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Therapeutic exercises against constipation

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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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When they talk about physiotherapy exercises with constipation, it's not just about physical exercises that favorably affect the intestines. Therapeutic physical training "teaches" us that a lot of movement is useful. So, exercise therapy from constipation

exercise therapy from constipation

What type of exercise suits everyone?

People prone to constipation will be useful to walk along the street, jog and perform several exercises during the morning exercises. It is these exercises that, if carried out continuously, will help cure or prevent constipation. The kind of physical activity absolutely does not matter. They can be swimming, tennis, athletics or health gymnastics. When choosing the type of exercise, it is necessary to take into account age, family customs, level of workloads and quality of health.

Regularity is the key to quick treatment

It is also important that the classes are regular, because the result of treatment is directly from this. Many exercises are aimed at strengthening the muscles of the press, activating the activity of the intestine and its blood supply. There are a set of exercises that need to be done in the morning before going to the toilet.

The duration and intensity of the exercises can be adjusted by yourself, based on your own well-being.

Exercise One

Stand at the wall, keep your hands on the back of your head, and place your feet. Deeply inhale and inflate your stomach, and then exhale and draw it as much as possible. Such exercises help develop abdominal breathing, and builds blood circulation in the abdominal organs.

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Exercise two

Standing against the wall and legs apart, put your hands on your waist. Lean back and then forward to a horizontal position. Such an exercise is good for the muscles of the waist.

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Exercise Three

With feet shoulder width apart, you need to lean back a little, and then forward, trying to reach out to the floor with your fingers. Such an exercise can develop the muscles of the back and the press, and they can also regulate blood circulation in internal organs.

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Exercise Four

Put your legs wide, put your hands on your waist. Now you need to do springy movements from side to side.

Exercise five

Spread your legs wide, your arms outstretched. Now perform rotational movements of the trunk from side to side.

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Exercise Six

Having spread your legs wide and spreading your arms around, try to reach with your fingers to the foot of the opposite leg.

The fourth, fifth and sixth are very useful for stimulating the motor activity of the intestine.

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Exercise Seventh

Sit on the edge of the chair. Lean to the feet and touch them with your hands, then straighten out. Bow and hug your knees, clasping them with your hands. Such movements massage the intestines and help the removal of gases from it.

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Exercise eight

Sitting sideways on the back of a low bench, lean forward, leveling your torso and crossing your arms on the back of your head, and then lean back. You train the muscles of the press, as well as the back.

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Exercise ninth

Lying on your back, lift both legs up. Now you activate the work of the intestine and train the press.

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Exercise tenth

Lying on your back, you press your knees to your stomach and lower it again. To carry out such an exercise is necessary to the best of its abilities and abilities. The abdominal press is being trained.

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Exercise eleventh

Lie down on the floor, raise your legs above yourself, and then plant and remove them in the air (scissors). This exercise stimulates the blood supply of the abdominal organs.

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Exercise twelfth

Lie down on the floor, lift your legs and follow them by "cycling". So you will train the muscles of the hips and the press.

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Exercise thirteenth

Lying on your back, try to reach your knee to the floor from the back. You can not tear your shoulders off the ground. The abdominal muscles are trained.

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Exercise fourteenth

Stand on your knees, put your hands on the floor, lower your head. Sit down on the buttocks from side to side alternately. Exercise activates the work of the intestine.

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Exercise the fifteenth

Repeat the position of the fourteenth exercise. Now alternately straighten your legs and bend in the back. Exercise of this type develops the muscles of the back, buttocks and the press.

These exercises are exercises of both a complex level and an initial one. Do not worry, if not all at once will turn out. Choose those exercises that cause you a minimum of discomfort, and you feel that you can master them. The main thing in training is regularity. If you perform these exercises against constipation, then soon feel the improvement of the work, both the intestine and the entire body.

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