How to Identify and Correct a Hiatal Hernia: Part 2

This clip from the Herbal Hour Fibromyalgia shows Steven Horne demonstrating self help techniques for correcting a hiatal hernia. The complete video is available at: http://www.treelite.com/proddetail.php?prod=vid-808.

Steven has an article about the hiatal hernia at http://www.modernherbaleducation.com/articles/hiatal-hernia-hidden-cause-of-c....

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[SnapCracklePopKC]

I have POTS (undx, but I have taken the pulses resting and then position change) and wonder about the jumping down, or dropping your heels down, after being on tip toes type thing. How detrimental that can be for POTS since blood tends to pool in legs and lower abdomen just upon changing position? Oddly I find exhaling everything does help my POTS spells when they occur. Dont want to help one thing to only worsen another.

[herbaleducation]

@SnapCracklePopKC

The dropping to the heels move isn't necesssary, so if there is any risk associated with that I wouldn't do it. Simply massage downward from the solar plexus.

[Dapruex]

I was diagnosed with the hernia , but only got reflux medicine for it. I still have the pulsating deep inside my back under the esophagus after I eat. Is that also a symptom of the hernia pushing up? I had the abdominal anuyrisms rules out too, but this pulsating, pecking sensation in my back and stomach after I eat is driving me nuts! Thanks. (Dapro) Canada

[herbaleducation]

@Dapruex I've not heard of this particular symptom with someone with a hiatal hernia, but it's possible. The main thing that tells you that you're fixing the problem is if you can take a deep abdominal breath.

[isabelle2436]

Hmmm I been having pains rt on those areas and I feel better when I lay on my stomach right after I eat. My husband ask me how can I lay down rt after I eat and I tell him it helps with the pain to have something pressing in my stomach. My stomach sometimes feels the same way I felt when I was pregnant of my children and they would move upwards and I would press them back down. I know I'm not pregnant now because I had a partial hysterectomy, so is has to be hiatal hernia. Thanks.

[herbaleducation]

@isabelle2436 A lot of women have a hiatal hernia in the later months of pregnancy, so if you have the same feeling now, it could be a sign of a hiatal hernia.

[Ziggy900Productions]

So I jumped down the flight of stairs like you said.. How do you Correct a broken leg? :(

Nah im just playing, thanks for these videos, i hope this is the solution to the pain I have been having in my side!

[galshabda]

Thank you for this wonderful video. My massage therapist has pulled my stomach down and adjusted the ileosecal valve on several occasions but I needed some way of helping myself between visits. Using the drmonstrated technique (standing against a wall) gave me immediate relief from GERD symptoms. I will look for lobelia tincture at my local health food store and search for methods to strengthen diaphragm (yoga breathing may help). Thanks again & many blessings.

[melkyloco]

I have this and i don't know what to do, the problem i have is that I can't even put my fingers or hands right there because it hurts :(

[Dimitrios57x]

@0famz yeah man thanks for your wishes , i hope u get better too, its damm awful right? and people around us sometimes dont even understand how painful this can be, and the thing that's having me so down is that my doctor told me the only way to fix hiatal hernia is through operation, he said for now i just have to deal with it and live like that. =( so sad to imagine a life without eating freely and worrying about every single bite u get into ur mouth..

[0famz]

@Dimitrios57x I'm really sorry , I really hope you get better! :( I'm only 23 too and have been suffering from this for about a year and not getting any better, I have been given acid reflux medication and someone showed me a book 'Alkaline or Die', and the Hiatal Hernia was mentioned, I do believe I have this and probably have had this for even longer, I am angry that the doctors refused to even check further to find out what is really wrong with me after I have cut out eating so many foods!

[0famz]

@Vertigo190 I'm 23 and it seems like I also have this, if I do press right under my rib cage it feels full and that area has been hurting. The doctor is only giving me acid reflux medication which does not seem to be helping because I have realised even food which I think shouldn't give me reflux gives me heart burn, I feel kind of relieved that I know THIS could be the reason why I've been sick for so long (I have been sick for nearly a year now with this and not getting any better).

[Stoory]

@Dimitrios57x Hi again. Regarding workouts. I personally find its better not to strain but to take things a bit easier, rest in-between and drink plain room temperature bottled water (not chiiled. I also found it helpful to search Google for "acid reducing diet tips". Also, to reduce stress and improve health, check out this Youtube video ... "Howard Stern talks about Transcendental Meditation on Letterman Show". (Its not a religion, just a relaxation technique).

[Dimitrios57x]

@Stoory thx for the info, but dont really know if working out affects me that much, actually when i workout i dont feel any pain, only if i eat 1 hour or less before training. i went to the doctor recently and he told me to take 5mg of baclofen 3 times a day.. and a 20mg nexium before breakfast... he told me i can workout so dont know.. i just feel that the less i eat the better i feel he told me to eat 3 times a day... am just hoping this works out..

[Stoory]

@Dimitrios57x

"to be honest i am desperate with this disease"

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Is lifting weights adding to your problem? it may well have caused it, and it might make it worse if you strain (Google: Haital Hernia lifting weights). Also, are you avoiding the foods that cause refulx? Are you eating smaller meals at night (soup etc)? Try altering what you do. Also, raise the head of your bed 6 inches or so to reduce symptoms. Do you drink or smoke? Eat tomatoes, hot food, spices etc. All bad for you.