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About
About

Is Respiras Right For You?

If you've been doing everything right and still not getting better, you are not alone. 

Many of our clients have already seen specialists, completed testing, and followed recommendations, yet continue to experience fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, pain, or unexplained symptoms. 

What's often missing is not another treatment, but understanding how the body is functioning at a physiological level.

Respiras was built for individuals who want a deeper, more precise approach to improving how their body functions, recovers, and performs.

We don't replace your medical care. We enhance it by helping you build the skills to better understand, regulate, and take control of your physiology.  

 

Physiological Support

Driven individuals who prioritize health understand that staying healthy, active, and productive requires the right kind of support.

Respiras provides a concierge, physiology-focused approach breathing retraining using a data measurable outcomes.

We restore the conditions the body needs to function, recover, and heal so you can move through life with  greater confidence, clarity, and sustainable energy.

 

 

 

Our Focus

Function & Regulation

  • Breathing
  • Energy
  • Sleep
  • Cognition
  • Oxygen efficiency
  • Altitude tolerance
  • Autonomic regulation
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New Direction

Regulate your breathing to improve energy, recovery, and overall function

 
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THE BODY IS WIRED FOR HEALING


Breathing dysfunction and stress patterns encoded in the nervous system are often overlooked, yet they quietly disrupt oxygen delivery, healing capacity, and overall function. Correcting these patterns is foundational to promoting health and preventing disease.

Roberto Ricci, OTR, MS

 

Restoring Physiological Control

FUNCTION. REGULATION. PERFORMANCE

Hidden physiological stress within the autonomic nervous system and respiratory system is one of the most overlooked factors in health and rehabilitation.

This condition requires a different approach consiting on making precise adjustments to breathing and the nervous system function, while building skills for regulation, adaptation, and performance. 

Stress is not meant to be managed forever. It is meant to be adapted to. Over time, chronic stress and inefficient breathing can quietly erode health, relationships, opportunties, and quality of life. The body looses its ability to regulate at a high level.

Respiras gives you skills to guard your most valuable asset, your health.  

 

 

 

Background & Expertise 

Roberto Ricci, MS, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist specializing in respiratory physiology, nervous system regulation, and stress-related disorders. His work focuses on identifying and correcting breathing dysfunction that disrupts oxygen delivery, physiological resilience, and overall health.

Roberto has served as a consultant and educator for the U.S. Army, where he trained soldiers on respiratory efficiency strategies for adaptation to combat-related stress and PTSD. His work emphasizes measurable interventions targetting respiratory-psychophysiological resilience and stress adaptation through carbon dioxide regulation.

He has presented at various national and international symposia and continues to contribute to the advancement of applied breathing science aimed at improving adaptive capacity to stress. Roberto is the founder of Respiras, a specialized occupational therapy practice dedicated to clinical breathing physiology.  

 

 

Our Approach to Personalized Care

 
 

Your Healing Potential

Your body has the capacity to recover, regulate, and perform at a higher level. We focus on physiology to improve oxygen delivery and nervous system balance.

Objective Insight

We use precise, measurable data to assess your breathing and physiology. This removes guesswork and allows for clear, informed decisions about your care.

Clinical Partnership

We work with you through a structured, professional process. You understand what is happening to your body, why it matters, and how to improve it.

Skill-Based Approach

This is not passive care. You develop the ability to influence your breathing and physiology, creating lasting change beyond the clinic. 

Compassionate Care

We understand the frustration of unresolved symptoms. Your care is individualized, attentive, responsive, and grounded in clinical expertise.

Resilience & Capacity

As your physiology improves, so does your ability to tolerate stress, sustain energy, and recover efficiently.  

Confidence & Understanding

Confidence comes from clarity. When you understand your body and can influence it, your health is no longer uncertain.  

 

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Health, Wellness & Longevity

 

Energy Renewal

Energy drives how your body functions and recovers. Breathing for CO2 balance supports oxygen delivery and utilization. 

Healing Capacity

Healing requires energy and stability. We correct elevated physiological stress in order to improve recovery and optimize repair processes.

Regulation

Adaptation is essential for health. We improve your ability to regulate and function with measurable breathing skills that support the way you function.

 

  

Stress Load & Adaptation

Stress responses influences breathing patterns, energy, and the ability to recover efficiently from daily challenges.

 

 

Why You're Not Recovering

Recovery is not always about rest. It depends on how your body is functioning beneath the surface.

