Exercise for Constipation
#133172 - 12/27/04 12:30 PM
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Augie
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Loc: Illinois
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I know that people have sworn by excerise to help alleviate constipation. Is there a particular type of exercise that is most helpful?...Yoga, walking, stretching? or does it need to be more rigorous like aroebics, pilates, weights, treadmills, crunches...on the machines at the gyms?
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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I find a brisk 1/2 hour- 45 minute walk to be quite helpful. I think any exercise would be helpful, but it doesn't need to be any fancier or more strenuous than a walk.
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Stair climber (high elevation) OR real stairs Yogo Yoga Poses
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The yoga poses I'll have to check out! I live in an apartment so no stairs unless I go out into the hallway, but that may bother my neighbors! What is high elevation stair climber? Something at a gym or something you buy for your own home?
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The yoga poses I'll have to check out! I live in an apartment so no stairs unless I go out into the hallway, but that may bother my neighbors! What is high elevation stair climber? Something at a gym or something you buy for your own home?
maybe I should have said use a higher incline on the stair climber...it is a setting on the machine that I use at the gym...the higher incline makes your body feel like your going up hill.
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strengthening exercises help as they may tone up or give more strength to the bowel muscles thus increasing the ablility to have a BM? Geez, I don't think I could even do a sit-up!!
How about other suggestions?
Is there anything else that would help in addition to walking? What do you exercisers find most helpful?
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