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A strong blow to the chest can cause the diaphragm--the muscle that allows the lungs to fill up with air--to spasm, according to Dr. Jordan D. Metzl, a sports-medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The temporary paralysis usually resolves itself within 30 seconds. Lying down can help. Dr. Robert Sallis, the president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine, recommends that "you relax and breath through pursed lips, and put some pressure on the diaphragm."
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