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If you’re struggling with constipation and straining, then this one pooping hack that actually works will be such a game changer!
Next time you struggle on the toilet, try a breathing exercise that involves forcefully exhaling while your mouth and nose are closed, increasing pressure within the chest and abdomen. The extra intra-abdominal pressure will help move stool through the colon. While practicing breathing, you’re controlling the exhalation phase of breathing, which activates your vagus nerve, Rangarajan said. “This means more wave-like contractions of your intestines.
While the diaphragmatic breathing techniques sound “silly,” they can strengthen the gut-brain connection. This helps you avoid straining by making sure your pelvic floor muscles are more coordinated, both in contraction and relaxation. Pretending to blow bubbles or blow out a candle or making an elongated moo that sounds like a “horny cow” should do the trick.
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