Alison McConnell is a football writer who, after graduating from university, started working with the Scottish Sports Agency. she then moved to the Celtic View. After five years at the View, she moved on to the Herald and Times sports desk, and for the next 14 years, Alison established herself as a top-class football writer in a profession that has, for too long, been considered a male preserve. Now, having made the move to freelance journalism, Alison continues to write and comment on all things football across a whole range of publications and media platforms

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Are you aware of the implications of the fact that the muscles involved in respiration are also involved in core stability as well as other upper body movements and exercises. Research has demonstrated that exercising to increase the strength and endurance of the respiratory muscles can benefit back pain, balance and falls, artistic and athletic performance as well as address breathing difficulties caused by chromic conditions such as COPD and ageing. These insights are among the many offered by Prof. Alison McConnell in this fascinating interview recorded as part of this months Physiopedia Member’s area learn topic on breathing disorders and respiratory muscle training.
Alison is a Professor of Applied Physiology at Brunel University London. She has been investigating the role and benefits of respiratory muscle training since the mid 1990s, leading countless related research studies and also pioneering the development of respiratory training devices with the launch of the POWERbreathe.
We recommend that you make yourself a cup of coffee, make yourself comfortable and listen to this interview with an internationally recognised expert and spend some time considering the implications for your own clinical practice.