When I poop, I’ll take my hand and make a “knife hand” and massage the area above my hip and grab the side of my stomach while bending over to help the poop get out instead of straining. It’s this weird?
By “Knife hand” do you mean the hand you use to hold the Poop Knife?
You should work on your diet.
try more fiber, yikes
I like to climb up through the toilet seat ring, and sit on the thin part, wearing the ring around my waist like a pool floatie. I then do a kind of hoola-hoop sway against the ring to massage my abdomen thoroughly. It works better with the soft, squishy seats, of course.
Do you look like Gollum? That’s how I’m picturing this.
Filthy hobbitses pooping in toilets! We likes it raw.
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as somebody who has worked a bit in nutrition, you’d be surprised how many people live off soda and McDonald’s sandwiches or ramen noodles. An overwhelming majority of people poop solid coal-like nuggets of shit every time they poop. they huff and puff to get that shit out. your question on why would you need to strain is probably only relatable by a small amount of people here.
cries I miss my bidet. It made me look forward to pooping.
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Straining? Fix diet
Can’t say I ever have. I do, however, use a little step stool to put my legs in the crouched position, and a bidet for afterwards. Use some TP to make sure there’s no barnacles, then a a set of rags I keep specifically for drying off the ol’ undercarriage since the TP isn’t going to dry it all.
Could never get used to the seashells
The poop stool combined with a bidet has been life changing. How did I go so many years pooping like a savage?
So funny how some people still don’t know how to use the seashells.
wait wtf is a seashell??
A running joke from Demolishion Man, something only old people remember.
I learned some time ago that you’re supposed to squat a bit to press into your intestines so that you don’t need to strain yourself. Turns out modern toilets aren’t ideal for that.
That’s what the Squatty Potty is for
You can ask any question in the world and you choose this one. Lols.
Apparently it’s called a colon or bowel massage and you do it on your left side, which is what I always have done. TIL
Can you provide a video because it is very hard to visualize
Yeah OP, give us video of you pooping.
So, the rectum (poops last stop before freedom) is actually deep inside your pelvis as your colon makes the turn from the left side to the center, so your massage isn’t moving the poop out like squeezing a toothpaste tube. However, it lies close to some internal muscles like the iliacus which can put pressure on it if they’re stiff or inflamed (not unheard of in western society), and massaging them can get them to relax and relieve the pressure.
You’re certainly not hurting anything with this, and since you’ve been doing it for so long, you may have developed a psychosomatic connection that might actually help your bowels do their work. It’s weird, but go right ahead massaging the shit out of yourself because it might help in some way.
I haven’t gotten anyone else to help, no
Hmm, you shouldn’t be straining. Metamucil and plenty of water can help without lots of pushing. I find that making smoothies with berries, unflavored yogurt, spinach, and milk helps too.
That’s going to give you a hernia. Not worth the time and money to fix that.
Fix your diet. Try FODMAP.
Well I get angry if I’m constipated and do weird stuff like that or start punching my stomach but not on a normal day
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