Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | an interesting, helpful idea

I have suffered with IBS probably all my life but it has gotten acute in the last 2 1/2 years. I have tried everything. And I mean everything. The tea and the fiber help a lot but I never found anything that actually improved my quality of life. I have to say that my biggest problem was the constipation then followed by huge blowouts that were so painful that I thought sometimes I needed to go to the hospital. Over the last month I have found that by simply massaging my abdomen once a day I am able to encourage regular movements and my IBS is under control for the first time ever. I am not saying it's a cure. I still watch what I eat and almost never eat red meat which seems to be my biggest trigger. But this has provided me with more peace of mind than anything else I have ever tried. It might help you too. I hope so. If you massage your abdomen you can sometimes feel where things are 'knotted up' and you can gently exert pressure there. Look at a picture of bowels first so you can massage with the natural flow of things. If this helps just one more person I will have done something for today!

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