Breathing exercises for pancreatitis: exercise and massage

Physical exercises for pancreatitis, which are carried out during breathing exercises, help improve the blood supply to the gland. At the same time, an internal massage is arbitrarily done. All this is discussed in more detail later in the article.

We just wrote about the diet for diseases of the pancreas in the previous issue. Today we will talk about various breathing exercises used to treat pancreatitis.

Children know how to play this game

Let's start the so-called parade of gymnastics for massaging the internal organs with a very simple exercise that children love to play. They call this game "Kashchei". When an already skinny child draws in his stomach as deep as possible, falling through his ribs, he really becomes like this fairy-tale character. But now we are not talking about a fairy tale, but about quite obvious things. Such gymnastics perfectly massages all internal organs, enhances their blood supply, and eliminates stagnation of bile.

So, as soon as you wake up in the morning, go to the toilet (get into the habit of emptying your bowels in the morning), then on an empty stomach, before breakfast, we perform a stomach pull. You can repeat the exercise up to 10-20 times. You can also repeat this procedure throughout the day. The key is to take it on an empty stomach. After eating – in no case should you do it!

The procedure itself can be performed both standing in front of the mirror – controlling the level of retraction, and in the position of kneeling and hands, and arching and arching the back according to the cycle of retraction / protrusion of the abdomen.

Exercise for pancreatitis

Breathing exercises are a healing method that is effective for a variety of diseases. It can also be used to prevent pancreatitis. Any physical exercises for pancreatitis should be combined with breathing exercises.

Exhale sharply while pulling in your stomach. Hold your breath and count to 4, then relax your abdominal muscles. Then take a breath, inflate the stomach as much as possible.

Master the techniques of gentle massage of this organ with the help of special movements of the muscles of the abdomen and diaphragm. They will improve blood circulation in this area and the outflow of digestive juices. This is an excellent prevention of pancreatitis itself and its exacerbations. Perform exercises 2-3 times a day, lying down, sitting or standing. Start with 3-4 reps and work your way up to 9 reps. During gymnastics, you should not experience fatigue and discomfort.

1 Inhale, exhale and hold your breath, gently but strongly drawing in the stomach, count to 3, and then relax the abdominal muscles.

2 Inhale, exhale and hold your breath. During a breathing pause, inflate your stomach as much as possible, count to 3 and relax.

3 In the middle of inhalation, hold your breath for 1-2 seconds (at the same time, the diaphragm tenses and flattens) and continue to inhale further, as if directing air “into the stomach" and slightly protruding the abdominal wall. At the end of the inhalation, stop, count to 3 while expanding the belly, then quickly relax the muscles and continue counting to 6 while slowly drawing in the abdominal wall. Exhale and relax your abdominal muscles.

4 Pull your stomach in as you exhale. Holding your breath for a few seconds, relax your abdominal muscles. Actively inflate the abdomen on the inhale and retract it on the exhale.

Massage for pancreatitis

Massage for pancreatitis can only be performed with the help of breathing exercises. Exercises can be performed from the starting position, standing or sitting on a chair. If you do it from a standing position – the legs are set shoulder-width apart, from a sitting position – the legs are apart, bent at the knee joints, the feet rest on the floor. The arms are straightened at the elbow joints, rest on the knees (slightly above the knees). The back is straight, slightly inclined forward.

1 stage. We take a deep breath. We divide the inhalation into four stages – first the lower abdomen is filled, then the middle part, then the area of ​​the hypochondrium of the diaphragm, then the chest. Having completely inhaled (but not super-strongly, so that there is no feeling of “tearing the chest”, strive for comfort), hold your breath for 1-2 seconds. At this moment, try to completely relax, release all muscle tension along the abdominal wall. Keeping your hands straight on your knees allows you to hold your spine and ribcage without using the muscular effort of the diaphragm to do this work.

Stage 2. We make a full exhalation. On exhalation, the head leans forward slightly. Exhalation is done in the reverse order in four stages – chest, hypochondrium, middle of the abdomen, lower abdomen. After exhaling completely, hold your breath for a few seconds.

Stage 3. While holding your breath – try to make several breathing movements with a full chest, but without air, while relaxing the abdominal muscles. During these pseudo-respiratory movements, the diaphragm will contract strongly – lower and rise. You will feel its movements – like vibrations of a tightly stretched membrane deep inside in the hypochondrium. Make 4 breathing movements (without taking in air, on a delay!) With a diaphragm. These movements can be done quickly enough, on the account of 1-2-3-4 (for each pseudo-breath for 1 second).

Stage 4. Continuing to hold your breath as you exhale, make 4 quick jerky contractions of the lower abdomen in an upward direction. Due to the abdominal muscles, you first strain the upper, middle lower abdomen, and then make a strong push with the lower abdomen up. A feeling is created (and it is visually confirmed by a sequence of muscle contractions) that the wave of movement first slowly goes down the front surface of the abdomen from the hypochondrium to the lower edge, and then returns upward to the diaphragm with a fast internal wave.

Repeat the exercise from the 1st to the 4th stage. In total, 4-8-16 or more cycles of such diaphragmatic-visceral-osteopathic self-massage can be done.

Do not immediately start doing many cycles – it's hard on the body. Try to learn the exercises gradually, doing no more than 4 cycles for several days and then slowly increasing their number.