You use it when you cough or clear your throat. It's why I suggested that you cough to feel how it works.Stupid question... how do you keep your glottis open and how do you know when it is?
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You use it when you cough or clear your throat. It's why I suggested that you cough to feel how it works.Stupid question... how do you keep your glottis open and how do you know when it is?
If I cough then hold and not swallow it will be open?You use it when you cough or clear your throat. It's why I suggested that you cough to feel how it works.
Swallowing involves you closing your glottis by using your larynx and epiglottis. This allows food to pass down through your esophagus and with the use of peristaltic muscles, move the food/liquid into your stomach. Should water go down the "wrong pipe" as it were, you experience a laryngospasm, which is quite uncomfortable and results in a fit of coughing that attempts to expel any fluid. Eating and breathing are mostly automatic, so we're unaware of these muscles for the most part. But with a bit of practice and soft coughing, you can learn to feel and control them fairly easily. Another easy exercise to discover your glottis is to talk with a Cockney accent. They use a glottal stop when they say "ello" (hello), while most Americans will voice the "H". Here's a Youtube of it...If I cough then hold and not swallow it will be open?
Got it... so as long as my glottis is open and when I move up and down the water column without taking a breath or exhaling, I should be fine?It should be noted that by default, your glottis is open. You can't breathe without it being open. You open it by relaxing those muscles closing it.
If you don't close your glottis, yes.I should be fine?
No no I won’t. I would imagine when descending with an open glottis your lungs would exhale through yours regulator without you trying. True?If you don't close your glottis, yes.
If in doubt, don't take chances. You shouldn't have a question about whether it's open or not. If you're not in tune with that portion of your body, make sure you are actively exhaling or inhaling all of the time.
Well, air in your lungs expands when you ascend, not when you descend. I don't know if any would exit your lungs with an open glottis when descending... never thought about it. But why would you not be just breathing normally when you descend (or ascend)?No no I won’t. I would imagine when descending with an open glottis your lungs would exhale through yours regulator without you trying. True?