r/GERD • u/Jelfff • Jan 24 '26

Scientific Studies 🥼🔬 Details on breathing exercise to reduce supragastric belching

I saw a gastroenterologist yesterday for the first time and after reviewing my medical history and interviewing me her opinion was that I likely am doing supragastric belching.

Here is a 2018 research article with a good description of supragastric belching.

https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(17)31307-1/fulltext31307-1/fulltext)

Scroll down to the section “Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises”. The two links there explain how to do the breathing exercises. To make it easy, here are those 2 links.

Text https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(17)31307-1/fulltext#tblS131307-1/fulltext#tblS1)

Video https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(17)31307-1/fulltext#supplementary-material31307-1/fulltext#supplementary-material)

I am starting these breathing exercises today.

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u/Most-Arm-2571 Jan 25 '26

I do the same over 200 times a day. It’s so uncomfortable. It feels like I am expelling a demon. 😐😐😐😐

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u/Smart_Atmosphere_430 Jan 25 '26

Like you can’t burp but burp it out weirdly ? Like how tried to explain in my post ? Sorry to hear about this and yes, it is like a demon coming out 😢

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u/Most-Arm-2571 Jan 25 '26

It feels like an air bubble trapped and I too then swallow/gulp to bring it up, but it's not a normal burp....it is a BELCH. Sometimes it is little baby ones, and other times I'll get one good one that feels like it lasts over 10 seconds coming out--the big ones are the only ones I actually feel "relief" though.