Chronic stress places continuous demands on the nervous system. Over time, this shifts the body out of a restorative state and into a state of survival that can last for years without being recognized or addressed.

Breathing patterns begin to change. They become faster, less efficient and unstable. This disrupts carbon dioxide balance, limits oxygen delivery, and reduces the body's ability to produce energy for rest, recovery, and restoration. 

The body is not healing because it is constantly trying to compensate to stay in survival mode. This is where symptoms persists, performance declines, and burnout begins. 

True recovery only happens when the body is brought back into a stable, regulated state where healing becomes possible again. 

 

A More Precise Approach

Many of our clients have already seen the specialists, completed medical testing, and tried multiple approaches, yet they struggle with symptoms or conditions that don't fully resolve. 

You are not missing effort. What is missing is a clear understanding how your body is functioning beneath the surface. 

At Respiras, we take a physiology-focused approach to breathing, nervous system regulation, and functional capacity. These systems determine how your body produces energy, adapts to stress, and recovers. 

Our goal is not to chase symptoms. It is to restore the conditions that allow your body to function, regulate, and heal. The body already knows hwo to heal. It just needs the right conditions.

 

 

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Roberto Ricci Founder Respiras

THE BODY IS WIRED FOR HEALING

"Breathing dysfunction and stress encoded in the nervous system can disrupt every area of life. When we restore healthy physiology, the body remembers how to heal, regulate, and protect itself again. I am committed to helping my patients heal, restore function, and regain confidence in their health."

 Roberto Ricci, MS, OTR

Occupational Therapist | Founder of Respiras

 

The Founder’s Story

Hi, and thank you for your interest in Respiras. If you are here, you are searching for answers.

Breathing has always fascinated me. It is the only system in the body that can influence every other system at once. This can become a problem when stress and dysfunction take over, but it can also be a remarkable advantage. When guided with awareness and precision, breathing becomes an instrument that can rewire the body and mind to heal naturally through the body’s own intelligence.

I believe the body is designed to heal. I am not afraid to sound different for saying so. Some have told me that helping people become independent is not the best business model, but that is exactly what I strive for. My goal is not to keep you in therapy; it is to help you move forward, confident and free.

Health is not only about managing disease. It is about nurturing joy, energy, gratitude, and hope for the future. I believe we can create new stories of success by rediscovering how powerful your physiology truly is and how it is designed to heal itself.

My office is a space for reflection, discovery, collaboration, and infinite possibilities. Together, we explore new ways to help you improve how you function, achieve your goals, and regain confidence in your body’s potential. Sometimes you simply need encouragement and a gentle push to help you see what is possible beyond the obstacles in front of you.

I am never in a rush. I want to understand your situation and see how we can resolve your concerns. This approach may seem atypical, and it is rare because we live in a world driven by productivity, quotas, and margins. Not here. I practice with the intent to understand, heal, and restore.

Our one-on-one encounters support a holistic approach dedicated to you. The energy that unfolds in this work fuels new ideas, creativity, and imagination. It is within that space of presence and connection that healing and restoration begin to unfold.

Breathing is the most stabilizing and transformative force we have. I have never been more certain of anything in my professional life. So lift your chin, take a breath, and come in to share your story.

 

Profile

  • Masters degree in Applied Breathing Science
  • Advanced training in respiratory biofeedback and autonomic regulation
  • Over 15 years of clinical experience in stress physiology and rehabilitation
  • Specialized expertise in pulmonary, neurological, and cardiovascular integration

 

 

 

Background & Expertise 

Roberto Ricci, MS, OTR/L is an occupational therapist who specializes in the treatment of respiratory, neurological, cardiovascular, and stress-related disorders. His focus is on addressing cumulative stress patterns that create dysfunction and disease, specific to nervous system imbalance and dysfunctional breathing. Roberto completed his undergraduate training in Occupational Therapy at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He later earned a Master of Science in Applied Breathing Science with distinction from the  Graduate School of Behavioral Health Sciences in 2014.

Roberto has served as a consultant and educator for the U.S. Army, where he trained soldiers on respiratory efficiency strategies for adaptation to combat-related stress and PTSD. His work emphasizes measurable interventions targetting respiratory-psychophysiological resilience and stress adaptation through CO2 regulation.

Roberto has presented at various national and international symposiums and continues to contribute to the advancement of breathing science in clinical settings. He is the founder of Respiras, an respiratory-based occupational therapy practice recognized for its dedication to applied breathing science for health promotion and disease prevention. 

 

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