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Natural treatment for rectal prolapse

What is rectal prolapse?

Let’s start by giving you an overview of rectal prolapse so you know exactly what I’m talking about. Although I’ll talk about rectocele below, so if that’s your condition, stick with me.

Rectal or colon prolapse occurs when the tissue that lines the rectum falls into or protrudes from the anal opening. Rectal prolapse can only emerge during bowel movements; then it may come out during sneezing or other abdominal contractions; then you progress to protruding activities such as walking and eventually reach a chronic bulge in which the rectum cannot retract at all.

Rectal prolapse can result from the following conditions:

• Constipation
• Cystic fibrosis, MS, paralysis
• Malnutrition and malabsorption (example celiac disease)
• pinworms (enterobiasis)
• Previous injury to the anus or pelvic area
• Whipworm infection (trichuriasis)
• Anal intercourse – especially if it’s long-term or aggressive
• birth

If your rectum has herniated, you will likely see a pink or reddish mass of tissue protruding from the opening of the anus, especially after a bowel movement. The lining of the rectal tissue may be visible and bleed easily.

Natural treatment for rectal prolapse

Treating the underlying causes of rectal prolapse usually cures the problem. In otherwise healthy elderly patients with repeated rectal prolapse, surgery is sometimes done to correct physical problems that increase the incidence of prolapse. Surgery is also often recommended for treating the rectocele (bulging of the rectum into the vagina).

However, the operation can lead to scar tissue and adhesions that narrow the rectal canal (anal stenosis) and impair the relaxation of the rectal and pelvic muscles during bowel movements. These two problems can then lead to difficulty having a bowel movement or hemorrhoids or rectal or anal fissures (tears) from repeated pressing.

If this has already happened to you, I have effective natural treatment protocols for all of these conditions. Just click on the symptom in the list below to look it up:

• Anal stenosis and anal or rectal stricture
• hemorrhoids
• Anal or rectal fissures

To treat the underlying conditions that are causing or continuing rectal prolapse, we need to consider a number of possible factors:

1. Painful rectal area

After a colon prolapse, pain may occur in the muscles surrounding the rectum – the levator ani muscle. Applying a hot castor oil wrap to these muscles can help relax and calm them down. If you can feel your muscles in your sit bones (the “sit bones” you can feel when sitting on a bike or a hard seat on the bottom of your bum), work your way on either side of your buttocks and across under your sacrum (the flat, light one) rounded bone pad at the base of your spine) – you feel the levator ani muscle – this is where you need to apply the castor oil.

The easiest way is to apply cold-pressed castor oil with your fingers in a horseshoe shape from the base of the right ischium to the tailbone, across the sacrum, and then to the bottom of the left ischium.

After massaging in the castor oil, apply heat. If you have an electric heater, turn it on and kneel in front of it in the “hemorrhoid position” – with your head and elbows lowered on your knees and elbows – so that the heat can warm the rectal muscles. Ideally, apply the heat for 20 to 30 minutes, but 10 minutes will also help.

2. Exertion during bowel movements or wrong stool position

The western practice of sitting on the toilet prevents the rectum from straightening up and opening – which makes us much more prone to prolapse, constipation, hemorrhoids, and fissures! It’s best to squat on the toilet or use a squatting platform like the Squatty Potty that fits around your toilet.

When sitting on the toilet, at least put your feet on a child’s step stool to raise their knees higher than their hips. In addition to the video below, check out my videos on Constipation Positions, Faeces and Self-Administered Colon Massage.

Constipation can play an important role in rectal prolapse and persistent aggravation. Exerting or hard stools can tear your rectum (causing rectal fissures) and strain your pelvic muscles. If you have chronic constipation, I strongly recommend that you check out my book, Listen to Your Colon: The Complete Guide to Cure Constipation Naturally, as you need a comprehensive constipation treatment that takes all variables into account.

