Colonic Hydrotherapy

I am wondering if older men benefit from colonics? I am very regular and never suffer from and "build up". However an occasional enema does seem refreshing.

thanks

It is doubtful if you would have a real physiological benefit from colonics.

I get them because I like the way they feel, but I don't think it improves my health.

I take enemas which regularly clears out my colon. Colonics don't do any better than a few 2-3 quart enemas.

Some therapists don't want to see men because most of their male patients go for the sexual pleasure they experience.

In the Phoenix area there is one place which caters to men which I have visited a few times and where "extras" were offered, but of course its hush hush word of mouth.

Interesting, "AzFrNick", that some therapists would refuse men because of that reason. That's kind of lame because I think it'd be a rare man who would be sexually suggestive during a colonic or touch himself or anything of that sort. The vast majority of men and women who have an enema/colonic fetish can handle themselves professionally during the session. What business is it of the therapist's what feelings their patients have during or after the session so long as they don't show them while they're receiving the colonic?

Because they don't want to deal with clients asking for "happy endings" and they have enough female customers.

There are some colonic places which will indeed give a happy ending. Just like places which do Brazilian waxing have to deal with the same issue and some places actually do give one. I know it for a fact 😉

Colonics are a new experience for me. I have recently experienced two of them. I'm receiving these treatments from an attractive and likable middle-aged woman in the privacy of her home. No robe or towel or other covering has been provided to me during my two visits to her. That is to say, I am nude from the waist down during treatments. Has anyone else on this board had this experience? Nothing unprofessional has occurred during my treatments from her and there has been no inappropriate touching, and these treatments have felt good to me. - Katherine

I've had 1 colonic and it was in the office of a holistic practitioner. As I recall she had me cover up and only exposed my bottom when inserting or removing the nozzle. I found the whole experience very relaxing...

I agree with Susie, one should have a colonic about every three months. My therapist issues a hospital type gown that is open in the back which allows for some privacy. She is a good mix of professionalism and wamth and I enjoy every minute of the process.

^^^^ I don't think anybody needs a colonic every three months, especially we enema perverts. We are always clean inside. I just enjoy them.

The woman I see also keeps my breasts covered and also covered from the bikini line down and is completely professional.

Like willy, the closed-system therapists I have been to all use hospital-type gown. The one exception was one who provided the open system and had me covered from the belly button down with a paper sheet. She also wanted me totally naked for the treatment but was very professional about it.

It would be interesting to know how much disrobing others here were required to do for the treatment, maybe compared with that for enemas, past and present. A t-shirt or PJ top was/is the only covering for me at enema time.

Thanks to all for sharing their experience with colonics. It would appear that my own experience is a bit unusual. Be that as it may, there is a real and obvious intimacy to this experience and a closeness to the therapist, whom I like. What I mean is, it feels to me that there is a lot of trust involved in this procedure. Plus, I find these colonics to be very relaxing and they seem to make me feel better. I suppose this is the direct result of ridding my system of toxins.

Or, it just feels good, which is enough. 😃

Hey eman5!

How did your therapist tell you she wanted you naked for the session? I would find that pretty hot, actually.

I had a colonic 2 years ago, and I came from work, so I was initially wearing a suit. Of course, once I was receiving the colonic, I had stripped down to just my dress shirt (she'd actually taken off my socks to perform reflexology on my feet). But then, when I started cramping up, she asked me whether I'd be more comfortable with my shirt off. I said, "sure, why not," and she actually unbuttoned my dress shirt and pulled it off, leaving me (under a drape) completely nude. I was quite turned on...to say the least.

I've begun thinking about scheduling a colonic with a local practitioner. I enjoy receiving enemas, and think I would like the feeling. Of course it's sexual in nature, so I have a couple of questions. How do you know from reading a clinic's ad whether you're getting a female giver? How do you know which clinics are strictly professional, and which ones might offer extra services? Is it all about trial and error? And with the strictly professional clinics, how do the practitioners react when you pop a chubby?

I have had about 60 colonics over the last 17-18 years. (About 3-4 a year.) Colonic clinics are ALL completely professional. They have licenses to protect.

