Ileocecal Valve Massage for Constipation, Diverticulitis, and SIBO | Dr. J9 Live

welcome i'm dr janine bowering naturopathic doctor and today i'm sharing a very fun massage and this is an ileocecal valve massage that helps with constipation diverticulitis and even sibo so this is a great tool that you can use because sometimes there actually is a mechanical reason why you may have some digestive complaints and constipation sibo and diverticulitis so we're going to get things moving by doing this ileocecal valve massage and let me first show you so that you can appreciate what the ileocecal valve is so this is the connection between the ilium so the small intestine with the large intestine and it happens in just about this region right here and there 's a little valve and this is where the food and the waste is of course p passing through so from the so from the small intestine to the large intestine so if we can appreciate the actual positioning of this more or less from the model in this part of the body and i'm going to show you exactly how to find it on yourself so that you know exactly where to do this massage technique okay so for step one what we're doing is we're finding the ileocecal valve so you're gonna find the highest part of your hip bone on your right hand side so so you can go ahead and try to do that right now it's easier the first time to actually do this standing up rather