Re: my first colema/Exercise Ball/Constipation

[Guest guest]

Hi

Walmart sells , for 14.00, an inflatable LARGE exercise ball

that you can put in your living room, and when you are watching tv you

can do a very easy bounce back and forth, it will get your abs going.

I want to stress that I am fairly lazy, and I found this easier than

laying on the slant board. My husband and children use the ball all the

time, we have gone through about 5 of them. They eventually break from

over use. They are huge, and well I never bothered because it looked

like a distraction. When I watch tv i just want to relax. But my

gynecologist told me that I should do some type of exercise to help

with my severe constipation ( I have a dependency on herbal laxatives ,

long story) and for years and years everyone has told me " you have to

exercise or walk when you get older ( im 39) in order to get your

bowels going.

Well I work full time, take grad classes periodically, and have two

children and I'm married. The one hour at night that I get to veg out

in front of the TV, I dont want to have to move. But I found that if

I sit on the ball and bounce slightly with my head and shoulders leaned

back slightly, it forces a casual use of the ab muscles. I dont know if

it helped with the constipation because it's too early. I hope this

helps someone. Signed - skinny couch potato girl with a tapeworm - :-)

--- D & WMcPhail <dwmcphail@...> wrote:

> some people ARE very compacted... my friend took 4 visits to the

> colon

> therapist before she REALLY moved - and she has been fine ever since.

> Some

> people also have a hard time on their own doing a colemic board...

> i'm

> suggesting this because hydro colon therapy REALLY does work - if it

> doesn't

> the first time - then it will thereafter...

> I found hydro colon therapy extremely relaxing in the way it was

> done.

> My peristaltic muscles were 'weak' from bad eating habits over

> YEARS... and

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Proverbs (Robin2)

If you always do what you have always done, you'll

always get what you have always got.

Is that what you want ?

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[Guest guest]

I used one of those when I injured my back at work a couple summers ago. I was

in rough shape, but I have to say they are really good for re-gaining

flexibility in a manner YOU control.

The ball would also probably be good to lean back on while having a retention

enema: to lay on your back and bend right back, moving the liquid about...

Just a thought...

Jonah

ProverbsRobinTwo wrote:

> Hi

> Walmart sells , for 14.00, an inflatable LARGE exercise ball

> that you can put in your living room, and when you are watching tv you

> can do a very easy bounce back and forth, it will get your abs going.

> I want to stress that I am fairly lazy, and I found this easier than

> laying on the slant board. My husband and children use the ball all the

> time, we have gone through about 5 of them. They eventually break from

> over use. They are huge, and well I never bothered because it looked

> like a distraction. When I watch tv i just want to relax. But my

> gynecologist told me that I should do some type of exercise to help

> with my severe constipation ( I have a dependency on herbal laxatives ,

> long story) and for years and years everyone has told me " you have to

> exercise or walk when you get older ( im 39) in order to get your

> bowels going.

> Well I work full time, take grad classes periodically, and have two

> children and I'm married. The one hour at night that I get to veg out

> in front of the TV, I dont want to have to move. But I found that if

> I sit on the ball and bounce slightly with my head and shoulders leaned

> back slightly, it forces a casual use of the ab muscles. I dont know if

> it helped with the constipation because it's too early. I hope this

> helps someone. Signed - skinny couch potato girl with a tapeworm - :-)

>

> --- D & WMcPhail <dwmcphail@...> wrote:

> > some people ARE very compacted... my friend took 4 visits to the

> > colon

> > therapist before she REALLY moved - and she has been fine ever since.

> > Some

> > people also have a hard time on their own doing a colemic board...

> > i'm

> > suggesting this because hydro colon therapy REALLY does work - if it

> > doesn't

> > the first time - then it will thereafter...

> > I found hydro colon therapy extremely relaxing in the way it was

> > done.

> > My peristaltic muscles were 'weak' from bad eating habits over

> > YEARS... and

>

> =====

> Proverbs (Robin2)

> If you always do what you have always done, you'll

> always get what you have always got.

> Is that what you want ?

>

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