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 In normal digestion, food content is propelled through the digestive tract by rhythmic and coordinated contractions or propulsions called peristalsis.

 

When someone suffers from digestive motility disorders, peristalsis becomes impaired resulting in either slow contractions (hypomotility), rapid contractions (hypermotility), or a combination of both slow and fast contractions. In some cases, peristalsis may be totally absent.

After nutrients have been digested and absorbed in the small intestine, the waste material is propelled into the large intestine (also called the colon or bowel) for eventual elimination as a bowel movement. Under normal circumstances, regular muscular contractions (intestinal motility) move this waste matter along the five-foot length of the colon and into the rectum. When the irritable bowel syndrome is present, however, the pattern of motility becomes disordered by excessive muscular contractions, which cause the pain, diarrhea and constipation.It is not known what causes the overactivity of the intestinal muscle. Emotional stress is believed to be a factor in a great many cases. Some researchers think that the syndrome is an allergic response to particular foods. There also is some evidence that alcohol, caffeine and heavy smoking may worsen the problem. More info

Gut directed therapy using hypnosis is very effective at restoring normal gut action.
 


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Barry
14/09/2010 11:03pm

Hi i suffer from IBS and live in glasgow and was wondering how effective hypnotherapy is in curing IBS and how much a session costs

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