Massage one part of your body to cure your long-standing stomach problems

In modern society, stressful work and irregular diet are the main factors causing stomach problems for many office workers. Stomach problems need care. In addition to ensuring a regular diet, proper exercise can also help regulate the stomach.

Exercise improves digestion

Exercise has a good effect on enhancing the function of the digestive system. It can strengthen gastrointestinal motility, promote the secretion of digestive juices, and enhance the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function. Exercise can also increase the depth and frequency of breathing, prompt the diaphragm to move up and down and the abdominal muscles to move to a greater extent, thereby better massaging the gastrointestinal tract, improving gastrointestinal blood circulation, and strengthening the defense mechanism of the gastrointestinal mucosa, especially for promoting the healing of peptic ulcers.

Exercise therapy for patients with gastric disease

As an effective auxiliary therapy, patients with stomach problems can participate in sports including: Qigong, Tai Chi, walking, jogging, cycling, etc.

When patients with stomach problems first start exercising, the intensity of exercise should be low. For example, you can adopt a slow, whole-body relaxing walking style for 20 to 30 minutes each time, and control your exercise pulse at around 110 beats per minute. You can choose to walk about 2 kilometers in a scenic environment, which helps regulate the central nervous system, improve the whole body and gastrointestinal function, and has a certain effect on eliminating abdominal distension, belching, and promoting ulcer healing. As the condition improves, you can increase the amount of exercise appropriately, and the pulse rate during exercise can reach about 130 to 140 beats per minute. It is best to exercise for 20 to 40 minutes every day.

People with acute gastroenteritis, gastric bleeding, and abdominal pain should not participate in sports. They should wait until their condition recovers or improves before engaging in appropriate exercise.

Self-massage therapy

Exercise therapy for stomach problems should pay attention to combining whole-body exercise with local exercise, such as coordinating with some appropriate massage therapy to adjust gastrointestinal nerve function, alleviate subjective symptoms, and improve digestive function.

Abdominal massage: The patient lies on his back with his knees bent. Place your palms together on your abdomen, with the navel as the center, and massage the middle and lower abdomen in a clockwise direction for about 5 minutes, until you feel a warmth in your abdomen. The force should be light at first and then heavy, then expand the range to massage the entire abdomen for about 2 minutes.

Lumbar rubbing method: The patient sits with the waist flexed forward. Put the five fingers of both hands together, place the palms close to the waist, and rub them towards the sacrum vigorously. Repeat this for about 1 minute until the skin is slightly warm.

Warm reminder: To treat stomach problems, you need to arrange reasonable and effective treatment methods according to your individual conditions. The most important thing is to ensure regularity of diet. Otherwise, even if the stomach problem is cured, if you don’t pay attention to the regular meals, the stomach problem will easily recur.