Mouth breathing causing chest pain

The answer is to see a doctor, of course.

Everybody that I know of would breath through his/her mouth during a race.

It's possible you have some sports asthma but difficult to say obviously from a message board post. Just go see a doctor. It will do a lot to ease your mind as well.

Might look into whether you have sleep apnea. There are apps you can use to see whether you have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can cause heart issues.

Definitely get a full cardio work up with a doctor. And ask whether you should see a ENT. Might be a deviated septum or something that can be fixed so you can breath more easily through your nose.

Mouth breathing is thought to be a mild issue for some people. It can (according to some research) increase your heart rate at rest, but I would not think enough to give you chest pain. You should see a doctor about it.

If your doctor rules out heart issues, then it could be anxiety. Indeed some research shows that mouth breathing can increase anxiety. One thing you can do at night is lightly taping your mouth. As long as you don't have some sort of issue breathing through your nose (or other sleep issues), then this can break the night mouth breathing habit.

As for running, most people breathe through their mouths. You can try nose breathing on your easy runs. It could be difficult at first. If so, try taking some brisk walks (with hills). That should ease you into it. I don't think it's a bit deal to mouth breath while running, though.

Facts: 1) You breathe through your mouth; 2) You are suffering chest pains.

You are saying, mouth breathing caused chest pains. You are 100% incorrect. You DO breath through your mouth. You DO suffer chest pains but mouth breathing did not does not cause your chest pains. See a medical doctor. Do not tell nurse or doctor your theory. Just say the facts: 1) Breathe through your mouth; 2) You suffer chest pains. Medical personnel will take it from there.

See a shrink

I had pneumonia with the only symptom being chest pain when I breathed deep. Wasn’t bad at all.

Check for Gallstones too.

Why should you not breathe through your mouth? Who decided this?

Unless you have huge nostrils, it's hard to breathe just through your nose unless you are completely at rest.

Some people breathe nearly exclusively through their mouths, while others have a medical condition, such as sleep apnea, that causes them to breathe primarily through their mouths at night. When I went to the doctor, he told me that this was an indication of sleep apnea. A complete face mask ( https://www.cpapoutlet.ca ) is often prescribed by a sleep specialist for persons who breathe through their mouth while sleeping (particularly people with stuffy noses from colds). Mouth breathing due to a temporary sickness, such as a cold, is nothing to be concerned about.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Why should you not breathe through your mouth? Who decided this?

Unless you have huge nostrils, it's hard to breathe just through your nose unless you are completely at rest.

No it is no problem for me to breathe only through the nose even on an easy/recovery pace. Have tested, but I do not do it constantly, I just tried it for a run. If problematic think through if one really drives breathing with the abdomen and not just the chest

Hey

I started having some issues I detailed in another thread.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10845317

I'm still not sure that I didn't have a mild case of COVID and that I'm still recovering from it. While 99% of the time I'm fine, it's only when I am REALLY pushing it (i.e. running a hard workout) that I feel it.

Go to the doctor, get a stress test and blood work.

Did you get the “vaccine”?

This is a side effect.

Doctors will deny it, of course.

Ineedhelp wrote:

I mouth breathe a lot throughout my day and run and when I sleep, so most of the day. Until about 6 months ago did I really start feeling chest pain from it when I finish a run but it makes my heart rate way higher when competing in races and I am not sure on what to do. Please help.

Your issue has nothing to do with running, so take running out of the equation first. It doesn’t matter how you breathe while running as long as you are taking in the air your body tells you it needs.

Ineedhelp wrote:

I mouth breathe a lot throughout my day and run and when I sleep, so most of the day. Until about 6 months ago did I really start feeling chest pain from it when I finish a run but it makes my heart rate way higher when competing in races and I am not sure on what to do. Please help.

Your chest/lungs could hurt from sucking wind through your mouth--irritants, allergens, cold dry air, hot dry air, etc.

The location and quality of chest pain would be helpful. My FIRST thought when I read your post was that you are using accessory muscles to breathe more than your diaphragm and that's causing chest pain.