Ailment: Incontinence - urinary

Remedy: Squat to eliminate

Squat rather than sit on the toilet. This is the natural position for humans. Piles, haemorrhoids, varicose veins, distended colon.

Comment posted by Maria Louisa of Nevada City, CA, USA on 26 March 2011 at 6:9       451

YES
To squat or not to squat? That is the question. Actually, your toileting technique may also have an effect on urinary incontinence. There is a lot of evidence to show that the Asian technique of using the toilet goes a long way to maintaining better pelvic health than the Western technique, says professor Ajay Rane, James Cook University of Medicine (Australia) consultant urogynecologist and pelvic reconstructive surgeon. According to Rane, a study done in Hong Kong showed that city-dwelling women had more urinary incontinence and bowel problems than country dwelling women. "The basic differences in these women were not their body weight, or how many children they had, but their toileting habits," he says. In general, women in urban areas use the "sit" method while the rural women use "squat" toilets. "Basically, we believe that the study suggests squatting causes the angle of the pelvis to relax much better and give better pressure. When you are sitting, you do not have the right relaxation of the muscles and the angle of the pelvis," he says. "I strongly believe that the squatting technique has tremendous beneficial effects on the pelvis."