You almost always have a female practitioner although there are a few exceptions.

I have had more than a dozen colonics and have never had a bad experience. Some therapists have been more personable than others and that enhances the session. I am using a particular therapist now who is, by far, the best at what she does and her wit makes the event well worth the $60.00 investment.

Like most here, it is impossible to deny the sexual undertones of any enema related treatment or anal penetration. We all are prone to some degree of stimulation and the involuntary responses that are associated with those feelings. Even the flow of our natural juices is difficult or impossible to conceal.

I would bet that any clinic would allow you to speak with the hydrotherapist before scheduling. I prefer the closed systems because that necessitates the presence and assistance of the therapist throughout the colonic. The open systems will allow far more self control of the fill and release. The therapist can leave the area and check in on you periodically.

I would prefer the constant interaction and coaching. Most are well versed in colon cleansing and discussion about enemas or other related topics aren't out of the ordinary. If you are taking enemas, take the plunge and enjoy a good colonic.

I live in the Chicago area and have had many colonics over the years. Does anyone know of a colonic clinic where they also give enemas. Kristina Amelong gives enemas but she is in Madison, Wisc. which is too far away. I did make the trip once and it was a great, non-sexual experience. Does anyone provide such a service in the Chicago area?

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Katherine--Your experience with having your genitals exposed during the procedure has to be pretty unusual. Most colon hydrotherapists repeat again and again on their websites that patient modesty is protected at all times, so it's surprising that you weren't offered at least a towel to cover yourself. Are you sure your therapist isn't a lesbian?

If you go to the videos link section of this site, you'll find a colon hydrotherapy clip (it should be the topmost one with that title) in which a female wears thong panties during the colonic. The thin back area is moved aside so the speculum can be inserted, and then the tube is tightly (and erotically) strapped around her legs. Having the patient wear underpants of some kind seems sensible, and allows for increased massage capabilities, as no towel or drape would have to be moved back to expose the abdomen.

Regarding Katherine's comments on exposure, it seems likely that age might have something to do with it.

Those of us who grew up in the fifties and sixties had a somewhat more liberal attitude toward modesty. Almost all the guys, and some of the women, participated in school physical education classes where mandatory showers, sometimes "in the open" rather than individual stalls, were a common practice. The same rules sometimes applied when participating in sports, or serving in the military.

It would be intersting to learn if Katherine's therapist had any comments on the subject.

You might be right, "knorris". I've heard that in decades past it was customary for men to swim naked in pools. I'm not aware of any similar activities of women in those times. Perhaps this was because a level of respect and professionalism was implied in adults' public dealings with each other, something that can't be said in today's society. Katherine doesn't reveal her age in her profile, but said her therapist is middle aged, so maybe the therapist just has a more open attitude and likes to keep the patient uncovered so she can more easily perform massage. Really, though, anytime you get a colonic, your privates and buttocks are at least partly exposed when the speculum is inserted. It's just surprising to learn that someone keeps the patient uncovered during the entire colonic.

Well, to take the subject a bit further afield, in my home town, the Saturday morning swimming lessons for boys at the local 'Y' were conducted without benefit of suits until sometime in the mid-1960's.

And I've read stories that back in the 1930's, when Depression-spawned public works projects sometimes constructed new centralized high schools in rural areas, the girls often looked forward to group showers after Phys, Ed, or would even ask permission before school began, because it was sometimes a lot better than the wash tub and stove-heated water available back on the farm.

Our attitudes on exposure have changed considerably in the past twenty years, and not necessarily for the better.

To Katherine: if she provides them from her home and does not let you cover yourself below the waste, I believe she is the kind that has mostly a male clientele 😉

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To Katherine: if she provides them from her home and does not let you cover yourself below the waste, I believe she is the kind that has mostly a male clientele 😉

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I really do not think you can make that generalization. You could just as easily say she does not provide below the waist coverage for her clients because most of them are female and they don't have anything to hide.

I'll bet you if Katherine asked for a sheet, one would be provided. However the question of modesty and comfort levels with nudity is an interesting thread. There was a time when nudity and institutions went together like salt and pepper. If you took physical education at school, served in the military, lived in a dorm at college, or as one contributor pointed out, even swam at the YMCA, you were exposed to group nudity.

