajo del vientre y yo en el esternón o detrás de el , encontré una buena energía , muchas gracias .. estaré feliz si me respondes , abrazo grande

[@namasteyoga497]

Thank you

[@scarpulla11]

Why did I never learn that this was even a thing? It’s like a little tail between our lungs! Wild.

[@BuntysTube]

My Xiphod is inflammed I done some breathing and ground and its gone done a lot.

[@natashaserem]

Just discovered this part of my body when I was laying down. When I breathe in and out there is a movement. Was abit shocked to be honest untill I stumbled upon this video. Is it supposed to move when you breathe in and out? I feel it move when I breathe in and out

[@wormsali]

That skeletons hilarious btw Great vid thank you

[@TheQasemm]

thanks for the video i have a problem nearly 4 year i cant-not breath deeply if i don't breath from my moth do you what should i do ?

[@misfitsmiami6777]

I've got a lump that's painfull and tightness in my upper chest. Should I be concerned?

[@erins.5420]

I do too! Mine is hard like bone. I’ve had pain that wraps around to my back and up my chest to my neck. I’ve seen Drs for this pain since I was 9 and I never imagined it could be from this little piece at the end of my sternum. I just watched a few other videos and there is a surgery for it. I don’t recall having it my entire life and can’t say I have but I remember having the bump since I was 7 or 8. I’m curious if this is a genetic thing or trauma induced. Just the bump has stopped me from wearing swimsuits or fitted clothing and being comfortable in the nude in front family or friends or partners since I can remember as a kid because I knew the bump wasn’t normal. I think I just had an epiphany that this could be at the heart of most all my issues. Thanks for commenting, just from that and this reply I’ve come to some real potential answers to issues that I’ve spent 10 years having Drs try and figure out. It’s weird that I’ve never mentioned the bump because it just cartilage right how could that cause muscular pain in my back, chest and what feels like constricted breathing when “spasms” got to the point I felt Finger like sensations wrapping around my neck and unbelievable pain fanning my upper back from around my ribs in the front. Wow double thank you to you both. Typing it out and thinking, I might have solved what 11 Drs and 10+ years haven’t been able to.

[@leogetz31ify]

Mine feels like a tiny ball ??‽

[@johnmai1411]

Same , It was very concerning for me that’s why I’m here . Thought it was a jump of cancer

[@unclebizket4834]

i can't get mine to budge its stuck in an outward's position to the point when i stand up you can see it. it's at a 90 degree angle

[@intelligentbody]

Does it hurt? Have you tried gentle stretching combined with gentle massage like in the video to see if you can create any movement? In the beginning, it could be just the image of movement. But movement follows imagery.

[@unleashedmystery]

When I stretch back I can look down and see a slight bump over the xiphoid process location…is that it protruding? Bit of a worry wort when it comes to bumps

[@unleashedmystery]

@@intelligentbody thanks for the info 😊

[@aminezaouch5743]

​@@unleashedmysteryhow are u now bro i have the same issue and i feel pain and discomfort

[@morpheous1608]

Thank you for this video! Tender (sore) when touching bottom of xiphoid process, and more sore when rubbing down and under the bottom pointed part.. will try massaging.. thought the discomfort was an ulcer or something

[@thinlesdorjay1253]

i have a lump around this area ...wat does it mean

[@rudyc2344]

Hello did you lump ever go down? Was it tender when you touched it?

[@thinlesdorjay1253]

Rudy C no

[@linyonglan]

I think my xiphoid process is pulled completely over to the right, fused with the lowest right rib.

[@aminezaouch5743]

How are u doing man ?

[@itsmeyah3168]

I have this for almost three years 😔 this is the cause of metallic taste ???

[@sonofabraham4094]

Thanks for the vid, very informative. I have pain and clicking/popping/crunching/ grinding on or around my xiphoid process, any idea why this might be?

[@sonofabraham4094]

@@intelligentbody thanks for the reply, I probably should have mentioned that I have been having costochondritis but I thought this shouldn't effect the xiphoid process

[@aminezaouch5743]

​@@sonofabraham4094how are u now bro ??

[@ibrahimlawal9120]

Did you figure out?

[@sonofabraham4094]

​@@ibrahimlawal9120 Muscle weakness/imbalance, if you can find which areas of muscle are weak on your body and strengthen them you will not only cure all your physical pains/problems but also any other ailments you have, sounds hard to believe i know but this is what I have managed to achieve purely through finding & strengthening the weak areas - This is what the corrupt medical system won't tell you. Now I'm in the best health and shape of my life, probably one of very few people around who have 0 ailments. I've learnt a great deal in the last five years since I commented here. Good luck with whatever it is you're facing. I hope you will get better.

