Did Mom ever do this

I remember a particular enema technique that my mom used on me when I was a child that I do not see discussed here.

Whenever she was giving me an enema and thought the nozzle was clogged or was was unsatisfied with the progress of the enema would do the following. She would grip the hose with both hands pinching the hose off in two places close together with her fingers.

She would then take the hand pinching the hose on the nozzle side and slide it quickly down the hose.

This injected a quick gush of enema water into my rear end which always made my butt muscles grip rhythmically on the nozzle while the pressure continued to build.

Has anyone else experienced this technique and does it have a name? Does anyone have a link to a video showing this?

It also occurs to me that the ribs on a standard enema hose may be there to make it easier to slide your hand down the hose.

I have never heard of or seen this done but I can see why it would work.

Your last statement is interesting. Why are there ribs on an enema hose? The ribs make it hard to clean the outside of the hose. I was thinking the ribs tell people that this is a hose used on the human body and not to quietly put it back after syphoning gasoline with it.

Yes it is used to get the watter flowing sometimes.

I have seen where colon hydrotherapist do something similar. They will sometimes squeeze the evacuation hose rhythmically to help fecal matter exit through the speculum. The nozzle your mother used was probably one of those narrow tips like you get with a drugstore hot water bottle/enema kit. They do sometimes tend to get stopped up if the person receiving the enema is very constipated or has fecal matter in the lower rectum during insertion. A colonic speculum is about 1" in diameter and less likely to get clogged up. When I give an enema to a patient and this happens, I usually have to remove the nozzle and run it under hot water for a couple minutes till its cleared out. Then I lubricate it, reinsert it, and finish the enema.

A higginson pump would solve the probleb + its got check valves thst prevrnt backlow and it can be use in all kinds of neat ways,

Sounds hot Colleen

Enema hoses are ribbed for strength and to prevent kinking.

Newer heard of this teqnique but sounds interesting... think i will try this on my girlfriend

I've actually found that usually does not work!

If you get a clog, it's usually undissolved Epsom Salt. That is why, when carrying the enema from the bathroom to the bedroom, I turn it over several times, and I let it lie on the bed for 5 minutes or so, while I'm doing the suppositories, then I hang it right before getting into position!

I like to attach an inline pump(squeeze bulb) to the hose of whatever equipment that day I'm using to give my Lady her enemas that day. It gets rid of clogs.

Whenever I have a clog I pinch the tubing and tightly wrap the tubing on the receiving side around my finger. It usually does the job of unclogging the nozzle.

I've tried it on myself a few times. Sometimes it works; sometimes it don't. I think it is more evective when someone elce is giving the enema.

Mine did that. She would pinch about two fee up the hose and then rush the water forward by pressing the hose

Sometimes when mom was giving me a an enema,she would have my aunt help give the enema.Mom always had a soft warm blanket that she heated an draped over her lap,and had me lay on the warm blanket.I can remember mom telling my aunt who was holding the enema bag that the enema was not going in and to squeeze the enema baq.

Thats pretty much the way it happened everytime at home. Mom would pinch the hose until there was a lot of pressure. She thought it made it more effective, and i guess it prob. did, since I had a hard time holding it after that.

This actually corresponds to the technology of a peristaltic pump; Basically a forced pump.

Mom simply raised the bag higher, or raised, lowered and raised it higher, and then the flow usually started again.

This sometimes happened when I had to take a high enema with a longer colon rubber tube, and when inserting it deep, the tube openings might become blocked for a short time.

Unfortunately, my hope of finishing this enema was dashed; mom was just too perfect... and unyielding...

Seems to be standard method

Clamping a rubber hose with two fingers and then sliding the hose towards the receiver corresponds to the principle of a hose pump.

My mom used the same technique when she inserted the nozzle all the way when I had a severe constipation and the flow didn't start.

After that there was no stopping...😳😎

I don't recall ever having a clog as when mom or grandmother started the enema as soon as I heard the CLICK it was flowing, and back then I was sharing enemas with my older sister. We lived on a farm in WV and Tess and I had enemas behind the barn or at a creek far form the house, so I'm sure I never had too much of a feces build up in my colon. Tess and I must have had the cleanest colons in town!

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