I just thought I would pass on something I have learned. I found out the most amazing thing that helps you to go to the bathroom on days, well, on days, when it might be a bit difficult. And we all have these occasional days. Some more than others. And especially those who use opiates and have a little problem going to the bathroom.

I myself, because I eat a high fiber diet, use my Juiceman Jr, to do the fresh juice thing in the a.m., well, even I, have my moments when the gut doesn’t do what the gut should do on a regular basis.

Oh this has absolutely nothing to do with laxatives, stool softeners, food or anything.

Here’s how I discovered what actually works.

A few months ago, I was walking around the corner when I discovered that the store was selling something called a CONSTIPATION CHAIR. No kidding. I just looked at this chair and it looked like a little computer chair but it had some kind of massage mechanism in it.

I was with Alan and I said ‘of all the ridiculous things to sucker the people into buying, they NOW ARE SELLING CONSTIPATION CHAIRS??

Some guy runs out of the store and tells me, Oh yes, this chair relieves constipation, it stimulates bowel movements, and relieves, this, blah blah”. I just laughed my head off and moved on.

Well, about a month ago, I was having some difficulty going to the bathroom after my morning breakfast at Dunkin. Coffee ALWAYS makes me go right after breakfast. But, stress, being what it is, stress affects my bowel habits (so to speak). It is just the way I’m built. I don’t want to do the laxative thing. I’m all about taking as little pills as I need to take. I don’t even use prune juice because I never needed to .

So that day I remembered the Constipation Chair, and I went into the computer room, and Alan has this Homedics Massage Thing on his computer chair. It’s a formidable looking mat that lays on the chair, and when you turn on the power button it gives you the option of having rollers go up or down your spine, and other massage thingees. You can also have the seat do it’s thing.

So I said to myself “what if I turned on the power, selected LOWER BACK, and kept it on LOWER BACK”. With this massage thing, you can keep the massage thingee doing it’s thing in one spot. It has an automatic shut off feature that stops it after 15 minutes.

So last month I went over to the chair, sat down, pressed the power thing, let it hit my lower spine for about 5 minutes. Whatever the constipation chair claims to do, well, doing this lower massage thing, accomplished the same exact thing.

I went to the bathroom. No problem. No straining. No nothing. I can only attribute this fact to the massaging of the lower back with facilitated the elimination process.


The darn thing worked. Now I wanted to post this thread last month but I said to myself. “what if this is a fluke and it only works on this occasion”.????

Well, guess what?? In the last month, I used it 5 times, and in those 5 times, it worked in five to ten minutes. So, not only did I massage my lower back and feel good, I actually stimulated the elimination process. WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL!!!

So if any of you have such a massage device in your homes, you having nothing to lose (except some toxins) and do what I did (in case you sometimes have bowel problems.).

I never in all my life thought this thing could accomplish what it did. BUT IT DID!!!!

So I thought I would pass it on.

What a neat little helper, this massage mat turned out to be.

Hope this helps someone who might need the help.