But if your constipation is mild or occasional, this is it Treatment protocol for natural constipation can be enough to successfully treat it:

• A simple remedy for constipation is to take 250 mg of magnesium citrate and 100 mg of potassium citrate together after a good breakfast, lunch or dinner. These two minerals act as muscle relaxants for the anal sphincter to facilitate easier bowel movements while at the same time stimulating your bowel peristalsis (wavelength muscle contractions) to produce a bowel movement.
• Also take 7 to 10 billion CFU (colony forming units) of Natren brand probiotics daily to start the process of normalizing your intestinal flora (1 capsule of Healthy Trinity per day).
• You will also need to use a stool softener / filler such as Pysllium, Flax, Chia, or MetaCleanse once or twice a day to keep your stool soft and to reduce stress and pressure on the rectum. I used to recommend MetaCleanse but the manufacturer has stopped production so you can use 1 tbsp instead. sprouted flax and chia powder (available locally and online on different sites; you may need to purchase the two powders separately) along with 1/2 tsp. Bentonite clay.
NOTE: You cannot use these remedies with an exclusively elementary diet – only if you combine Absorb Plus with normal foods.
• Remember to drink 8 to 10 glasses of filtered or spring water a day.

3. Weakened, stretched, or traumatized pelvic muscles and rectocele

When you have a bowel movement, applying gentle pressure on the muscles closest to the area where your rectum protrudes, you may be able to keep the rectum inside and prevent it from coming out with the stool.

Also, childbirth or prolonged constipation with high exertion can lead to a condition known as rectocele, in which the walls between the vagina and rectum become thinner and / or stretched. When this happens, your rectum can spread into your vagina, preventing straight bowel movements. This video shows you some great techniques that you can use in these conditions:

Squatting on the toilet or using a squatting platform like the Squatty Potty is the ideal way to easily reach your perineum (the area between the rectum and vagina in women, and between the rectum and scrotum in men) and rectal muscles (levator) ) is on either side of your rectum and is horseshoe-shaped all the way to your tailbone (the end of your tailbone).

NOTE: Don’t squat directly on the toilet unless you have a very sturdy china toilet that you know can support your body weight. Check with your toilet manufacturer about the load capacity to be sure.

Keep a box of surgical gloves (available at any pharmacy) in your bathroom so you can become familiar with your rectal muscles and perineum without worrying about getting feces on your hands.

Body work therapy

The anorectal canal is surrounded by muscles and ligaments, with the pudendal nerve running through these muscles. After an operation, childbirth or any kind of trauma or long-term stress, muscle, tendon or ligament strains in the corresponding tissues or organs can occur. This strain and weakening of muscles and ligaments can lead to rectal prolapse.

The other thing that will help you a lot in curing the underlying cause of your prolapse is body therapy from a practitioner specially trained in the area. Be sure to tell them that you have rectal prolapse and ask them to specifically look at the levator ani, sacrum, tailbone, and pudendal nerve.

You will likely get the best results from an osteopathic doctor or physical therapist trained in myofascial release techniques. Look for a chiropractor, osteopath, or physical therapist (called physical therapist in Canada) trained in ART (Active Release Technique) or John F. Barnes myofascial release and myofascial unwinding techniques.

SUMMARY OF TREATMENT OF RECTAL PROLAPS

• Apply cold-pressed castor oil and heat
• Take 250 mg of magnesium citrate and 100 mg of potassium citrate together
• Take 7 to 10 billion CFU of Natren brand probiotics
• Use a stool softener such as flea seeds, flax, chia or the combination of flax / chia seed powder + bentonite
• Drink 8 to 10 glasses of filtered or spring water a day
• Squat on the toilet or use a stool instead of sitting on the toilet as usual
• Apply pressure to the area around your rectum during bowel movements
• Self-administering a colon massage
• See a body therapist

Fill out the form below and I’ll send you my free e-book, Jini’s Healing Guide For Rectal Prolapse, with detailed instructions for all of these natural remedies for rectal prolapse:

Jini Patel Thompson is an internationally recognized expert in naturopathic treatments for digestive diseases. She healed herself from the widespread Crohn’s disease and has been drug and surgery free for over 20 years. Appeared on numerous podcast, television and radio shows in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, Jini gives people hope and visions on how to cure colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in all natural methods. Her books on natural digestive disease cures have been sold in over 80 countries around the world.

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