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[Wavy14]

I've been tweaking my diet recently, which has been lovely. No more animal products at all has left me with more energy, better immune functioning, improved skin, all that jazz.

But as I'm adjusting, I'm experiencing some side effects. Horrible, reeking, silent, farts. In class. Noticable by everyone.

I'm terrified that it's going to happen just as somebody's doing a Standing Forward-Bending Test on me. On the upside, I'm still in school, and nobody's paying me for the chance to be trapped in a small room with me for an hour yet.

So ... how do you handle your gas as a massage therapist?

In service,

Kat

 

[LALA13]

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If the diet changes are recent, this will pass. You're eliminating all the junk that has built up in your system. Gas will stay, smell will diminish.

Maybe try Beano?

Some foods give me gas, like I can't have a salad before I do a massage, just bad all around. I'm sure others will chime in with suggestions too.

 

[?hum H]

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You might also consider liquid chlorophyll. Mint flavored is best- it's strong-tasting, LOL! I always take it in a cup of grape juice (both to help mask the flavor, as well as to aid in absorption).

 

[GODD]

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i also think it will level out once your body has adjusted.

and congrats on your improved lifestyle!!

my gas control secret - i don't drink any beer the night before i know i'm going to give or receive a massage. not even one!! [shrug]

 

[Little Miss Missy]

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Great article regarding passing gas! http://www.katysays.com/2010/03/27/its-a-gas/

The gas-holding-in muscles are also the pelvic floor muscles. If you have been holding gas is, you may have noticed gas worsening as you get older, which means you have probably been tightening the muscles even more. Although we tend to think tight muscles are strong muscles, this is incorrect. Tight muscle fibers are just as weak as over-long muscle fibers. I can tell you more you can hear your gas escaping, the weaker your pelvic floor muscles.

 

[gina c]

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my gas control secret - i don't drink any beer the night before i know i'm going to give or receive a massage. not even one!! [shrug]

Hehe. I've never even tried beer (I'm a Baha'i, so no alcohol for me!), but I'm glad you've found what works for you!

In service,

Kat

 

[jaydens_mommy.]

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I don't know, but this may be useful:

From: Goodbye gallbladder

So sorry to hear you had to have surgery. As to the gas problem - if that's what's you actually have going on - see if you can have someone sit at your feet & just hold the back of the calves for about 20 minutes. It's a Jin Shin Jyutsu method for clearing the gas! Of course you may want to either choose that person based on whether they have no sense of smell, or really love you a lot Of course they can always bring a gas mask!

 

[Ryan N]

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That was a good article, I liked the last sentence... "WARNING: Silent gas is a potential weapon when you use a little technique called “crop-dusting”. Best used while walking down the aisle of a boarding airplane" :