Intake Of Breadth / Stretch

[Bazile]

Just felt a need to have a good stretch , while sitting in my chair .

Sometimes , I will take a sharp intake of breadth .

We all do the above , so i was wondering , is there a reason for it from a medical aspect .

When food goes down the wrong 'hole' the body immediately reacts , by scooping it back up , hence the spluttering and coughing - given that it is not good for food and drink to enter the lungs .

So is the body doing something that is required , by stretching and taking a sharp intake of breadth ?

[Hopkirk]

The intake of breath will be the same as a yawn - a need for extra oxygen.

[Arksided]

Listen to the ghost he knows what he's on about... taking a deep breath also helps with cramp providing oxygen to the in need muscle.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah you need to sigh every now and then

possibly to redistribute the surfactant that keeps all the liddle alveoli open ( under standard physical principles the smallest should empty into the largest)

for patients on ventilators in hospital - some machines have it built in