[@sonofabraham4094]

​​@@ibrahimlawal9120 @Upright Health may be able to help you identify your weak areas

[@ChitoWorld]

Mines has a little limp swollen . But when I do abs it goes away . I keep thinking it was my esophagus . But it hurts right when I touch in that area . Barely touching it n it stings. But it weird if I rub it sometimes the pain goes away . I get a lot of crunching sound a little to my left . It’s weird

[@scottp6761]

Exactly the same symptoms here. Just to the left it's like crunchy sound. If I push in the area it goes away the pain. Honestly if you have GERD like me and lift weights. It could be hiatal hernia causing it. I'm undiagnosed because I'm stubborn and think doctors know less about my body then I do. It's been getting better for by stretching my arms above my head ina door way and stretching the pectoral muscles and Xyphoid process. Also posture is key . Don't slouch

[@shrutikatipugade13]

My xyphoid process makes a Popping sound when i have anxiety

[@sanketupadhyay3261]

can you tell me more about that , can xiphoid process cause breathing problem ?

[@shrutikatipugade13]

@@sanketupadhyay3261 i have anxiety

[@marcusbutron3924]

Mine too!

[@pazfam2869]

I've been trying to find information about this phenomena for years, of anxiety-related pooping in the chest, and I've literally never come across one person who has said this. What a relief! All of this information is a relief.

[@cityboyis2]

when i try to massage the xiphoid lump, i start to belch, is that normal and a good thing.

[@cityboyis2]

@@intelligentbody thanks for the explanation.

[@mohammedshabana2319]

thx does the xiphoid pain needed a surgery?

[@aminezaouch5743]

How are u doing right now habibi because i have the same issue soreness and tenderness

[@secretmistery6651]

Kapag busog o gutom ako pakiramdam ko namamaga ang xiphoid process ko nakakaramdam ako ng anxiety. Ano kaya itong nararamdaman ko?

[@intelligentbody]

Can you please ask the question in English?

[@lancien6584]

Is it normal that i can feel the xiphoide process when i touch it ? I didn't even have it before, it suddenly appeared

[@lancien6584]

@@intelligentbody ok thank you very much, it appeared 4 months ago, and i didn't want to see a doctor, i don't know why but when i did some research i was convinced it was just the xiphoid process and nothing wrong, because I don't feel any pain or discomfort

[@shardathapa8572]

mam i'm also suffering from xiphoid process. Can we heal without surgery? plz reply mam i have to take decision whether under go surgery or not?

[@himanshu312758]

Sharda thapa how about your healing

[@ShadabShadow]

@@himanshu312758 Aapko bhi same problem h??

[@aminezaouch5743]

Are u ok right now bro ?

[@aminezaouch5743]

Are u ok man give us an advice ?

[@palmbeachsportsbreaks6194]

Is in normal for the xinoid process to be on right side slightly more?

[@oliveira8032]

O meu e do lado esquerdo

[@konnichiwow3139]

Mine hurts when i sleep sideways.

[@rcdiaz9467]

Unli Rice same! Why? Huhu

[@indian20072006]

Can I ask you why my xiphoid process is popped out a few centimeters outside. Is there a breathing or yoga solution for this

[@chefaero]

mine is 2 months, i just woke up one day with pain on it when i push it, even when i move, heavy breathing and stretch. Its not really that painful but it’s bothering me. :( what could be the cause? Some doctors have mistakenly diagnosed it as a costochondritis, but i feel the pain in my xploid. I hope you reply im really scared :(

[@chefaero]

@@intelligentbody hello! Just to update you, im feeling well right now, Tho there are times its still in there but has lessen a bit, I guess its the costochondritis. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it :)

[@chefaero]

@@intelligentbody yeah :) thanks so much! ❤️❤️❤️

[@scottp6761]

​@@chefaero I have very similar symptoms to you.

[@aminezaouch5743]

​@@scottp6761how are u right now man ?

[@RatedRRaj]

I have a question, is it possible to feel the Xiphoid Process slightly protruding after losing weight? I’ve been doing cardio everyday for around 4 months now, but I had never felt this before. At first it felt like an unusual lump, but now I can feel something of a bone. Just wanted to know if this is normal or something to worry about, thanks.

[@yamaryanariaafg8052]

Same here, I’m on a diet and I do cardio I lost some weight, but now I fell that thing when I touch it and when I touch it harder it kind of hurts. Is that normal ?

