How Often Should You Have a Bowel Movement?
One soft, full bowel movement daily. Anything less is constipation, and untreated constipation can set you up for gut inflammation, cancer risk, and poor nutrient absorption.
You should be having one soft, full bowel movement daily. Anything less is constipation.
If you have untreated constipation, you're setting yourself up for gut inflammation, cancer risk, and poor nutrient absorption.
The mainstream medicine approach to constipation is to move the goalpost — "so long as your stomach doesn't hurt, having a bowel movement every other day is fine" — or to use medications that shouldn't be used long term, like Miralax.
What Causes Chronic Constipation That Mainstream Medicine Misses?
Most constipation comes from inadequate fluid, inadequate bulk (fiber), or an inadequate nerve signal (peristalsis), and each of those has a cause and a fix.
Most constipation occurs because of one of three reasons:
Commonly Missed Root Causes
And each of those issues has a cause and a fix.
The Atma Approach to chronic constipation is to help the body get back to its natural processes. Our team of certified physicians works with you to find out what's at the root of the problem and put your body back in charge. We use natural approaches to get to the real questions: Why is there not enough fluid in the bowel? Why is this person not tolerating fiber? Why are the nerves not signaling correctly?
If you have chronic constipation and you want answers, come to Atma Clinic and let us help you get to the root of the problem.
How Can Atma Clinic Help With Chronic Constipation?
Atma's doctors and nurse practitioners, certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine, work to find and treat the root cause of your chronic constipation rather than only managing symptoms.
We've helped hundreds of patients minimize — or entirely eliminate — their chronic constipation.
At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.