06/27/2025
When You’re Sitting on the Throne but No One’s Crownin’
Feeling a little... backed up? Like your body hit the pause button on p**p? You're not alone, and your gut is throwing a silent protest.
Here’s what’s happening when your bowels go on strike:
🧱 SYMPTOMS
Fewer than 3 bathroom breaks a week
Hard, dry, or lumpy stools (aka p**p pebbles)
Straining like you're lifting emotional baggage
That “I’m not done yet” feeling
Using your finger to help things along (yep, it’s a thing)
🕵♀ COMMON CULPRITS
Low fiber diet (hello, fast food)
Not enough water (coffee doesn’t count)
Skipping exercise (Netflix marathons don’t help)
Stress, travel, or even too much cheese 🧀
Certain meds or underlying conditions
🧠 WHAT IT’S DOING TO YOU
Constipation isn’t just a bathroom bummer, and it can cause:
Bloating and belly pain
Fatigue and brain fog
Mood swings (gut-brain connection is real!)
Toxin buildup that makes you feel blah
💡 BOTTOM LINE
Your gut is your second brain, don’t leave it in a traffic jam. 🚦
Hydrate, fiber-up, move your body, and give your colon the love it deserves. 💚
When your gut’s on a go-slow and your colon’s staging a sit-in, it might be time to bring in the big hands - literally.
Enter: Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT)
Think of it as a gentle nudge from a very polite bouncer telling your intestines, “Alright folks, time to move along.”
Here’s how your osteo helps your bowels break free:
🌀 Visceral Manipulation - A fancy term for “belly massage that tells your intestines to stop being drama queens.” It helps release tension and gets things flowing like a well-oiled slip-n-slide.
🧠 Spinal Tune-Up – Your spine’s like the Wi-Fi router for your gut. If it’s out of alignment, your digestive signals are buffering. OMT helps reboot the system so your gut gets the memo: Evacuate!
💨 Diaphragm TLC – Stress and shallow breathing can tighten your diaphragm like a clenched jaw. Osteopaths loosen it up so your organs can breathe, and move freely again.
💧 Better Circulation = Better Elimination – OMT boosts blood and lymph flow, which is like giving your digestive system a double espresso and a pep talk.
🧘♀ Stress Relief – Because sometimes your colon just needs a hug. Cranial techniques calm your nervous system, which tells your gut, “You’re safe. You can let go now.”
So if your bathroom breaks feel more like a waiting game than a relief mission, maybe it’s time to let Symmetry Health Osteopathy give your gut a gentle push in the right direction. 🚽✨
Be sure to check out www.symmetry.health to get things moving again.
