breathing
by
design
do you have any of these feelings?
Shortness of breath when resting, moving or talking
Unable to take a deep enough breath
Fatigue
Brain fog
Frequent yawning and sighing
Chest tightness
Heart beating fast
Tingling in hands or feet
how breathing retraining can help
Improve overall well-being
Reduce fatigue
Improve exercise capabilities
Reduce anxiety
Improve memory and concentration
Reduce feelings of breathlessness
Improve sleep
SERVICES provided
One to one session
Visit me at the Bristol Physiotherapy Clinic on Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
I provide a bespoke service working with you to discuss your breathing and how this can be causing a wide range of symptoms.
corporate workshops
I will visit your team within the work place to share techniques on how to assess your normal breathing and how by optimising this it can improve people's health and optimise your performance at work.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements.
sports performance
I will work with you to help improve your breathing technique at rest and when performing your sport. We will look at how small changes in your breathing can lead to improvements when exercising.
I can visit your sports team or club to provide group workshops on the value of good breathing to sporting performance.
Please contact me to discuss your requirements.
coming soon: vo2 max & resting metabolic testing
Visit me at the Bristol Physiotherapy Clinic on Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
Book in to have a VO2max test to discover your cardiovascular fitness. Use the information to guide and monitor your training.
A resting metabolic test will tell you how many calories your body burns at rest to help you manage your weight.
ABOUT breathing by design
Everyone breathes all day, every day and we very rarely give it any thought. Breathing should be an easy, subconscious process that our brain and body does just as nature designed us to. Sometimes this normal process can be altered and we no longer breathe in a way which maintains optimal health and performance.
Breathing retraining gives you the tools to help reset your breathing pattern. It will enable you to understand the science of breathing and how the way you breathe is affecting how your body and mind are able to work.
Meet carla
Having completed a Sport & Exercise Science degree at Bath University I then went on to train as a Respiratory Clinical Physiologist in Exeter. After qualifying I moved to Bristol and have 22 years of experience working with patients in an NHS Respiratory outpatients department. I am an accredited Clinical Scientist registered with the HCPC.
My main area of work in the NHS was lung function testing to assess how well patients' lungs were working. However I also provided breathing retraining in this setting; working with patients to improve their breathing pattern at rest and on exercise.
I am now utilising my extensive experience and knowledge of working with people, respiratory physiology and breathing patterns to ensure that everyone is maximising their potential whether in daily life, work or sport.
Alexa
“Carla is a natural and captivating speaker"
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