I remember when my wife and I first started to date her son was over at our place and he was just out of high school. He was in our bedroom talking to his mother, who was fully clothed, and I came walking out of the bathroom, fresh out of the shower with a towel wrapped around me, dropped the towel and slipped on a pair of underwear. After he left my wife said, "Well, you just about embarrassed Joe to death." I said, "What do you mean?" And she said, "You were just standing there naked." I told her he needed to get over it and get into a college or join the military and enjoy the camaraderie flipping each other on the bare ass with wet towels. But the fact is, he never had any exposure to this type of lifestyle.

The schools don't make kids shower after PE and many don't live in dorms in college or join the military. And as another contributor mentioned, kids anymore don't enjoy the opportunity to shower because the facilities are not superior to what they have at home, which at one time in history was often the case. I used to occasionally teach physical education when I was doing some substitute teaching and the kids would always ask me if they had to take a shower. My standard reply was, "I don't care because I am not going to be around you the rest of the day, and if you want to go around smelling like an old tennis shoe it is up to you, but you might want to think about the people that have to sit around you the rest of the day." It usually had no affect on them and they would maybe slap on a little deodorant and head on their way.

I guess times have just really changed. I think we generally tend to be too uptight in this country anyway and we need to all just smoke a joint, take off our clothes and enjoy a big hot soapy enema!

I am new to this whole subject, and just started giving myself enemas. Now I have found a local institution that does Colon Hydrotherapy, they offer the normal procedure with a closed system for 77 EURO, and a special treatment with filling the colon with ozone afterwards (for a total of 99 EURO).

As I haven't done any research yet, and also only read the first 6 pages of this thread so far, can anybody explain to me what advantage / effect ozone in the colon has?

I have taken and given enemas for many years. I also have a number of colonics. From time to time I have had both combined in one session. Several years ago I saw an older lady who ran an ad for colonics and visited her. She was in a wheelchair, but was a really no nonsense type of lady who insisted on a large volume enema with a colon tube, prior to going on the machine. She said that the enema "loosened things up," and made for a better release.

The process was to get undressed, and meet her in the toilet. She then instructed me to get on my hands and knees in the tub, which had a padded rug laying in the bottom to kneel on. Hanging on a hook was a 4 quart enema bag full of warm water connected to a long colon tube. She rolled up to the tub, lubed the tube, then slowly inserted it the full length (about 36") while running the water in. She seemed to pay no attention to my erection, simply kept the water flowing while massaging my stomach. When I could take no more, I had almost all of the water in me, she slowly pulled the tube out, again not paying any attention to the pre-cum dripping out.

Once the tube was fully removed, she pressed some toilet paper to my anus and told me to go to the next room and get on the table on my back. She followed, rolling right up to the end of the table, and had me pull my legs up toward my chest. She quickly inserted the rather large speculum and connected me to the machine. I was quite surprised that there was not much leakage as she made the connection. Once on the machine, she gave me a quick blast of cool water, turned the valve and I released a huge amount of water and waste. The pressure resulted in me ejaculating, which she simply dealt with by handing me a wash cloth to wipe up with. The rest of the colonic was as usual, with several fills and releases. The last fill was held and expelled on the toilet.

After expelling I was a little light headed and she insisted that I sit in the living room (she ran the service out her home which was a double wide mobile home) and drink some sort of vile tasting health drink to replace the electrolytes that I had lost.

While sitting and drinking the liquid, her next client arrived which was a rather large lady in which I would guess as being in her forties. Knowing that there was no curtains in the hallway, I feigned a bit of dizziness. She said to stay as long as I liked, until I was feeling better and she would attend to her next client.

I stayed where I was, and listened to her small talk (it seemed that this lady was a regular), and I could hear her running the water to fill the bag. I waited until she was in the bathroom, then moved over on the couch so I could see down the hallway. In about 10 minutes, I could hear the lady say, "that is enough, I cannot take any more." Shortly thereafter I saw her walk out and down the hall. She was fully naked except for her bra, and she was holding the tissue paper between her cheeks to keep from leaking. She was followed by the therapist, rolling along in her wheelchair, saying that she was doing quite well and had taken the largest enema so far, almost a a full four quarts.

