IBS-C (Constipation) and Music
Published by tummyblogger July 25th, 2007 in IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS therapy, IBS-C, Digesting Information, IBS SymptomsThe last two lines of a dense article on the effects of music on gastric motility (motion) are intriguing, yet raise many questions.
Listening to enjoyable music increases the amplitude of gastric myoelectrical activity in healthy humans.
Music therapy may improve gastric motility and may be used to stimulate gastric emptying.
This is the source for the statements above, accessed on the web on July 24, 2007.
The interesting implication is that listening to music that you like improves your intestines’ ability to move things along–great for people with IBS-C. Does that mean that people with IBS-D should not listen to music they like? Should listen to music they don’t like? This finding is based on testing with 17 normal subjects.
It is a simple thing to try, if you have IBS-C. I would be interested in getting a lot more experiential data from people with IBS. What do you think?
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