IBS quick tip. Rub your temples to stop gut pain

Light circular pressure on your temples, jawline and behind your ears interrupts the gut-brain pain loop

When IBS flares, your gut’s enteric nervous system goes into overdrive.

That causes a vicious internal gut–brain pain feedback loop:

• Your brain becomes hyper-aware of pain signals from your gut.

• Your gut starts treating normal contractions like pain.

This is called visceral hypersensitivity.

I also call it agony.

But a simple sensory redirection technique can help.

Try gently massaging your temples, along your jawline, and behind your ears.

Light, circular pressure to these areas stimulates different nerve pathways (specifically, the trigeminal and facial nerves).

This redirects your brain’s attention from visceral gut pain to external, calming sensations.

Basically, by activating these external nerve pathways you interrupt your internal gut-brain pain loop.

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Heather

Heather Van Vorous
Over 40 years dealing with IBS
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