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Have you tried ileocecal valve massage to relieve diarrhoea and/or constipation?

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If you haven't it may well be worth a try.

A chiropracter recently told me that thousands of people diagnosed with that good old catch-all term 'IBS' have actually got a malfuntioning ileocecal valve and that it can easily be corrected by a little bit of self-massage for 5 - 10 seconds 3 times a day.

The following link will take you to one of the many websites which explain what to do:

archive.channelmag.co.nz//c...

It has to be worth a try, so do have a go.

Roz

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It's definitely worth a try, and free?! thanks for posting the link I will check it out.

Thank you very much Roz for the information. I have now saved the webpage on my favourites bar

Hi Roz, I tried this last night as I had tummy pain and it worked - thank you for putting this on Health Unlocked

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