[@hellogoodbye3898]

Same

[@scottp6761]

​@@yamaryanariaafg8052 mine hurts too. It's been scaring me. I have bad GERD. I work out a lot. I was doing abs a lot. Not anymore tho and lifting light weights high rep vs heavy. Sucks 😞

[@janrrob]

Same here

[@RatedRRaj]

@@scottp6761 Have you done anything to help the GERD? I don’t know if I have GERD but about a year and half ago I started doing a lot of cardio everyday in order to lose weight and fat that I had gained throughout the covid lockdowns. I managed to get to a really healthy state however all of a sudden I felt like I was going vomit during these cardio sessions and couldn’t explain why. Ever since then I have the stomach acid reflux always in my throat whenever I do any kind of exercise whether it be weightlifting or cardio, or it even hits me at home when I move around alot or pace. I don’t know if this is GERD but I never feel any heartburn nor do I have any kind of pain. It just makes me cough severely because it feels like I’ll vomit as there’s something in my throat. It totally ruins a workout and has become harder to lose weight because of this.

[@jsjwhshsbxjsieie4244]

I have a bone like lump on that area. Is it harmful?

[@aniwahyuni5558]

I have to, procesus xiphoid is stick out

[@chananjamajiji5412]

I cant find mine..Everyone around me including my parents are shocked how Im different and they have it but I dont,just a hole and it hurts...someone please help me

[@heathmann4574]

Hey there. I've been having some inflammation in the xiphoid process area for 4 weeks now. Prior to the pain I did some crazy posture stretches. Is it possible to fracture or move the xiphoid process out of its place by stretching, causing inflammation? I thought the xiphoid process hardened with age

[@joseserrano3773]

Same bro idk if I’m tripping but it feels like a mil sharp pain for me and I don’t know if it’s my anxiety or if it’s a bit inflamed my pain is about a 3/10 and i don’t know if it’s related to the food I eat

[@joseserrano3773]

@@intelligentbody thank you for your feedback , so I kept an eye on it and surprisingly that feeling is gone , I’ve honestly been doing way better now since my anxiety attack a month ago , the mild pain isn’t there anymore although I do believe it may have been just soreness from me discovering it because when I felt it I got scared n kept pressing on it constantly but it has left and I haven’t felt pain since

[@johnnygotti4369]

@@joseserrano3773 it feels like a small ball right ?? Or like someone’s holding a gun in that area?? It’s happened to me over a year

[@joseserrano3773]

@@johnnygotti4369 yeah bro like a small lump in there not too hard but directly there it’s no harm though

[@carmella88]

@@johnnygotti4369 did you ever fix this

[@studynurture6706]

Mam I think someone has pushed my. Xiphoid inside...when I inhale there is inward movement of the xiphoid I think..how can I bring it out while inhalation.

[@aminezaouch5743]

Brother how are u now because i have pain on xiphoid process and i need some success stories

[@fatecoc3980]

good

[@oddlyenough7845]

omg it hurts allot when i breath in.

[@mhmedia6477]

My xiphoid process was pain from last 2 days and my xiphoid process was came up outside now what I do for this please reply me

[@aminezaouch5743]

Brother how are u know i have same issue can u help me please

[@aminezaouch5743]

Are u ok brother ?

[@Keydiii03]

@@aminezaouch5743bro I see that u ask alot about ur xypoid, are u ok now? Coz we have the same issue its like a ball. The 2-3 days that come out is kinda aching but right now I dont feel pain of it now but I am trying to research about this coz im atill curious

[@jerpiecamilleannpioquinto8808]

Xiphoid process feels like a small lump, right? Coz I get so worried what this ball -like thing is😫

[@Pollywood_Contents2710]

Mam I have this chest area centre all time pain if I press centre my xipoid area some sound come like bubble broken sound then I feel relax few time after again pain start I press again like this I do many time once a day

[@vyaktitvanirman_2712]

To aapko sturnum popping and chain pain thik hua..mujhe bhi kuch din se sturnum popping start ho gyaa haii ..mai iski wajah se study pe dyaan nhi de paa rhii plzz bataiyega aapka thik kaise huaa...🙏

[@vyaktitvanirman_2712]

Plzz reply kariyegaa ...jald hii 🙄

[@vikaskakkar6397]

@@vyaktitvanirman_2712 hi....any update...i am feeling same

[@himanshu312758]

@@vikaskakkar6397 aapka kesa chal rha healing hui ki nahi

[@himanshu312758]

@@vyaktitvanirman_2712 aapka theek hua ki nahi koi update dijiye

[@flyguy7300]

👏😁👏😉👏👏🙏🏿

[@andywilchsalem2377]

*LIES!!!! My XiPho, Does NOT Move Out & Back IN!!!* *I have a Protruding XiPho!!!! IT does NOT Hurt, but it Annoys me!!!!*

[@taljsingh]

this looks dangerous to me like someone can do it wrong and have some very undesired consequences!?

[@muskansonu6335]

Thank you