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One of the contributing factors that affects acid reflux symptoms is the pressure inside the abdomen, which comes into the reckoning in any understanding of GERD. The biggest difference between the cavities within the chest and the abdomen is the pressure inside them.

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Inside the chest the pressure is much lower than the pressure inside the abdomen. It rises further inside the abdomen when we are trying to push the stools out with defaecation, or when we exert ourselves in other ways - say, lifting a heavy weight or bending over, or digging: in fact, any activity for which we have to tense (contract) our abdominal muscles - the ’six-pack’ so loved by body builders, but which the rest of us mortals hide in various degrees of fat.

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A higher pressure inside the abdomen than inside the chest means that there is a constant force that tends to drive the contents of the stomach upwards. The organ that both maintains that high difference in pressure and at the same time prevents the upward movement of stomach contents is the diaphragm. If you have GERD, above all else you should understand what your diaphragm does for you.

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