To this day, that session was one of the most memorable. combining many fantasies that had developed in my rather young mind. The thought of the big lady on her hands and knees with the big red colon tube filling her, provided fodder for many ejaculations over the years.

unfortunately, the next time I called for an appointment, I was told by someone on the phone that she had passed away and the business was closed. A pity, I could sure use one of her treatments today.

After having a number of "colonics" and using enemas for many years, I have the following crtique of colonics. First of all - they're expensive. But setting that aside, I have the following observations. I have never seen a colonic setup that actually measured the quantity of water that was injected in a single input. Basically I have concluded that although they are fond of saying that they use "gallons" of water (vs the 2-4 quart enema), they actually inject a small quantity at any one injection. So basically they are only irrigating the sigmoid colon and depending on peristaltic motion to clean the other 2/3 of the colon. It is no wonder that they can't be used to prep for a colonoscopy. However I have to say that there is a Dr in Conn who uses colonics immediately before the exam and claims success. they also claim that enemas do not reach the cecum. Well, as most of us know on this forum, that is just plain nonsense. Doctors are experimenting with MRI colonographies in Europe and they distend the entire bowel during the exam by injecting 2-2.5 liters of a warm water enema.

I also wonder, since the exit tube is relatively small, why they don't administer a small enema (say 1 qt) just before the irrigation, to clean the lower rectal cavity and the lower part of the descending colon. Then, it seems to me, that the colonic would be much more efficient.

Just my 2 cents!

Having had a colonic the day before a colonoscopy was the best thing I could have invested in.Taking the prep was ez on the bottom as well. The therapist was very informative and made the whole experience pleasant.

I'll have to disagree that colonics do not completely clean one's colon. My therapist is always listening for the telltale sounds that indicate that the water is about filling up the ascending colon, until I was appraised of these sounds I had never taken notice but now they are a giveaway that my enema is getting where it should be. My theapist recommended that I take a small enema before the session to clear out the most of the solids since the speculum sometimes takes a while to clear out that bulk and there fore eats into the deep flushing time. As to the amount of water entering the colon, when the fullness becomes uncomfortable and you ask for a release you have ended the fill for that filling. If you recognise that and really want a good colonic you allow yourself to become a little more uncomfortable by receiving more water, if you find a competant therapist they will guide you to obtain the most from this cleanout.

I've probably said it a thousand times, but I think colonics are one of the best things a person can do for themselves as long as they're fit for it and don't have contraindications to having it done. My husband and I try to get at least one every 2 months, and at least one or two after each major holiday where we've had lots of rich food. I'm not so much sold on colonics clearing away "caked on" waste from the lining of the colon as I am sold on it as a very effective means of controlling and preventing chronic constipation caused by a bad diet. I admit it, I eat badly. My husband eats even worse. But we exercise regularly and keep most of the weight off. But exercise won't prevent your bowels from becoming sluggish. That's where an occasional "flushing out" helps to exercise perstalsis and encourage a more active muscle tone in the colon to encourage regular bowel movements. I think it at least helps some with getting rid of toxins found in foods that just lie around in sluggish fecal matter in the colon. Of all the people I've ever given an enema to since I began nursing(many dozens of people), I'd say at least 90% could strongly benefit from colonics. It's unbelievable at the mess you see that comes out of people, and not just adults. Children have some of the worst bowel problems out there with all the junk food that they're consuming.

A colonic for a healthy individual is not going to hurt a thing as long as it's done by a well trained professional therapist. Stay with a therapist that uses only disposables and preferably a closed system machine that regulates pressure. The speculums used with closed system machines are large, but not all that uncomfortable with adequate lubrication. It only goes in about 3" - 3 1/2", so don't let that scare you. Bowel movements larger than speculums have probably come out during constipation. Coming from a medical profession, I'm probably not supposed to support the use of colonics. But common sense is common sense, and seeing and witnessing the benefits is believing.