Before looking at treatments for constipation, it is important to first identify which kind of constipation you have.
Through the course of my research, consultations with clients, feedback from readers, and my own struggle with constipation, I have come to identify two different types of constipation.
Since I have not come across any labels for these in the medical literature (or perhaps I just didn’t read widely enough), I have made up my own labels to distinguish between these two different types of constipation. I call them peristaltic constipation and stenosis constipation.
Of course, while most people seem to suffer from one or the other, there are people who suffer from a combination of the two.
1. Peristaltic Constipation
This type of constipation can consist of many different symptoms or factors, but the defining elements are as follows:
Colonic massage can really help get your bowels moving and assist your body’s peristaltic mechanism.
2. Stenosis Constipation
I came up with the name for this one based on the medical label of anal stenosis (narrowing, tightness or stricture of the anal canal). Stenosis constipation means that you experience one or more of the scenarios below:
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