Re: Abdominal spasms; butt-in-the-air position

[Guest guest]

> I have this problem pretty frequently, and I have even had to be

> hospitalized for obstruction and this loop of bowel being twisted.

>

> As to finding anything to help, I have. Now this is not a joke, but

> truly what I find works for me. I take a couple of chewably gas-

x's. Then I get on my bed on my hands and knees and slowly lower my

head and chest until they rest on the bed. This puts your rear end

hilariously up in the air. I rock back and forth and side to side for

as long as it takes to get the gas moving on out. Now isn't this the

kind of advice you can't get at Web MD sites?? And if it doesn't work

> for you, what have you lost? I have to add this is the kind of

thing you want to try alone, otherwise you and your audience may end

up laughing to hard to accomplish anything.

> >

> > Keri,

I've been doing the same thing for many years, but without the Gas-X.

When I started practicing Yoga, I found that a similar position is

called " Child's Pose " . You start from being on hands and knees on

the floor. You lower the buttocks to the heels, the arms are

stretched forward, the chest & head lower, and the belly rests in a

space between the bent knees or on the knees. It looks similar to the

prayer position used by Moslems. During Yoga classes, its fairly

common to hear people pass gas while moving into and out of the

posture. (I've also seen references to this posture as " wind

relieving posture.)

I wonder if pancreatic or other abdominal problems were the stimulus

for this pose .... :-)

Have a good day,

jang